MERRY CHRISTMAS.

A very merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year to all the followers of my blog.I`ve posted a few of my favourite images of 2013 and hope you enjoy them as much as I did capturing them,thank you very much f

or looking in.

BLACKPOOL NORTH PIER.

A few sunset images from the North Pier Blackpool taken over the last few weeks while waiting for the st

arling roost.

ROSSALL BEAUTIES.

I can`t get enough of the sanderling at Rossall,such beautiful little waders in their winter plummage.On a very cold sunny winters day I managed to find one running along the tide line giving great views and opportunities to photograph.I`ve posted a few of my favourite images from an enjoyable day out.

SALMON ON THE RIBBLE.

On the higher reaches of the Ribble are the salmon spawning grounds and to reach them the salmon have to overcome various obstacles mainly waterfalls.At one of these locations I tried to capture images of the salmon as they jumped  the falls.I thought long and hard about posting these images as the fish aren`t sharp(human error on my part),but I will be back in the future to master the techniques  and capture these remarkable fish and do them the justice they deserve.

MORE FROM ROSSALL.

I visited Rossall at the recent high tide and had a wonderful day with good weather,good company and the waders coming very close.I`ve posted a few of the many images I took and hope you enjoy them as much as I did capturing them.

KESTREL AND PEREGRINE FALCON.

While at Rossall Point photographing the waders a distant peregrine was chasing the wader flocks out over the sea,and a kestrel was hunting the dunes.I`ve posted a couple of images of the predators in hunting mode and will post one of the wader images very soon.

BLAME THE STARLINGS.

Blame the starlings for this post,firstly the starlings have deserted the garden and my project with them has been put on hold,secondly I visited Blackpool to photograph the starlings going to roost on the North Pier the starlings never appeared and the sun disappeared behind the grey cloud so no sunset shots either.I decided to stay and photograph the Blackpool Illuminations,this project was totally alien to me experimenting with a wide angle lens,different F stops and shutter speeds I thoroughly enjoyed myself even if alot of the images were rubbish.I posted a few of my better efforts below.