The feathered on film
I’m no wildlife photographer. For a start, it’s pretty thin on the ground here in west London and it isn’t one of my favourite photographic subjects.
But from time to time, birds make their way into a frame – and some are quite captivating. For me, it’s mostly the gulls along the Thames along with the odd cormorant with its wings outstretched, and the wild fowl that inhabit my home town of Maldon in Essex.
Of course I can’t forget the majestic swan bobbing along in the city parks and rivers where I find myself with camera in hand. In this set there is a gull looking out to sea in Redcliffe, a coastal suburb of Brisbane in Australia. It’s the one bird capture which had human essence…
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Like the Frisky Duck best. You’ve captured the wild abandon with which ducks seem to bath beautifully.
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Thank you Noeline. That was an unusually mild autumn day and I think the ducks were a littl crazed!
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A nice series, Mike and the fifth and sixth photos are outstanding.
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Thanks very much! I just dip my toe in occasionally – am probably more comfortable with inanimate subjects.
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