London to Bath in the Rain

As I arrived in London from Cambridge at the start of the rush hour, I decided to walk from Kings Cross to Paddington. It rained hard most of the way but gave some great umbrella images. It was still raining when I eventually arrived in Bath and walked to the hotel via the Abbey.

Fungus Foray Santon Downham and Brandon Country Park

It isn't a bumper year for fungi in Thetford but a good variety of species was found and photographed on Sunday. I was using a 24 mm shift lens which gave a good depth of field where needed. Shot at f22 except image 5 (f13) and image 7 (f11). Small fill-in flash on most (not image 5 or 7)

Misty Morning at Santon Downham

Not quite Tangle Creek but the best Thetford Forest could do in the mist yesterday. Lots of spectacular cobwebs and some delightful small inkcaps (Hare's foot Inkcap (Coprinopsis lagopus)

Cumulus Clouds at Strethall

There have been some fabulous cloud formations in the last three days so I thought it time to give the infrared camera an outing. The last image is processed in Silver Efex to show the detail that it brings out of cloud structures.

Meerkats and Red Kites

The three Red Kites that visited Hamerton Zoo yesterday for their tea did not go unoticed by the Meerkats who watched their every move. The kites swooped down and removed a chick from the large stork enclosure. 

Big Cats and Small fox

Hamerton Zoo has recently acquired two more white Bengal tigers and they are in tip top condition. The Cheetahs have great pens with long grass to hide in and bushes to shelter under. The Corsac foxes are growing their long winter coats. 

Aggression at the Bird Feeder

We have numerous greenfinches and goldfinches in the garden at the feeders so thought would try to get a set up for photographing them fighting. These were taken  through an open window with 300mm lens mostly at 2.8 as it was a dull day. With the birds moderately close, there is insufficient depth of field at 2.8 (all except 2nd image which was 4.5) so will have to think again about placing the camera. I do like the first one showing a very feisty goldfinch seeing off a much larger greenfinch.