Kestrel

I haven't posted in a while so I thought I should show you the outcome from a shoot the other week. Here are a couple of shots of a Kestrel which was perched on the side of the cliff next to me, whilst Grey Seals below, were intrigued by a dead gull in the water.

WHS Cornwall

So as you have noticed by the posts in my blog, I enjoy taking photographs of the world heritage sites in Cornwall. On this shoot I decided to photograph the mines at night with a 64% cloud coverage which makes a change to a clear sky that I normally work with. I will be re shooting at this location as I believe there is a lot of potential for some interesting shots.

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Inspiration

I believe that attending photographers talks are the best source to gain inspiration for your own photographic practice. Recently, I had the chance to attend Chris Packham's 'Goes Totally Wild' talk in Dorset. I enjoyed the talk and I found his experimentation very interesting and it influenced me in the shot I did the following day. The photographs are not sharp as I only had 55-200mm but I couldn't miss the opportunity to capture the otters. Therefore I tried different compositions that I would not normally do.

I have tried to keep the subject small in the top corners and have a lot of negative space, this is different to what is nearly done in wildlife photography.

 

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