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A visit to the park
01st June 2010
Spent Sunday out one of the local nature reserves; South Norwood Country Park in South East London.
A great place to visit with a variety of habitats, it's a place I regularly visit but this was the first time I have managed to photograph a damselfly there.

Pond Life
26th May 2010
I recently added a pond to the back garden and have been lucky enough to get some visitors including a pair of Large Red Damselfiles.
'Studio' Macro
28th April 2010
I tried something a little different this weekend and tried photographing insects on a studio style background.

A bit behind
25th April 2010
I have been a bit behind on the uploads recently. I have just some macro photographs and a Female Greenfinch, all taken in my back garden.
Early spring flowers
27th March 2010
A few flowers have started blooming in the garden, a pefect opportunity to try out my new macro lens.
Nesting Herons
23rd March 2010
I took advantage of the nice weather on Sunday to take a tour of a few local nature reserves and parks.
The Heronry in Kelsey Park, Beckenham is thriving and a number of nesting pairs are busy feeding their chicks
New Camera
16th March 2010
After much deliberation and internet research I took the plunge and bought a Canon 7D.
I read lots of comments about image quality and noise which were of concern but after downloading some RAW files from DP Review I was happy that this was the camera for me!
Canon 100-400 f4.5-5.6 L Field Test
04th March 2010
I recently hired a Canon 100-400 L lens as I was considering buying one and wanted to try one out first.
Sheltland Photos added
01st February 2010
I have recently returned from a winter trip to Shetland. This was another trip organised by Shetland Wildlife.
Unfortunately the weather wasn't on our side but it was a great trip all the same.

Although wildlife was on the Agenda so was the Up Helly Aa a Fire Festival which takes place in Lerwick on the last...
Latest updates
09th January 2010
I have made a change to the arrangement in the Birds section of the gallery. The photographs are now grouped by Family.
Published (sort of)
17th November 2009
I have just received my order from Blurb who produce high quality books based on your designs.
Shetland Wildlife
28th June 2009
I have just returned from a trip around the Sheltands. The tour was the ‘Ultimate Shetland’ organised by Shetland Wildlife.

I have uploaded the first batch of bird photographs taken.
New Macro Set-Up
14th April 2009
I am now the lucky owner of a Canon MP-E 65mm Macro lens with a Canon MT-24EX diffuser.

Nationally scarce weevil found at London Wetland Centre
04th May 2008
I managed to photograph a rare species of Weevil at the London Wetland Centre.

I'm on the cover!
28th April 2008
The June edition of Digital SLR User Magazine features one on my images on the cover.
Website is Ready!
26th April 2008
The website is finished and ready for public perusal.