This image was taken on the way to my B+B just a short drive from WWT Welney. A simple shot, it relies on the colours in the sky to give it some impact. I tried a version with the reeds lit with fill in flash, but it didn’t seem to work as well.
I have just returned from London and the WildPhotos 2009 event held at the Royal Geographical Society. This is the first time I have visited WildPhotos and I must say I enjoyed it immensely. There was a great mix of geographical areas and different style of photography from Polar to under water and everything in between!
I enjoy the writings of Nial Benvie and he presented two very interesting sessions. One covered his latest images and photographic direction, with the other discussing the business and direction of professional wildlife photography. Presentations were also given by Michael ‘Nick’ Nichols of National Geographic/Magnum who has some outstanding images, all the way through to Fergus Gill the winner of Junior wildlife photographer of the year competition category. We had presentations in Spanish and Russian, luckily translation was provided! But overall the images shown by all the photographers were outstanding. They showed that there are multiple styles and approaches to wildlife photography; photojournalism through to artistic and pure scientific. Each had their own merits, but all provoked thought and appreciation of the subject and the skill of the photographer. I will discuss some of the themes from the event in my next few postings, which will also show some more of my road trip photographs. Below is a brief rough and ready video of some of the scenes at WildPhotos 2009. Sorry no photographers lectures, I was too busy listening and looking at their images!
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