SOME EARLY PHOTOS

Yeesh!

This is something I forgot about and while getting used to the camera and controls I have been stabbed in the back by a couple of public services that must assume everyone lies as they tried to make me out to be a liar .. again.

Unfortunately this has blown up in their faces but they think that they are safe. They are not.

Anyway .. I have also been in the middle of several other pretty major things, which will only add to the pain of these so called, aforementioned, public services. As a result I am not getting out as much as I would have liked to have done to experiment with all the photography I want to do.

But I have done and I forgot to add things in a post on this blog.

So if I remember correctly there was a size limit to the pictures I can upload on Blogger?

So I have to use something else and some links .. except there does not appear to be an obvious way of sharing on FlickR, as there is on say YouTube?

So here goes ..

Tiger Longwing Butterfly taken at Whipsnade Zoo's butterfly house ..

https://flic.kr/p/YCXwCe

Huh?! It refuses point blank to link the photo in, stating that a picture cannot be found from the shared link I provided?! Jesus Christ! Lol.

Maybe it is because FlickR is not owned by Google? Or maybe it is? Christ, they have bought so many companies it is hard to keep track!


A Postman Butterfly ..

https://flic.kr/p/Yqpwja


A Flambeau Butterfly ..

https://flic.kr/p/YqrxoR


An African Hunting Dog ..

https://flic.kr/p/YD4jBi


The real Wolverine ..

https://flic.kr/p/XoTZEi


A Meerkat ..

https://flic.kr/p/Ym9YV5


A view of the Chilterns

https://flic.kr/p/Y2Jy3Q


Getting a little more artistic now ..

A Bee on Rapeseed ..

https://flic.kr/p/Ya5Ffz


Ghosts at Sunset ..

https://flic.kr/p/X6BNsU


Dark & Purple ..

https://flic.kr/p/X6BHDW


Rapeseed in Late Summer ..

https://flic.kr/p/X6BH2J


.. and again ..

https://flic.kr/p/X6BHgm


and lastly .. to top it off and for the first and second time ..

A Kingfisher ..

https://flic.kr/p/Y61JQS


Good god, that looks rubbish with just links! Lol.

I was with another chap when I got the Kingfisher and he was frustrated at how he could not freeze a flying birds wings when taking a photo..

..so I took his Canon and showed him how. He was extremely delighted he had bumped into me and mentioned it a few times before we both left. Lol.

Happy to be of service.

THE NEW SET

Well ..

I have been a little busy .. and away for eight days.

I am still shopping but apart from some stuff inbound .. the main shopping has paused .. due to some unforeseen circumstances and a change in a particular .. destination.

A destination I have already been to once ..

But here are some pictures with my new camera ..

Bear with me as I am getting used to the controls and .. trying to remember to alter my settings, aperture and such, as the light changes.

Right then .. a few things to remember for viewers going forwards ..

• These images are shot in RAW
• Shock number 1: These are edited/processed in bad software (i.e. prob losing Image Quality)
• Shock Number 2: These are then shrunk down to 30% their original size .. yup I do not care how many times you look and think rubbish .. they ARE shrunk down to 30% - 42 Mega Pixels
• Shock Number 3: they are reduced in size in MS Paint .. yeah, yeah .. I know, I know
• Serif Affinity Photo will be purchased very soon!
• I will sort out my FLICKR account I never used .. much .. anyway
• Sony A99 II DSLT
• Sony G Series 70-200mm f2.8
• Sony Zeiss 24-70mm f2.8
• Sony 1.4x Teleconverter
• Sigma 85mm f1.4 (Incoming .. soo .. no, none of the pictures are shot with anything other than the two f2.8 lenses .. some might be at f4 or higher if I used the teleconverter)
• Two dozen 4K videos up on YouTube, see bottom
• I was with four children that were hyped up some of the time .. so could not do everything .. plus the family was kinda .. threatened so had to focus on that .. kind of still am, bear with me a couple of weeks, lol

On one shoot I met a really nice guy, photographer, who loved nature and we chatted in the hide for 3 hours. Kinda reminded me of why I do some of the things and blogs that  do .. people like him.

Now the 4K Videos ..