Liverpool born and bred, I class myself as a keen amateur .... I have had an SLR Camera since I was about 15 years old. My first being a Zenith. Very heavy but it was reliable. I eventually moved on to a Yashica then a Canon.

I had fought against the change to digital as to me at the time it was wrong !

Eventually I succumbed to the change and bought a Canon DSLR 350d as I could use the same lenses from my SLR and have never looked back since.

I progressed to the Nikon D90 in 2008 and August 2011 took the giant leap into the world of the Nikon D3s and loved it. April 2012 saved enough pennies for my Nikkor 70-200 FX lens . It makes the whole set up quite heavy which I’m now used to.

I love to photograph animals and mainly action but animal portrait is my fallback. But in all honesty I will photograph any creature if I think it interesting enough.

I love the weather and although some people find it easy , my challenge to myself is a good lightning shot.

I have been 'retired' since 2015 and enjoying life in Cornwall with my Newfoundland. I am a volunteer member of the RNLI and have held the position of Launch Authority (LA) at The Lizard Lifeboat Station, Cornwall since 2019.

After a disaster with my Nikon D3s which fried the internal computer I have now moved on to the Nikon D4s..... But I still have my D90 as back up !

NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN BEING INVITED TO JOIN GROUPS WHICH ACCEPT MEMBERSHIP ONLY ON CONDITION OF MULTIPLE COMMENT EXCHANGES.

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