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Tawney Owls, New Garden setup, Lockdown Rules, Landscape photo and Reptiles on Dartmoor
June 04, 2020 - Greetings from a Wildlife Photographer on Dartmoor in Devon, England
I hope you are all safe and well, and bearing up w...
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Coronavirus Covid 19, Lockdown period, Keeping busy Wildlife Photography wise,
May 09, 2020 - Greetings from a Wildlife Photographer on Dartmoor in Devon, England
I hope you are all safe and well, and bearing up w...
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Time, Talks, Trials of Photographing Cuckoos and Wildlife Photography Subjects for 2020
December 16, 2019 - Greetings from a Wildlife Photographer on Dartmoor in Devon, England
Christmas is fast approaching and not long behind...
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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and New 1 Day Wildlife Photography Workshops
November 10, 2019 - Before I get started this blog is not about the cape wearing Clint Eastwood spaghetti western, it is about wildlife phot...
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New ventures in the Field of Photography and Touring some of Scotland's Western Islands
August 25, 2019 - Greetings from a Wildlife Photographer on Dartmoor in Devon
Well it has been a while since my last blog. There was me t...
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Excuses Excuses Excuses and starting Wildlife Photography in your garden
January 13, 2019 - Greetings from a Wildlife Photographer on Dartmoor in Devon
Well Happy New Year to all of you. I hope you had a great t...
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Learning from Photographers, Jen Bryant, Mark Sisson, Fieldfare, Redwings & Red Squirrels
November 29, 2018 - Greetings from a Wildlife Photographer on Dartmoor in Devon
Well today, 10 th November 2018, I went to Belstone craft f...
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Retirement, Our Nature Reserve, Red Deer and My Ways of Getting Closer to the Wildlife
November 03, 2018 - Greetings from a Wildlife Photographer on Dartmoor in Devon
Well the day has finally come, I have signed along the dott...
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SPECIAL BLOG - Johnny Kingdom
September 11, 2018 - Johnny Kingdom
23/02/1939 - 06/09/2018
Johnny Kingdom lived in Devon, England, and loved Exmoor National Park. I d...
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Life, Photography plans, Sitting on a pile of poo and Are we too clean with our Gardens?
September 01, 2018 - Greetings from a Wildlife Photographer on Dartmoor in Devon
Well I hope you have been making the most of this fantastic...
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What Life throws at you, I'll fix it in Post Processing and Getting it right in Camera
June 11, 2018 - Greetings from a Wildlife Photographer on Dartmoor in Devon
First of all I must apologise to my regular readers of my b...
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Tawny & Barn Owls on Dartmoor in Devon, A friend for our Collared Dove, Tweeting comments & the PAGB
February 03, 2018 - Greetings from a Wildlife Photographer on Dartmoor in Devon
In life it is funny that you never see something, or don’t...
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New Wildlife Photography location Dartmoor, Dippers, How we see & Improve our Night Vision.
November 11, 2017 - Greetings from a Wildlife Photographer on Dartmoor in Devon
Today, 8 th October 2017, I was up early. Well not really e...
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The Peter Tavy Inn, Redstarts, Cuckoos, watching wildlife with Bill Oddie and Lundy Island
June 18, 2017 - Greetings from a Wildlife Photographer on Dartmoor, Devon.
I am sitting on a pile of stones, which used to be part of t...
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Dippers in Devon, Heart stopping moment and Wildlife rich Scotland in the Cairngorms
May 08, 2017 - Greetings from Dartmoor in Devon
I am a bit miffed at the moment because the other day I missed what would have been a...
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Dippers, Foxes, Frogs, Dartmoor views, Spring and Holding your camera for sharper photos
March 10, 2017 - Greetings from Dartmoor
It is 7am on 11 th February and I am lying down on the side of the river Tavy with my camera...
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Wildlife Trust, Using Camouflage and Fieldcraft to get Close to Wildlife
February 11, 2017 - Greetings from Dartmoor
I have just been reading “Your Support” a magazine for members of the Devon Wildlife Trust http...
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New Photography Workshop, What is a good photo location and Misconceptions about pros.
January 20, 2017 - Greetings from Dartmoor
I hope you have all had a great festive period and received all the gifts you wished for. If it...
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Stoats, Slapton Ley NNR, Cirl Buntings and Turning a Photography Hobby into a Career
December 02, 2016 - Greetings from Dartmoor
Whilst at work this week, week ending 5 th November, I had to instruct on a practical lesson so...
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Red berry bonanza on Dartmoor Devon, Redwings, Waxwings, Ring Ouzels & holding the camera
October 28, 2016 - Greetings from Dartmoor in Devon England.
Whilst out walking on Dartmoor recently I have noticed that there is an abu...
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Wildlife Photography Workshops, work on our Nature Reserve & Dust Spot prevention & removal
October 07, 2016 - Greetings from Dartmoor in Devon England.
If you go to my “ Workshops ” tab on my home page you will see that my phot...
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Wheatears on Dartmoor in Devon England, A New Wildlife Photography Venture & Special Offer
August 19, 2016 - During the last week or so, whilst walking Murphy I have been searching for a very beautifully coloured bird which seems...
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The Art of Flying Buzzards, Out and About Spotting Wildlife and a New Venture Ahead
August 12, 2016 - Ever since I was a kid, yes I can just about remember, I have been interested in flight. It amazes me how anything, espe...
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Tricks of Your Mind and Wildlife on Dartmoor and on the River Tavy in Holiday Season
August 05, 2016 - The other day, about half past nine at night, I was driving back home from the moor. I had been taking my dog out for hi...
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Photographing Wrens on Dartmoor, Wildlife Photography Tips for my Blogs & Trevor Beer MBE
July 28, 2016 - Last weekend I spent about six hours, three on Friday and the same on Saturday, out on Dartmoor in Devon trying to photo...
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The Weather on Dartmoor in Devon, Natures Greatest Sights and Acorn Lodge B&B Dartmoor
July 22, 2016 - I have lived on Dartmoor in Devon, England for two and a half years nowand seen three summers. The first one we had grea...
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Springwatch, Juvenile Pied Wagtail, Bird Boxes and Photographing Birds in Flight Part 2
July 15, 2016 - Just recently I seem to be having my own personal live Springwatch (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qgm3)which is gr...
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Photographing Dartmoor Wheatears, Focus Settings & Photographing Birds in Flight Part 1
July 08, 2016 - I was out early on Dartmoor on Saturday morning photographing juvenile Wheatears as there were plenty around on Friday a...
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Trials of Photographing Juvenile Dippers and Before & After Pressing the Shutter Button
July 01, 2016 - I was out early last Saturday morning with my camera back to the river Tavy on Dartmoor in Devon to get more photos of a...
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Wildlife Photography Patience and the Dipper on the River Tavy
June 23, 2016 - I love setting goals in wildlife photography for myself and I love it even more when I achieve them. A goal I set myself...
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Being Creative with Zoo Photography and Wildlife Park Photography
June 16, 2016 - In this day where everyone is skimping and scraping to save a penny here and a penny there thanks to these wonderful mea...
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The Photographers Dilemma, Wildlife Sightings on Dartmoor and the River Tavy
June 09, 2016 - Before I start this weeks wildlife blog I just want you to know that I have a new Facebook page at https://www.facebook.
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A Garden for Acorn Lodge Bed & Breakfast Guests and Using Flash for Wildlife Photography
June 03, 2016 - After working on the garden for two days, well painting the summerhouse and putting up a fence surrounding it and some o...
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Cuckoos, Tawny Owlets, my Nature Reserve and Changes to my Wildlife Photography Blog
May 27, 2016 - Over the last few evenings I have been walking my dog on a certain part of Dartmoor Devon England where I last saw the C...
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Cuckoo's, House Martins, Grey Wagtails, Bacon Rolls and Joining & Learning with a Camera Club
May 19, 2016 - If you like this blog or just want to leave a comment then please click on the link above or on the social media buttons...
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Wildlife Photography on the River Dart and Using Different File Formats for Photography
May 12, 2016 - It would be most appreciated if you could leave a comment on whether you like this blog or not by clicking on the link o...
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My Nature Reserve, Photography and Reconnoitring an Area for Wildlife Photography
May 05, 2016 - It will be most appreciated if you could leave a comment on whether you like this blog or not by clicking on the link ab...
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Jays, Photography, Our Nature Reserve, Wonderful Experience and The Story Behind the Photo
April 29, 2016 - As you will have noticed I have changed the Colours of the background and the font, also I have made the font a size lar...
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My Nature Reserve and Dealing with Underexposed Images
April 22, 2016 - For a couple of nights this week my wife and I have been sitting down in our nature reserve on the edge of Dartmoor in D...
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The Weather on Dartmoor, Successful Photography, Exciting News and the Canon 1dx mkii
April 15, 2016 - The weather last weekend was not supposed to be great so I thought I would get up and out on Dartmoor in Devon before su...
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Injuries and Wildlife Photography Hotspots
April 07, 2016 - What I failed to mention in last week’s blog, because I did not have the time, is that I have broken my little toe. I co...
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Photographic Composition Part 4
April 01, 2016 - Before I recently took annual leave I looked up several RSPB and Wildlife Trust sites, from Cornwall to Hampshire includ...
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Photographic Composition Part 3
March 24, 2016 - I was out with my camera quite a few times last week. I was on leave and it was great weather and light so there was no...
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Photographic Composition Part 2
March 16, 2016 - Once again I am sat all in camouflage on the bank of the river Dart on Dartmoor in Devon and I have been here for only a...
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Ramblings and Photographic Composition for a Wildlife Photographer Part 1
March 10, 2016 - Once again I am sat all in camouflage on the bank of a river but this time it is the river Dart on Dartmoor in Devon and...
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To Bait or Not to Bait for Wildlife Photography, That is the Question.
March 04, 2016 - Once again I am sitting on the bank of the river Tamar in Devon waiting for an Otter to come into my view so I can photo...
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How I Post Process my Wildlife - Nature Photographs Part 2
February 26, 2016 - Last Friday I had a lovely lady, Lynne Kenderdine, from the Devon Wildlife Trust, http://www.devonwildlifetrust.org/, vi...
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How I Post Process my Wildlife - Nature Photographs Part 1
February 18, 2016 - I am sitting on the bank of a river in the middle of Dartmoor in Devon all camouflaged up with my camera waiting for Dip...
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Weather, Decisions, Tablets and Post Processing
February 12, 2016 - On Friday night I thought, sod it, I don't care if it is going to rain I will go out otter watching with my camera. I've...
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Taking your Garden Bird Photography to the next level without any expense
February 04, 2016 - Taking your wildlife garden bird photography to the next level is easy.
I have noticed a lot of bird photographs on...
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The Waiting Game of Wildlife Photography Begins
January 28, 2016 - I am sitting on a bank of the river Tamar beginning my waiting game of wildlife photography. When I say I am sitting I'm...
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Exciting News and a Brand New Project
January 21, 2016 - First of all to aid visitors of my website I am going to add another gallery to my photos section within the next few we...
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Learning How to see in Photography and Getting those Creative Juices Flowing Part 2
January 15, 2016 - I woke up early this morning and looked out of the window to see that Dartmoor was covered in snow. I quickly got my thi...
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Learning How to See in Photography and Getting those Creative Juices Flowing part 1
January 08, 2016 - The box, our camera, can open and close its hole to let in light and to take a photograph but only you know what you wan...
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Nature Reserves, Blameless Culture and Killing.
December 31, 2015 - So far during this festive period I have been out twice with my camera. On the first occasion I went to RSPB Ham Wall ww...
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Learning How to Use your Camera
December 24, 2015 - Whether you have just been given a camera or have been using one for a while, as soon as you ask a photographer how do I...
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Entering the Circle of Fear, Stalking and Hides Part Two
December 18, 2015 - Hides
The other way is being in a hide or blind and waiting for the wildlife to come to you. Basically, all a hide do...
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Entering the Circle of Fear, Stalking and Hides Part One
December 10, 2015 - Whether you are just thinking of taking photos of wildlife, you just started taking photos of wildlife or you have been...
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Questions, questions, questions
December 04, 2015 - Why do we ask questions? The main reason is because we all want to learn. I would like a penny for every primary questio...
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The Histogram, Exposure and Exposing to the Right
November 27, 2015 - Tip 2 – The Histogram, Exposure and Exposing to the Right
When I first started taking photographs, years ago in the...
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The Makeup of a Wildlife Photographer - Enthusiasm, Patience and Perseverance
November 20, 2015 - When I say makeup, I am not talking about mascara, lipstick, blusher etc. Although if you want to put on makeup to go an...
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TIP 1 for Wildlife Photographers - Back Button Focusing
November 13, 2015 - Before I inform you of this tip I just wanted to tell you that on Tuesday night I entered a Natural History competition...
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To Tell or Not to Tell, That is the Question
November 06, 2015 - To tell or not to tell, that is the question Wildlife Photographers have to deal with on a regular basis and of course I...
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Why Photographers take Photos of Wildlife and recon of the river Tamar and river Tavy
October 31, 2015 - Why do photographers take photos of wildlife? Well, there are a lot of reasons why, but I'd make a very large bet that p...
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Ways to Photograph Wildlife and Photographing Wildlife on the River Tamar
October 23, 2015 - There are several ways of actually taking photographs of wildlife for free, from the basic to the really complicated way...
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Exmoor Adventures and Photographing Wildlife the right way
October 17, 2015 - Isn't technology wonderful, I am sitting by the river Tamar with my bum wedged between two rocks writing this whilst wai...
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Watching Foxes, Bat Increase in Scotland and Bracken Harvesting.
October 09, 2015 - The other day my wife and I were going out to dinner. I had booked a table at the Warren House Inn situated North-East o...
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Reconnaissance, Otters, Dippers, Wagtails and Goldfinches
October 02, 2015 - Each week I really look forward to my "mini-break" from work. My 3 day weekend is when I hope to spend at least one day...
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Isle of Mull Holiday, Lies and Wildlife Photography part 2.
September 26, 2015 - Over the last few days we visited the Southern part of the Isle of Mull from Lagganulva right the way around to Craignur...
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Isle of Mull Holiday, Lies and Wildlife Photography Part 1
September 18, 2015 - Well being a typical English man I packed for a Scottish holiday:- Waterproof Jacket, Waterproof Leggings, Waterproof Ha...
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Position of the Camera and Holidays in Scotland, Isle of Mull
September 12, 2015 - Whilst walking my dog on the moor the other day I noticed several people taking photos of the Dartmoor ponies. They were...
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Watching / Saving wildlife and Camera Clubs
September 04, 2015 - On Tuesday afternoon I was watching a Bank Vole in my garden from my lounge whilst eating my tea. Voles differ from mice...
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Jays update and Scary times with Red Deer at Woburn
August 29, 2015 - To begin this week I have some sad news. The Jay that started losing it's feathers on it's head and neck has not been se...
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Distinction of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain
August 21, 2015 - I was going to tell you about an incident that happened during one of my trips to photograph Red deer but something else...
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Really Wet Summer
August 14, 2015 - No photography at all this week due to work commitments, updating this website and the really bad weather we are having...
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