Author: DMcA

Hogsmill Nature reserve is a perfect little wildlife refuge in an obscure part of Berrylands in south London. These shots were taken on my first ever visit. Around 120 bird species have been recorded at Hogsmill, some quite rare.

There are two hides, and outside one of them are several birdfeeders that attract a range of small songbirds. These are extremely nervous and move super fast. Normally they are impossible to capture in flight. However, using Olympus technology (Pro capture), I got a surprisingly high number of shots. The difference between these little birds at rest, and in flight is profound – they turn into proud and beautiful avians, with more impressive plumage than many larger birds.

Touch or click any image to go to a lightbox view and then touch the full screen icon in the top right hand corner to get the best viewing experience. And for information on the shot and the location, be sure to click the little ‘i’ icon

Photos from various Camera tests at the Richmond Park Pen Ponds in summer 2021, all with the Olympus EM1x and various lenses including the extremely exotic 15-1400mm lens, which is both rare and expensive ($7500).

These are photos taken on a couple of Landscape workshops in Northumberland and North Yorkshire in June and August 2021 with the excellent Steve Bell. Steve is a very talented landscape and dark sky photographer, and his courses are packed with useful information and great shooting opportunities. These shots benefit from Steve’s careful approach to composition and technique, which is very much in tune with my own style gained from Long Exposure photography. Most of these shots involve some form of exposure blending, focus stacking or panorama stitching. The first three photographs are from Yorkshire and the rest are from Northumberland.


Touch or click any image to go to a lightbox view and then touch the full screen icon in the top right hand corner to get the best viewing experience. And for information on the shot and the location, be sure to click the little ‘i’ icon

These shots were taken from a boat trip to the Farne Islands in Northumberland in June 2021 on a photo workshop with the excellent Steve Bell. The 2 hour Farne Island boat trip is highly recommended, and there is no shortage of birds to see, although it’s quite hard to get good shots of them.


Touch or click any image to go to a lightbox view and then touch the full screen icon in the top right hand corner to get the best viewing experience. And for information on the shot and the location, be sure to click the little ‘i’ icon

A7R3 focus accuracy. These are screenshots of the thumbnails of the out-of-focus (OOF) images for the At the HCT, Andover. You will note that the bird is front and centre in almost every image, and it is not operator error or technique that is causing the problems.


Touch or click any image to go to a lightbox view and then touch the full screen icon in the top right hand corner to get the best viewing experience. And for information on the shot and the location, be sure to click the little ‘i’ icon

A6400 focus accuracy. These are screenshots of the thumbnails of the out-of-focus (OOF) images for the a whole session at HCT Andover. You will note that the bird is front and centre in almost every image, and it is not operator error or technique that is causing the problems.


Touch or click any image to go to a lightbox view and then touch the full screen icon in the top right hand corner to get the best viewing experience. And for information on the shot and the location, be sure to click the little ‘i’ icon

A7R4 focus accuracy. These are screenshots of the thumbnails of the out-of-focus (OOF) images for the Andover HCT session (all day). You will note that the bird is front and centre in almost every image, and it is not operator error or technique that is causing the problems. 692 out of 854 images were out of focus.


Touch or click any image to go to a lightbox view and then touch the full screen icon in the top right hand corner to get the best viewing experience. And for information on the shot and the location, be sure to click the little ‘i’ icon

A9 focus accuracy. These are screenshots of the thumbnails of the out-of-focus (OOF) images for the falcon session. You will note that the bird is front and centre in almost every image, and it is not operator error or technique that is causing the problems.


Touch or click any image to go to a lightbox view and then touch the full screen icon in the top right hand corner to get the best viewing experience. And for information on the shot and the location, be sure to click the little ‘i’ icon