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Mike Lane FRPS
- Feb 10, 2013
- 1 min
Goldfinch
At one point they were forecasting snow during today, but now the forecast has put it back to overnight snow. All too often it snows during the night, which is a great pity. This was taken the last time it snowed heavily which was a wonderful day from the comfort of a wooden hide. Canon EOS 1Dx. 800mm lens. 1600 iso 1/500th at f9. #snow #wildlife #Lane #Mike #bird #UK #british
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Mike Lane FRPS
- Aug 29, 2012
- 2 min
Tawny owl
I was sitting in my car in the corner of a field watching the evening light fade away when a Tawny owl called behind me. I could only think of one old, hollow tree in the hedge it called from and 20 minutes later drove round and parked close to it. After a few minutes the owl popped out and posed wonderfully for me, but I had no cameras set up. I have been back 7 evenings now and it has never posed quite so well. Mostly I just get head shots as it peers out of its hole. By g
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Mike Lane FRPS
- Jun 7, 2012
- 2 min
Great-spotted woodpecker
There are two good times to photograph Great-spotted woodpecker at the nest. Firstly when the young have just hatched and both parents are going right inside the hole to feed them. As the parents come out they launch themselves from the hole into the air and there is the chance to do them in flight. I have done Lesser-spotted woodpecker like this and have since been looking for the opportunity to do Great-spotted the same. I must have found twenty GSW nests this year and the
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