I said about a couple of Ferrybridge trips to post about, well there's this one, in grey and murk and gloom, and there was another one, in lovely sunshine, with Wheatears, a swallow or two, and my only ever Little Terns...including feeding a youngster.... but bleedin Lightroom ate it. Gutted doesn't come close... yet another reason why I hate editing and editing software!
Anyhow, back to the murk and another opportunity to experiment with new lens and camera.... in the car park, mewing Herring Gull
Chattering Sparrow flock
To the waters edge, and lots of Dunlin about
Almost always head down until they catch something
Ringed Plovers abounded
Along with Turnstones. I think all three species outnumbered even the gulls
Narcissus Dunlin
What's going on then?
I'm gonna 'ave you if you don't naff orf
What I want to know is..... who did the Plover nick that gigantic wing off?
Oiii... I told ya once....
Guess Who?
I managed a couple of nice sequences of flight shots
As I was walking around the edge of the tidal area I was slowly making my way closer to the birds. The image quality certainly improved with less murk between me and the subjects
Remember Guess Who.... well Ta-Daaaaah
One of several Pied Wagtails, including a still yellowy faced youngster (which somehow I managed not to get in focus!)
Another mini quiz... who else is in the pic, aside from the Bar Tailed Godwits? Don't scroll too fast coz the answer is the next picture!
That's right you clever old sticks... Sandwich Tern
There were 3 distant, widely spaced Carrotbills
I was still edging closer by my circuitous route
Suddenly a ways in front of me a Little Egret plopped itself down
And then promptly went again.
There were a number of this type of plumaged gulls... don't know the aging process I'm afraid... but always think they look proper dapper!
Higher up another Sandwich Tern was on the wing... look at that glorious late summer heatwave blue sky!!
And when it came in to land it was apparent there were 4 Terns
A closer Oystercatcher
Overhead a couple of Herring Gulls glided effortlessly by (I forgot I could have taken the lens down from 600mm... uncropped lol)
Nearly got it all in
I thought I'd try some eye level to the wader shots
Luckily the camera has a pull out and twist LCD screen, or I'd still be wallowing in the seaweed like a giant walrus!
And as I was crouched some of the local feral pigeons popped in to say hello... I'd never notice their eye clolour before
I caught up with one of my old mates before crossing the road to investigate the harbour side of the causeway
On the scrubby bit of land by the boat sheds, young goldfinch
And then Google Lens insists the next 2 images are Greenfinch, but I was sure they are Siskin
And Google Lens agreed with me on this third image.... they are all of the same bird!
Another Waggie
And finally, a clicking churring Starling
I hope you enjoyed my grey day, and I'll keep searching for the missing trip but don't hold out much hope.
Stay Safe All
Lovely set, PimperneBloke. So sorry about the little terns - I'll confess I never edit original photos of mine, I always take a copy and edit that. I hope they pop up somewhere.
Oh, yeah, definitely a greenfinch.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
It may have been a dull day, but the photos were far from dull.
I used to use Photoshop, though in recent years, that too seems to have lost its edge, becoming too social media oriented and less of a professional photosuite.
I presume Nikon still provide editing software, if they do, have you tried the Nikon editing software?
regards
John
PimperneBloke said:Hi John Thanks. Yes, I have used the Nikon software a couple of times, but generally shoot JPEG so the Panasonic software I got with my first camera is ideal for my level of editing....crop, and lighten or darken as required. When I get more free time I'll dig deeper in to PS and LR and potentially rescue more images. TBH, the Z8 is a stonking bit of kit and I'm already at the limit of number of pics I want to sort through before boredom makes my eyes bleed lol
Not a problem. I'm sorry for the late reply, I've been very busy here.
To see the clarity of the photos you're posting, the Z8 it is stonking piece of kit.