PATIENTLY WAITING

Our recent trip away lent to many interesting encounters with the local wildlife.

Some, as in this case not the hardest to capture, as it sat patiently waiting for the return of it's partner

I say not hard, well the new camera has thrown up a few surprises and even my often knowledgeable hubby had issues finding a solution

As I was informed by one tog "you only need to remember three things, simple" If only it was that simple. I've commented to Ken on many occasions, things are only simple when you know how to do them!

The problem you see was exposure. Not being a bird photographer, I'd been told several years ago that it's best to underexpose the white birds, otherwise they end up being blown out, as I found out at that time

So knowledge at hand, having arrived pre sunrise, I'd attempted to capture a few images

Nothing!!!!!!!!!! No nothing!!!!!!!!

The camera couldn't even focus

Much playing around and many images later, here is one result

A fairly common image of the beautiful gannets which chose Bempton cliffs to rear their young migrating from West Africa

There are approx 11,000 breeding pairs at Bempton

Their skill and ability in the air is an amazing sight to watch and on windy days they can be seen higher up the cliff face, coming in to land like a helicopter, still at times

This is number one in a series of images I'll post

Tried some panning shots after being inspired by Eddie over in Manchester - to follow

Hope you enjoy them as much as I did capturing them :)

Done