The Eye of The Lens

Events with Maidenhead Camera Club (2009)
* Eton Wick walk
* Maidenhead Walk
* Nash Point
* Peak District Bolehill Quarry
* Peak District Higger Tor
* Peak District Stanage Edge
* Peak District Padley Gorge
UK collection 2009
* A Sunday afternoon at Savill Gardens
* A day at Aston Hill Red Kites (near Stokenchurch)
* Red Kites at Cookham one lunch time (I do so like these birds)
* A Bank Holiday Monday at Marwell Zoo lots of glass and wire to shoot thou :(
* Inspired by some swan pictures in comps. These are 3 day old
* The Hawk Conservancey Trust (Andover)
* The Wildlife Heritage Foundation (Kent/ Big cats)
* A day at Santago Leopard collection (now closed down)
* A day at Woburn Wildlife Park
* A day trip to Mottisfont Abbey (one of the best rose collections I have seen)
An American Road trip in 2009
* Bryce Canyon
* Zion National Park
* Monument Valley
* Antelop Canyon
* Grand Canyon
* Las Vegas

2010 and the outings I have had.

Seeing my daughter is in to ponies and horses. I have been put forward to do some pictures of different horse and pony shows this year ( That's my Saturdays and Sunday taken then! ). So here is some that I have done so far, all snap shots from around the rings. Maybe I'll get better the more I do ? fingers crossed lol
* Lea Barn show in Langley
* Help for Hero's show at Newbury show ground



The Isle of Skye 2010
After trying to get a picture of a "Sea" White Tailed Eagle for nearly all of my holiday. A picture happened a once in a life time shot! A Sea Eagle with a Golden Eagle in the same sky and together having a little set to with each other. The quality of the picture is not great but using a 500mm on full stretch and the birds being so high this picture is a tight crop. The best at the time and as a judge would say a record picture and maybe not the best lol ( I was there and it made me happy watching the Golden Eagle on and off for over an hour) A Link can be found below.

* Skye on a dslr camera
* Skye on a compact camera
* On the Isle of Skye a Golden Eagle and a White tailed Eagle
Plymouth, British Firework Championships (done over two days and well worth the trip down there)
* The first night 3 displays
* The second night of 3 displays
A gallery of Otters Taken at the Butterflies and Otters @ Buckfast Their web site
* Otters
* Butterflies
Ockwell Park Bird of Prey Display ( one day i'll get a bird in flight correct!)
* arranged by the Braywick center shame about the rain thou
Holiday in Cuba
* A set of holiday snaps really, not a photography holiday, no tripod all hand held, even the lighting image!
Wings, Wheels , Speed and Steam at White Waltham Airfield actual web ad for show
* A very enjoyable day out for the whole family
An early morning walk in Windsor great park, before it got busy, not all the best of pictures and I want to go and retry this (maybe with a tripod!) Lots of deer and a parrot.
* Windsor great park
A local firework display at the Greyhound Pub, seeing I know the event I got there late, a mistake and a mental note made get there earlier next year!!
* taken on Oct 30 not the 5th
A day out in London
* The Lord mayors Parade show in London, some of the picture are not the sharpest but so many different settings to think about must try harder!!
* The Military Tournament in Earls court, low light, lots of movement and all with telephoto lens, hand held so not ideal at all :(  

Events with Maidenhead (2010)

* Hawk Conservancy Trust

2011 Another year to look forward to

Can I introduce my new family member, Mouse she is a Parson Russell Terrier she was born on 4th Sept 2010. She is quite lively as some of the images will show :(
Now you may guess why my nick name is JackRuss lol
* just after we got her
* Taken on Christmas Eve on an afternoon walk by Dorney rowing Lake
* Her first show at the Parson Terrier Club show ( I have been asked if I can do all thier show pictures now !!)]]
* Her 2nd "fun" show with two of her siblings ( she got placed in the dog the judge would like to take home lol )

A day in London doing some street photography
* The Old Compton rd and China Town
A day in Stokenchurch hunting Red Kites with a few friends ( at one stage there was over 30 of them above in the sky a one point ) I must go again!
* A collection of images, various lenses and settings more practice required I think

I have been playing with some software and am thinking of paying for the full version here is the first test of the 1st night of fireworks at Plymouth.







* New Images Accepted Now 70 Accepted. :)
* To view the Pentax pictures without the long intro click, *but* this link this now needs updating