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Paul (pdk42) has already posted a couple of threads regarding the one day Coastal Birds workshop run by Tesni Ward that we attended. I am much slower sorting through images than he is but I have finally managed to process some to share.
The workshop was excellent and, as there were only three attendees, Tesni was able to give each of us plenty of attention, advice on camera settings and shooting tips. The pointers towards good composition were particularly helpful, though often forgotten in the heat of the moment. The location was spectacular, I've never seen so many seabirds all together in one place before
Here is a selection from the day, firstly gannets. They could be seen very close to when they came to the top of the cliff to collect nesting material:-
I was photographing a pair but the other one to the left gave me such a look!
Gannets apparently pair for life and will display when meeting again.
Paul and I must have been following the same bird as I have almost the identical shot to one he posted - because the group moved around together we inevitably have some similar shots
The shot above involved a lot of PP work removing out-of-focus black flies, thousands of which were buzzing around the top of the cliffs. One even crawled out of my clothes when I got home the next day
Like Paul, I had never seen a puffin before (apart from the row of plastic ones that fooled me on Ramsey Island, put there as lures
) so I was pleased to see a few.
I managed to get some shots of one as it flew away.
Kittiwakes were numerous on the cliffs; loads of them were flying to a field behind the reserve and coming back with nesting material.
Quite some time was spent in the afternoon attempting BIF shots - the E-M1 Mk 2 seemed to cope much better than the Mk 1 or the E-5. First a kittiwake then a fulmar, a few of which were whizzing around.
All images taken with the E-M1 Mk 2 and Leica DG 100-400mm f/4 - 6.3 and processed in Darktable - exposure, profiled NR, fly removal in one image and some cropping.
I found the workshop very useful and extremely enjoyable, hopefully I learnt something and I'm keen to do another one
Cheers,
JohnGG
The workshop was excellent and, as there were only three attendees, Tesni was able to give each of us plenty of attention, advice on camera settings and shooting tips. The pointers towards good composition were particularly helpful, though often forgotten in the heat of the moment. The location was spectacular, I've never seen so many seabirds all together in one place before
Here is a selection from the day, firstly gannets. They could be seen very close to when they came to the top of the cliff to collect nesting material:-
I was photographing a pair but the other one to the left gave me such a look!
Gannets apparently pair for life and will display when meeting again.
Paul and I must have been following the same bird as I have almost the identical shot to one he posted - because the group moved around together we inevitably have some similar shots
The shot above involved a lot of PP work removing out-of-focus black flies, thousands of which were buzzing around the top of the cliffs. One even crawled out of my clothes when I got home the next day
Like Paul, I had never seen a puffin before (apart from the row of plastic ones that fooled me on Ramsey Island, put there as lures
) so I was pleased to see a few.I managed to get some shots of one as it flew away.
Kittiwakes were numerous on the cliffs; loads of them were flying to a field behind the reserve and coming back with nesting material.
Quite some time was spent in the afternoon attempting BIF shots - the E-M1 Mk 2 seemed to cope much better than the Mk 1 or the E-5. First a kittiwake then a fulmar, a few of which were whizzing around.
All images taken with the E-M1 Mk 2 and Leica DG 100-400mm f/4 - 6.3 and processed in Darktable - exposure, profiled NR, fly removal in one image and some cropping.
I found the workshop very useful and extremely enjoyable, hopefully I learnt something and I'm keen to do another one
Cheers,
JohnGG
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