DRINKING BLUE TIT REFLECTION.

The committee at Birdguides have selected this images over hundreds of great images to be Picture Of The Week for15.2.17.The time and effort to capture this image has finally paid off.Everything just fell into place,the light,no wind, the subject and most of all Lady Luck.

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Allotment Reflection Pool.

A few images from my Allotment Reflection Pool Project,lots of work to do yet but at least it is up and running.I am also up and running on flickr please view my images at Martin jump Flickr.Thank you for looking

A WEEK AWAY.

A few images from  recent week away in the South Lakes,a couple of waterfalls the Ravensglass narrow gauge steam train and a few landscapes.Hopefully I will be able to catch up on my recent work and start blogging  again soon.

PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE.

That`s the name of the game,Small Copper a first for my garden 23.9.16.Migrant Hawker Leighton Moss.The rest of the images were taken on the allotment with a 100 macro lens hand held with fill in flash practicing getting the exposure right.

DRAGONFLIES AND LIZARDS.

I recently visited a couple of Nature Reserves in the north of the County,the weather wasn`t to kind and the birds were few and far between.At the first reserve a distant Osprey was seen but photo opportunities were limited to a couple of record shots of the lizards on the boardwalks.At Leighton Moss I visited the public hide and a few dragonflies were buzzing about and I kept myself entertained trying to capture images of the Migrant Hawker in flight.I`ve posted a couple of my better images below.

PRESTONS COMMON TERNS.

This summer I`ve made a few early morning trips to Preston Dock with the plan to  try and capture images of the common terns returning with fish to feed to their young.I was in particular trying to capture the eye contact of the bird and fish this as I found out was very very difficult and after trying lots of different methods the one that suited me best was with a smaller lens hand held, concentrating on one returning bird and trying to get the exposure right was a challenge.I`m pleased with a few images and have posted a few below.