Roosting bee. At the end of a hectic day buzzing around the lavender, guys like this one like nothing better than hunkering down for the night on beds of lavender blossoms. In the morning, they wake with the sun, and are on site for another day’s work.
Canon 90D with Canon EF-S 60mm macro. ISO6400 1/500 at f8. Cropped in LR.
Clouded yellow butterfly (Colias croceus) enjoying the lavendar.
Canon 90d with Sigma 150-600mm C lens at 600mm. ISO600 1/4000 at f6.3. Processed in LR
After very heavy rain which clearly mussed the feathers, this Greater Coucal was caught mid-preen, the wing feathers fanned out to dry while much attention was given to the rest. It looks a little miffed at my intrusion, even though I was about 30 metres away and hiding behind the lens.
Canon 90D with Sigma 150-600 f5-6.3 zoom at 600mm. ISO 2000 1/400 at f8, handheld, processed and cropped in LR.
One of several local yellow-vented bulbuls that love exploring the edges of the rainforest for tasty morsels. This one was lunch and looked as if it needed to be eaten with some care!
Canon 90D with Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM C at 600mm. ISO 640 1/1000 at f8. Handheld at ~30m distance.
Around high tide most days in the monsoon season, turtles will saunter in to feed in the rock pools on the headland south of Kamala beach in Phuket. They can be difficult to spot and once they’ve had their fill, they are straight off out to sea. I spotted this one as it came up for air, a manoeuvre that takes a couple of seconds, so you have to be quick on the focus and shutter release.
Canon 90D with Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM C zoom at 215mm ISO400, 1/1000 at f8
I am not quite sure what this Little Egret was up to while exploring the rocks at Kamala Beach at low tide, but he seemed to be having fun.
Canon 90D with Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM C at 600mm ISO 1600 1/3200 at f8 Handheld. Cropped in LR
One of our resident yellow-vented bulbuls getting ready to lunch on a juicy morsel.
This shot was taken using my new Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM C lens at 600mm. The bird was about 20 metres away and the image has been cropped in LR. I am blown away by the quality of this lens in combination with the Canon 90D and its 32Mpx sensor.
1/1000 at f8 ISO 800
Canon 90D with Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM C lens at 600mm. ISO1000 1/640 at f8. Handheld.
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
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.
