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Robin in snow in Dovedale, Derbyshire

I had a glorious afternoon in Dovedale today with Andy. I saw the temperature was down to -5c overnight, so knew I wanted to skive off and take some pictures (I’ve been ill or busy over christmas, so have had no time).

Half way through the walk, we found this gorgeous fat little robin that was so tame he’d all but jump on your finger. Lying down in the snow, he’d sit about 6 inches from my lens and just look at me. I put the camera on P mode (Program, meaning it’s mostly automatic but you can fiddle with things - basically just so it’ll take raws but I haven’t got to spend time tweaking settings. I often do that when I’m taking pics of things that move about a lot).

There’s lots more pics of the walk, but I’ll trickle them on as I process them. Happy new year all.

Technical info: ISO 100, f/4.5, 1/16s. Handheld.

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Red Crested Turaco

I went to Twycross zoo a few months back, and this was the best picture of the day. Quite an inquisitive little fellow, he was.

Taking pictures in zoos can be quite a trial, because you normally have to contend with bars, mesh or glass. In this case there was a fine mesh in the way, but if the camera is up close to it and you have a low depth of field and a fairly distant focus it can all blur away to nothing.

Techinical info: ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/250s, hand held.

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