British Superbikes - Croft

Well its been a few weeks since i posted last time, nothing much been happening really.

But last weekend (September 11-13th) was the British Superbikes event at Croft Circuit.

Last year Mike Nicholas and Myself were there shooting some promotional shots for one of the teams but this year i went just to capture some shots for myself and to have a good day out.

The weather was fantastic and it was, as always a great day out.

Last year i took my 500 Vr lens and a Gitzo GT5541Ls tripod / gimbal setup, but this year i travelled light with my D3, 300F4 AF-S and 1.4x / 1.7x teleconverters.

this Nikkor 300F4 AF-S is rapidly becoming one of my favourite lenses, its super sharp, very fast autofocusing and works great with the 2 teleconverters i mentioned above.

the shot above is one of my favourites for the day. If you would like to see some more please click on the title of this post and it will take you to my flickr gallery where i will be adding more photos over the coming days.

thanks for reading

best wishes to all

Colin

Barn Owls

Well, tonight's trip to the Barn Owl site finally paid off. It was a lovely evening with great light when the Barn Owl finally decided to show its face. The flying shots were taken when the Adult Owl was attacking a cat getting too close to the nesting site. The Owl kept diving and swooping until eventually the cat disappeared into the undergrowth.

if you would like to see some more images, just click on the Title of this post "Barn Owls" and it will take you to my gallery.

thanks

Colin

Butterflies and Moths

Just a heads up, my latest butterfly and moth photos are up on my website.

just click on the heading for this post, have a look and leave some comments.

thanks and i hope you like them

best wishes and good shooting

Colin.

Least Bittern

Weather has been lousy here for the last few days so no chance to get out shooting.

I thought i would go back through my shots i took in Florida back in March this year(2009).

This shot of a Least Bittern is one of my favourite. It was taken at a place called Viera Wetlands in Melbourne Florida. Its full name is Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera. Its a great place for wildlife and is on the Great Florida Birding Trail Guide routes. You can take your car around and drive very slowly watching out for birds and other wildlife.

This shot was taken out of the car window with my Nikon D300 Camera and Nikkor 500mm F4G AF-S VR lens with 1.7x teleconverter. Least Bitterns are elusive little birds usually hunting between the reeds so im pleased that I was able to capture this little guy out in the open.

thats it for now, catch you all soon

Colin.

F16 Fighting Falcon

One of my favourite images from Sunderland Airshow 2009

more photos can be found by clicking on the post title above

Sunderland Airshow 2009

Well Sunderland Airshow was great yesterday, (Saturday 25th July 2009). The sun was shining and the aircraft performed well for us.

please click on the title of this post to view some of my favourite shots from the day.

It looks like we picked the best day to go, as im looking out the window today and its very gloomy and overcast.

hope you like the photographs

best wishes

Colin

Sunderland Airshow - 25th-26th of July 2009

Well the time has come around again for the UK's biggest free airshow, Sunderland Airshow 2009. After last years event which was completely shrouded in thick fog for both days the weather, this year, is looking more promising.

I am hoping to be there covering the event on both days so look out for some photos posted on this blog and my other websites at the beginning of next week.

Its a great event, so if your looking for something to do this weekend, get yourself to Sunderland.

here is a link to the site with all the details and schedules

http://www.militaryairshows.co.uk/ven20.htm