More Richmond Park Pen Ponds
More shots, this time in October 2020.
Richmond Park, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, was created by Charles I in the 17th century as a deer park. The largest of London’s Royal Parks, it is of national and international importance for wildlife conservation. The park is a national nature reserve, a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Area of Conservation and is included, at Grade I, on Historic England’s Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England. Its landscapes have inspired many famous artists and it has been a location for several films and TV series (credit – Wikepedia). The Pen Ponds are in the centre of the park and are a safe-ish haven for ducks, geese, swans, gulls and migratory birds. Only safe-ish because of the oafish behaviour of dog owners and the drunken hooligans of south London.
Photographs in this album include: Egyptian Goose coming in to land, Great Cormorant, Black headed Gull, Canada Geese, Mr Richie coming in low, Parrakeet taking off, Mallard duck, and more.
▸ Technical data — all 15 images
| Image |
Camera |
FL |
f/ |
Shutter |
ISO |
GPS |
| Egyptian Goose coming in to Land | E-M1 Mark III | 300mm | f/4.0 | 1/2000s | 250 | 51.4435°N, 0.2756°W |
| Great Cormorant | E-M1 Mark III | 300mm | f/4.0 | 1/2000s | 640 | 51.4435°N, 0.2756°W |
| Black headed Gull against the light | E-M1 Mark III | 300mm | f/4.0 | 1/2000s | 64 | 51.4435°N, 0.2756°W |
| A quartet of Black headed Gulls | E-M1 Mark III | 300mm | f/5.6 | 1/2000s | 400 | 51.4435°N, 0.2756°W |
| Cananda Geese at 12:00 | E-M1X | 300mm | f/4.0 | 1/2000s | 400 | 51.4435°N, 0.2756°W |
| Mr Riche coming in low. | E-M1X | 300mm | f/4.0 | 1/2000s | 400 | 51.4435°N, 0.2756°W |
| Mr Richie at full stretch | E-M1X | 300mm | f/4.0 | 1/2000s | 400 | 51.4435°N, 0.2756°W |
| Canada Geese heading west | E-M1X | 300mm | f/4.0 | 1/2000s | 320 | 51.4435°N, 0.2756°W |
| Egyptian goose banking hard | E-M1 Mark III | 200mm | f/4.0 | 1/2000s | 1000 | 51.4435°N, 0.2756°W |
| Parrakeet taking off | E-M1 Mark III | 200mm | f/4.0 | 1/2000s | 1600 | 51.4435°N, 0.2756°W |
| Egyptian Goose at full stretch | E-M1 Mark III | 200mm | f/4.0 | 1/2000s | 400 | 51.4435°N, 0.2756°W |
| Mallard duck with undercarriage retracted | Sony A6400 | 426mm | f/7.1 | 1/2000s | 500 | 51.4436°N, 0.2757°W |
| So then he terns around and says quack, so I turn around and say…. | E-M1 Mark III | 200mm | f/4.0 | 1/2000s | 1000 | 51.4437°N, 0.2756°W |
| Black-headed gull checking things out | Sony A6400 | 225mm | f/6.3 | 1/2000s | 1000 | 51.4436°N, 0.2757°W |
| Stand aside, we’re coming through! | Sony A6400 | 300mm | f/6.3 | 1/2000s | 250 | 51.4436°N, 0.2756°W |
For camera settings, techniques and equipment used in shoots like this, see the Technique posts on mcaughtry.photo.
