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Wandering around looking for clouds and puddles
Chasing shadows up on the roof
It’s ‘heather’ time on Exmoor, mid to late August, and the stags are in full, soft velvet before it imminently sheds, to reveal their battle amour and the abruptly hard new-season antlers in preparation for the autumn rut. Rut, rut, rutting. It can be a fractious and emotional time as the new flood of hormones […]
Lundy Sparrow
July 25, 2018
Everyone loves Puffins and that’s because they are photogenic, quirky, have a rainbow beak and exquisite facial feathers, but their most endearing characteristic is that they seem to be dumber than dumb, in a sort of Charlie Chaplin type way (not in a stupid type way; most endearing. However they are not the only birds […]
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Lundy birds in loco motion.
July 23, 2018
The challenge: Auks in flight. The place: Lundy island. Some lovely weather, calm. still and plenty of light, helped. I used the XT-2 and 100-400mm with a 1.4x converter, plenty of ISO and plenty of shutter speed. I played with the Fuji AF settings for tracking subjects and using zone area focus I found custom […]
Posted in: Lundy
Four conquer Rat island
July 22, 2018
A chance spring low and a golden opportunity to visit a part of the island that not many have. Seaweed slipping, rock scrambling and a little climb then you’re on the back of the Rat. Recommended for. spectacular views. shitting yourself. finally getting the rat stamp. View images on at the full site: esterspears.com Click […]
Posted in: Lundy
Tibbetts in the July heat
July 22, 2018
Scorched paths, brown grasses, burnt feet, no water, no ice and a complete contrast to our last visit to Tibbetts, when everything froze and we got stuck on the island in the snow. (Here -> https://esterspears.com/2018/03/07/lundy-spring-part-two-snow/ ) “I couldn’t think of anywhere else in the world I’d rather be in this weather” Martin Thorne. First […]
Posted in: Lundy
Exmoor Safari on heat
July 4, 2018
A chance encounter and any excuse not to work during this hot spell, was the perfect combination for an afternoon off: and ‘drive over the moor’. Just when you think you know everything about Exmoor, it’s like yea sure, the more you know – the more you dont know. Our guide Daphne, born and bred […]
Posted in: Exmoor
Canon EOS 5D Mark III Body for sale
June 27, 2018
Canon EOS 5D MarkIII Mk 3 body boxed, excellent ++ condition, low shutter count – 18828 actuations Please note lens not included. This camera is in excellent ++ (almost Mint) condition having very little use and is in perfect working order with little signs of use. Used as a back up and no longer required. […]
Posted in: Estpix Photography, Uncategorized
Joon 18
June 22, 2018
#joon18. Here we go again. Photos taken in June; in and around where I live: Woolacombe, north Devon…. Updated almost daily. Please join in using hashtag #joon18. Please leave comments below. 1. Grannie’s bonnets in black and white. 2. Bramble 3. Ewe 4. Atlantic shimmer 5. Summer beach 6. Even Dock Leaves have invader beauty. […]
Posted in: Estpix Photography, Woolacombe
Spring 18 & the last swell of winter
June 20, 2018
It was a wet winter. The Atlantic conveyor belt delivered storm after storm and rain was the major theme. Westerly winds lift moisture from the ocean and deposit it on the west coast of Europe, it also whips up swell, and for UK surfers it’s ‘The Season’. Time to skip work or raid the kids […]
Posted in: Lynmouth, Woolacombe
Chelsea pumping 2018
May 25, 2018
“Out in the fashion show, down in the bargain bin You put your passion out under the pressure pin.” Elvis Costello Chelsea Flower Show 2018 – view from an Oik. And,* the garden what won it had, among other things, stinging nettles, brambles & narrow leaf; all of which are still classified as weeds on […]
Posted in: Chelsea Flower Show, Estpix Photography
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