Shot many moons ago in a garden setting at Lolamaric, Laikipia in Kenya, a male Cordon-bleu bird seems to be getting the brush-off from his partner.
Canon EOS 1D MkII with Canon EF 300m f2.8 prime and Canon 1.4x extender. ISO 500 1/125 at f4.5
Male Golden palm weaver taking a breather while involved in the complex task of weaving a beautiful nest.
Shot many years ago on the wonderful Kenyan coast at Kilifi with my long-departed Canon 1D MkII equipped with the also-departed Canon EF 300mm f2.8 lens (big Bertha)
I recently rediscovered many images from that era on a trawl through the archives and I have given them an additional polish with Lightroom tweaks that weren’t available back in the day.
A female golden palm weaver brings a grub to the nest building party. All a bit one-sided really since the male does all the work of building the most beautiful spherical nest while the missus looks on. Not sure if she passed this tasty tidbit onto the male or whether she munched on it reflectively. I do know that she ultimately rejected the nest that took two days of hard work to build.
Shot in Kilifi on the Kenya coast many years ago using my old Canon 1D MkII and EF 300mm f2.8 prime lens. Recently retweaked in LR.
… it depends on your perspective. An inquisitive red-winged starling picked something delicious and, er, sticky.
Canon 90D with Canon 55-250mm f4-5.6 STM IS lens at 250mm ISO 800 1/125 at f8
Another shot of this inquisitive little bird, this time checking out the local scene from the advantage of a branch more commonly perched on by one of the many common fiscal shrikes around the place.
Canon 90D with Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS STM lens at 250mm ISO 4000 1/1000 at f8
Welcome to the revamped dgcPhoto site, complete with a new theme and a new look.
I’ve been rather busy with other things for a while, so I thought a makeover was more than overdue. I hope you like it.
In many ways, the site is the same as before except that with the new theme it’s easier to navigate and more efficient to load. And the layout is far cleaner.
I’m currently using two cameras: the truly excellent Canon 90D I bought several months ago that is streets ahead of any other camera I’ve owned over the years, and a Canon 100D that I’ve had for a couple of years — a really lightweight little workhorse. I am also using my iPhone SE far more than I expected. The latest OS makes it an incredibly versatile camera.
Keep checking out the galleries; the old ones have been reinstalled and new ones are being added.
What were the ‘other things’?
Check out ‘My Novels’ here or in the menu above where a couple of clicks will take you to the world of ClarkeFiction and details of my seven edge-of-the-seat thriller novels and my wife Gail’s wonderful fully illustrated children’s books.
