Winter Wanders

Winter Wanders

ByDawn

Winter is a great time for photography, the late sunrise and soft light, and crisp frosty mornings can make for picturesque images. Even on grey days there can be opportunites. I headed over to Cambridgeshire to WWT Welney, a location I’ve not been to for some time. Two magnificent Short-eared owls were hunting over the…

Love on the red cliff

Love on the red cliff

ByDawn

Late February. I’ve been visiting one of the very few seabird colonies in Norfolk. East Anglia is well known for it’s general flatness, so the sheer cliffs required to attract breeding sea birds are very rare. One place however, is Hunstanton, with it’s famous red and white cliffs. The red rocks are actually made of…

Hello 2024

Hello 2024

ByDawn

There’s nothing like a new year and upcoming milestone birthday to put you in a reflective mood. Photography has always been my passion, and by that I mean, puts me in the ‘satisfyingly busy’ freedom of flow state. When watching wildlife and creating images, time passes without a trace. Meditation with a camera. I always…

The Littlest Dragon

The Littlest Dragon

ByDawn

Ok, I admit it. Lizards. My favourite species to photograph. Don’t get me wrong, I love the hares and the barn owls too, but lizards, so full of character, so fascinating in their little macro world. It absorbs me, my attention, I could spend hours watching, yet to me feels like barely a few minutes….

Green-winged Glory

Green-winged Glory

ByDawn

I spent a morning in May at a local meadow, photographing these beautiful native orchids. I often think our native botanical riches are a bit overlooked, but we do have a fascinating selection of species here, and I will definately be trying to explore more in the future. The Green-winged orchid is one of around…

Spot the bird

ByDawn

Wildlife photographers have a habit of showing only their very best work, which is of course understandable. It does leave aspiring wildlife photographers a little disillusioned or disappointed with their own efforts, because it’s a fact that for every amazing photo taken, there’s ten, twenty, or a hundred (or more!) ‘misses’. After all, we’re dealing…