Sparrows

I went to a fantastic talk at St Austell Camera Club the other day. Sue Earnshaw showed us some amazing wildlife photographs taken all over the world, but also shots of the birds in her garden which she practises her skills on.

I felt inspired and since I enjoy sitting on my window sill and watching the world go by, having a camera in my hand seemed the natural progression.

These sparrows live in my roof, so they are always about.

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Swans, Grey Heron and Canada Goose

After a recent talk on natural history photographs at the local camera club, I felt inspired.
I headed off to Par Beach Pool (just behind Par Beach in Cornwall) to see what was there. I haven't got a telephoto lens, and there looked like there were some more interesting birds that were sadly out of my range.

Still I managed to get some half decent attempts with my Tamron zoom lens.

This is my favourite shot, a Mute Swan Cygnet. I loved the golden tones.

There were some adult mute swans too:

And a Canada Goose:

I managed to borrow a lovely telephoto lens, so I returned to the pool a couple of weeks later and had more luck I think...

(This looks much better large!)

A Wagtail:

I was also really excited about catching a Grey Heron - it was only there for the briefest of moments, so I didn't have much of a chance to zoom in or compose it more thoughtfully. It does look better in a larger format (click the photograph for a larger size)

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