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The Chase

16th April 202216th April 2022Craig RogersLeave a comment

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The gathering of European Bee-Eaters is getting larger each evening, they also woke me at sunrise this morning too!

Tonight they gave a great display of acrobatically feeding. There’s nothing better than capturing the moment they are going for a catch.

Here are 2 photos of the same catch. The first shows it lining up for the catch and the second shows the incredible acrobatics to catch the bee.

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Sharing Is Tearing!

14th April 202214th April 2022Craig RogersLeave a comment

It’s very common during the courting period that male European Bee-Eaters will catch and offer larger insects to his female, very romantic you may say. However, yesterday evening I witnessed something even more romantic and I’ve never seen it before……

The male arrived with a large Butterfly or Moth and when it was offered to his lady, they spend about 30 seconds tugging it, breaking it into two so that they both had an piece. It was no accident, it was obvious from the pulling that they wanted to share it. These stunning birds continue to amaze me! The photos aren’t great as the angle was a bit odd to the light.

A New Day On Praia Dos Arrifes

14th April 202214th April 2022Craig RogersLeave a comment

An early morning airport run? Never a problem as I’ll always use it to my advantage. This morning I decided to visit Praia dos Arrifes near Albufeira to grab the sunrise.

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Snails At Sunset

9th April 20229th April 2022Craig RogersLeave a comment

Yesterday evening, I headed down to Praia das Cabanas Velhas which is in between Burgau and Salema on the Algarve south coast in hope of some colours at sunset. It was a trek across the large pebbles and rocks on this beach to head to the location with the possibility of the tide cutting off the walk back, so a route up the cliff and along the top was planned. The tide didn’t quite cut the route back, but still chose the cliff option with some spectacular views of dusk setting in.

The exposed rocks were covered with snails and the colours didn’t disappoint.

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Into The Sunset Colours

3rd April 20223rd April 2022Craig RogersLeave a comment

After the colours not appearing at yesterdays sunset, I wasn’t going to waste the colours tonight but with little time to prepare for a shot I thought I’d try something different.

I grabbed the 500mm lens and decided to shoot “into” the colours and silhouetting a distant ridge here in the Algarve Serra. If you fancy something very different on your wall, prints are available to purchase in the Webshop.

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Cloudy Sunset At Praia do Evaristo

3rd April 20223rd April 2022Craig RogersLeave a comment

All day yesterday the cloud was full of high wispy clouds so I headed to Praia do Evaristo to shoot from the amazing rocks that separate it from Praia do Castelo and watch the thicker cloud developing.

It was immediately apparent that the clouds were getting too thick for a colourful sunset, but I continued to shoot at various stages of the sunset knowing that the camera would be capturing colours that were difficult to see with the human eye. Once back at the computer it was amazing to see the photos that was well worth the patience of waiting and shooting.

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