Bubble, bubble, t'oil and ruddle

A little diversion from my usual wildlife stuff. I had a little play around with some washing up liquid, olive oil, and a bowl of water just to see how it would look.

Baloons, Kites and Planes

I've been busy practicing video, so there have not been too many photos. Last weekend there were brief moments when the Sun brightened up my photographic playground, but this weekend was just dull, grey and misty.

More Kites

I spent a couple of hours trying to get some shots of "Courting Kites", but they didn't seem too amourous today.  However, the light was good, so the trip wasn't wasted.

Dunnock

During a brief spell when the raptors all dissappeared a pair of dunnocks had a quick drink from a puddle near the car. The image above was taken with the EM1 at 400mm, F5.6, ISO 80.

Red Kite in Fight...

This is my first attempt at making a video.  I'm still learning to use the EM1 camera, so I didn't realise that there was no autofocus available when shooting "slo-mo" at 120 fps.  However,  I love