I spent an hour watching the birds in the garden yesterday and was surprised at the number of different species that I saw. Here’s a list of everything I saw Blackbird, Blackcap, Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit, Brambling, Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Dunnock, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jackdaw, Jay, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Nuthatch, Ring-necked … Read more
I decided to write a description of my noise reduction workflow in the hope that it helps someone. I don’t do any noise reduction in Lightroom or Photoshop as I don’t think they are very good. Just my opinion and others will probably disagree. I use the Photoshop plugin of Neat Image and this is … Read more
The perches are now being used but not on a regular basis. Spent half an hour trying to get shots of the Bullfinches on them but they wouldn’t play. Whilst waiting 3 Long-tailed Tits made a brief appearance and I did manage to get one on one of the perches. A step in the right … Read more
Decided that I needed to get some decent perches set up in the garden to try and get some decent shots of the Bullfinches and the Goldcrest. Managed to get some branches from the local wood that although not perfect are a lot better than I had before. Placed them near to the feeders and … Read more
I took a trip to Adel Dam yesterday. Weather was cold at -2C but the sun was out with blue skies. Took a few shots of the Great Spotted Woodpecker, Robins and Mallards along with a few others. I was talking to some other people in the hide and when I turned back to my … Read more
Whenever we sharpen images we run the risk of introducing halos, especially when there is a big transition from light to dark. This can be seen clearly in the following image There is a white halo that is particularly noticeable on the dark tail and the bill. This can easily be removed in Photoshop … Read more
Back to the cold and wet of the UK after the heat and light of India. Fed the birds and even though it’s been 2 weeks they didn’t take long to appear. Here are a couple of shots of Bullfinches that frequent our garden. Got a phone call from a friend asking if I fancied … Read more
I seem to have problems with identifying Sand Plovers. Even reading about the differences it’s still very difficult. Here are 2 shots that I originally IDed as Greater Sand Plovers but after posting them on Flickr they were questioned. Looking at them more closely you can see the small differences. The Lesser Sand Plover has … Read more
The 1st few days were overcast and the temperature didn’t get too high, the rest of the time was extremely hot with no clouds Generally I did most photography during the 500m walk to the beach along a quiet lane and sat on a sunbed. I had one morning trip out to the largest lake … Read more
26/01/18 Added over 40 images into Birds of Goa and Recent Photographs, Also added another image to the slide show on the home page. Still more to add and I will post a notice when I’ve completed the Birds of Goa gallery. Here’s a small collection from the gallery © 2003-2026 Kevin B Agar