It’s for my next garden photo project and no, I’ve not got a Greenhouse.
All will be revealed when it arrives and I begin building.
Have I gone all Green-fingered????
Thanks Nikon for Standardising Batteries
So I get both chargers out and set them up to charge. I plugged the MH-25a (supplied with the D810) in and inserted a battery and although it charges, there is a loud sparking noise coming from it and a nice smell of burning electronics.
Luckily, the D810 and D7100 both use the same EN-EL15 Battery so the MH-25 charger that comes with the D7100 (notice the “a” missing, I’m led to believe it just has a slightly lower power output) can charge all 4 batteries.
So a big thanks to Nikon for standardising their batteries throughout their range. I’ll give Wex Photographic a call to get this charger sent off for repair/replacement.
Wrong Choice Of Location This Morning
As soon as I got to Stafford, I hit a thick covering of Fog that just made bird photography impossible. Kingfishers, Warblers, Wrens and various Ducks and Geese were all in abundance, but no photos worthy of sharing. Still, it was good to sit there and watch the Kingfisher coming and going even if it did look black and white.
On the drive back, within 5 miles of leaving, glorious blue skies, certainly was the wrong location but the forecast (as it’s been for a while) was wrong.
As seen on CNET
Photography is a form of art and whether you’re a Professional taking photos to pay the bills or an Amateur wanting to satisfy your hobby it’s always an amazing feeling when people like your work.
So you can imagine how ecstatic I was when Eric Mack, contributer to the giant media website CNET, asked me if he could use my Perseids Meteor photo in a gallery he was creating.
The photo, showcased with 9 other photographers shots, can be see at www.cnet.com/pictures/dazzling-shots-of-the-2015-perseid-meteor-shower-pictures/, my photo is image 5.
Mistle Thrushes are moving in.
I had a message from Emma (my better half) today as she’d spotted a new bird in the garden we had not seen before. We soon identified it as a Mistle Thrush, a bird that is common, but on the RSPB Amber Status due to decline in gardens (RSPB – Mistle Thrush).
So imagine our surprise when I noticed that a pair is building a nest in our old Oak Tree. I watched them for a while and noticed the female would go off gathering with the male following, but staying perched high on lookout as if he was guarding her.
Here’s a few quick shots I managed to get, I look forward to getting more photos of them.
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A different Fox came, is it finally the missing Male?
It’s not a simple answer! I don’t know. He only showed up for a fraction of a second before running off. The one thing that really identified the Male was that his tail was very short and busy. As he didn’t come into the shot fully, I can’t make out his tail. He has quite a thick coat which the Male certainly did.
However, as you can see from the photos, they are 2 different Foxes, the 2nd photo is the Vixen. These two shots were only 30 seconds apart too, so they were together, which is unusual for Foxes.
It’s too big to be one of the young, so I can only hope this is finally proof that the Male is around and well.
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