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  • Nikki JNikki J Posts: 81

    okkaayyy.....so it it is now working!!  maybe it just needed me to send a message first!!  Computers...you just have to love them don't you image

    Anyway here are some of my first attempts with my Canon 1100D digital SLR.  Various settings used.

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     My first attempt at cloudy water!

     

     

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     Hope you like them.  I read in a magazine about Project 365 - take a photo on every day of the year.  I started mine on 1st Jan so hopefully David I will have plenty of shots to keep this forum going!!

     

  • Fantastic shots, Nikki.....I love taking waterfall pics myself and you have achieved the milky water beautifully.

    Welcome, Buttons.....two gorgeous companions you have there. image

  • Nikki JNikki J Posts: 81

    Thanks David...took the advice of my daughter and we went out just as it was getting dark.  Managed the milky effect without a tripod and just using a slow shutter speed.

  • higgy50higgy50 Posts: 184

    Hello All,

    Although having been a member for some time, this week has been the first time that I have spent time on here for quite a while. It's great to see that the forum has grown since I was last on with some great new threads such as this! Well done David K!!

    To introduce myself to those that don't know me I thought I should share a selection of pictures from my wildlife garden and of a few of my regular visitors so you get an idea of what I'm about and what I like to shout about...

    1.) My wild flower area...

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     2. Dry gravel stream with old stone bridge...

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     3. The wildlife walk

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    4. Play area shows family use alongside wildlife...

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     5. A regular visitor...

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     6. A visitor who decided to stay...

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     7. And very welcome he was... providing a natural defense against aphids and a healthy broad of chicks to demonstrate how effective this all is...

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     8. Butterflies seem to want to start families here also for some reason?...

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     9. Must be the perennial borders for pollinators...

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     10. Also providing vital food source for night flying pollinators such as this Angle Shades moth...

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     11. Where's there's moths.... but all part of the bigger food chain and ecology of a healthy garden so no need to worry about caterpillars here (Chillaxed this wildlife gardening lark!!)...

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     12. No wildlife garden would be complete without some recycling like my 'bog garden'...

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     So there you have it that's me, my garden and my wildlife!

    Apologies if I have bored you rigid with all these photos but I hope that you will all see why I shout about my wildlife now....

    YOU CAN ALL WAKE UP NOW!!

    Best

    Higgy

    http://higgysgardenproject.blogspot.co.uk/

  • Nothing boring about those shots, Higgy! image Wildlife pics are always good to look at, though a tad difficult to capture at times.

    Thanks for your blog link.....I enjoyed reading that too.

  • Nikki J wrote (see)

    Thanks David...took the advice of my daughter and we went out just as it was getting dark.  Managed the milky effect without a tripod and just using a slow shutter speed.

     

    Good call, Nikki......I love the eeriness of the shot, emphasised by the reflections in the waterfall debris. You must have a very steady hand, but I would generally recommend using a tripod or at least to have the camera on a stable surface for a shot like that.

    I like your choice of camera too.

     

  • Love your garden Higgy, lovely pics. Thank you for sharingimage

  • Nikki JNikki J Posts: 81

    Love your pics Higgy.  I have a bit of a wildlife garden but it's looking very messy at the moment!!

     

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