Sunday morning is proving to be a good time to be out and about photographing wildlife at Tophill Low. Last Sunday, 6th Feb, Mark spotted a very tiny yearling Grass Snake (only around 7 inches long) by O Reservoir. This provided us with a very good, if rather unexpected, subject for some macro photography - see below. We did however move the snake off the path as it was so tiny it could easily have been stood on by an unsuspecting visitor. This early sighting is also featured on the Tophill Low blog.
Yesterday, 13th Feb, on his way to the class, Mike came across this cracking Little Owl by the roadside just on the outskirts of the reserve. Quite rightly Mike had his camera ready beside him in the car and captured a series of shots. We worked on some of the RAW images in photoshop and learnt about boosting contrast levels and cropping.
We looked at various crops and decided that this image also worked well in mono.
Looking forward to seeing what we can snap next time!
Yesterday, 13th Feb, on his way to the class, Mike came across this cracking Little Owl by the roadside just on the outskirts of the reserve. Quite rightly Mike had his camera ready beside him in the car and captured a series of shots. We worked on some of the RAW images in photoshop and learnt about boosting contrast levels and cropping.
We looked at various crops and decided that this image also worked well in mono.
Looking forward to seeing what we can snap next time!
