Wales Road Trip
26th May 2012
Having owned my Canon EOS 30D for 6 years and after many visits to various review sites and forums, I decided to upgrade to a nice new shiny Canon EOS 7D.
When I was handed the fairly weighty box it became apparent after unpacking it that the weight was due mainly to a 276 page manual. Now being a man, we don't do manuals, our attention spans dont stretch that far, unless its beer or sport, it dates back to the caveman days when you picked something up and just used it or alternatively hit someone over the head with it, it was a simple time.
Anyway I did spend alot of money on it so I read it cover to cover. There was no football on and I ran out of beer....!!
So armed with all this new found knowledge it was time to arrange a roadtrip. Destination Wales, locations Skomer Island and Gigrin Farm, target species Puffins and Red Kites.
Puffins are the clowns of the bird world a sort of cross between a Parrot and a Penguin, and according to a friend of mine they apparently taste good too!!
Red Kites are one of Britains largest bird of prey with a wingspan of nearly 2 metres. Red Kites were an endangered species until rehabilitation centres and feeding stations like Gigrin Farm helped improve their population, its incredible to think that numbers fell to below twenty in the UK with only one female.
I'm also happy not to know what they taste like!!
Click here to view my best shots of the weekend, hope you enjoy
Thanks for looking
Mark
When I was handed the fairly weighty box it became apparent after unpacking it that the weight was due mainly to a 276 page manual. Now being a man, we don't do manuals, our attention spans dont stretch that far, unless its beer or sport, it dates back to the caveman days when you picked something up and just used it or alternatively hit someone over the head with it, it was a simple time.
Anyway I did spend alot of money on it so I read it cover to cover. There was no football on and I ran out of beer....!!
So armed with all this new found knowledge it was time to arrange a roadtrip. Destination Wales, locations Skomer Island and Gigrin Farm, target species Puffins and Red Kites.
Puffins are the clowns of the bird world a sort of cross between a Parrot and a Penguin, and according to a friend of mine they apparently taste good too!!
Red Kites are one of Britains largest bird of prey with a wingspan of nearly 2 metres. Red Kites were an endangered species until rehabilitation centres and feeding stations like Gigrin Farm helped improve their population, its incredible to think that numbers fell to below twenty in the UK with only one female.
I'm also happy not to know what they taste like!!
Click here to view my best shots of the weekend, hope you enjoy
Thanks for looking
Mark