Oscar writes: I had been photographing a Bittern in the reeds for a few hours. I was having a quick look on the back of my camera at the image I’d just taken, and when I looked back the bird had moved right to the edge, obviously about to fly. Despite the early warning,…
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Oscar Dewhurst – Coots fighting
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Oscar writes: On the day I took this, most of the water on my local nature reserve was frozen, forcing the majority of the ducks to congregate on the small areas of open water remaining. The coots, one of the most territorial of the birds there, kept getting into scraps with each other but they never…
Oscar Dewhurst – Bittern fishing
Oscar writes: The recent 4 or 5 days of cold weather in the UK saw me spend most of that time at my local nature reserve hoping to photograph Bitterns. Unfortunately I didn’t have much success, and one morning spent over 4 hours lying on the frozen ground hoping for this bird to come out…
Some of the best of Oscar Dewhurst’s photos from 2014
I’m grateful to Oscar for letting me feature his photographs here on Sunday evenings. Visit his website to see more of this talented young photographer’s work. Here are just a few of his images that I have liked most this year. …
Oscar Dewhurst – Stonechat
Oscar writes: While in Richmond Park one morning I came across a group of Stonechats moving through the bracken. With a bit of patience, one landed close to me, allowing me to get this image of it. Nikon D800, Nikon 600mm f4 AFS-II, Nikon 1.4x TC