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Snowy marshes
No ‘new’ images as it were from the last week due to the appalling weather so here are some from a couple of weeks ago. All taken over a course of a few hours. Once again, I had little to no expectations of there being decent weather. I left my home in cloud but 15 minutes later on the marshes, things were very different. Complete white-out one minute and sun the next. No time to set up a tripod as the light was changing so rapidly so shot away, often using a beanbag on the car’s roof or simply setting the camera to iso 200 and shutter priority of 1/30 sec or so letting the camera decide upon the aperture. This way I was sure there wouldn’t be any camera shake. I don’t often work like this as I much prefer to use a tripod but there are occasions when you have no choice. If I were rich enough to own a D3s I could have set the camera to iso 800 or higher, resulting in a faster shutter speed and smaller aperture, but I’m not, so you do the best with what you’ve got!
Romney Sheep walking across the marsh
Oaks
No sooner it stopped, it would start again.
Oaks in heavy snow
Eurasian Wigeon
It won’t be long now until the wigeon move northwards to their breeding grounds. With their high-pitched whistling call, the North Kent Marshes will be a quieter place.
Eurasian Wigeon landing
Reflection in puddle
The marsh was sodden with the mix of rain and snow melt which made the going hard at times, but the conditions that evening were fantastic. There are few places I enjoy more than this remote corner of north Kent, especially in winter
Tractor on the marshes
An unproductive week
It’s been a week of processing images with bouts of popping to the feeding station to top up the feeders and generally to stretch my legs. I know there is always something to do on the computer but I’m a photographer and as such NEED to be out taking pictures. The good news is that here in north Kent we are expecting more snow!
Robin in snow
Robin in oak
With it’s bright orangey/red breast (can’t decide which), the robin needn’t be prominent in order to stand out.
Elmley Marshes
Panorama of Elmley Marshes consisting of 8 upright images stitched together using PTGui.
Oaks on Elmley Marshes
It’s in conditions like this that whenever I’m out on the marshes I think of how farmers of yester-year used to cope in such a challenging environment.
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Robert Canis is a professional photographer specialising in the natural world.
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