These photos were taken in three different locations, all within a 20-mile radius of where I live, nowhere that people would flock to in order to see the wildlife but enough to make for some really cool (and lucky) wildlife shots.
I started photography about 4 months ago and decided to turn to wildlife photography just over a month ago. I would get down to my local bird blind here In Milton Keynes at 6 am and wait for hours and hours until I was happy enough to go home and post what I've been lucky enough to capture.
All of my photos are taken with a 1D Mkiv Canon camera with a Tamron 150-600mm lens. The three still images were all taken at 1/800th shutter speed with quite a high ISO due to the time of day. The aperture for the swan was a challenge to figure out at first because of the highlights from the Swan's white feathers would blow out so I eventually went with more of a detailed and sharper looking image at an f/20 aperture so I could retain the detail I wanted.
This is my entry to the BDCommunity Black and White photo challenge.