Gimbal Tripod Heads

The latest products to be added to my online shop are Gimbal tripod heads. They are of the same design as Wimberley type heads, but much cheaper and are available on Ebay from Hong Kong sellers, but I suspect many people are reluctant to buy from abroad. On arrival in the U.K. Vat and import duty usually has to be paid, which puts the price up a long way. 20% plus the import duty. Sometimes items come through the post and you get away without paying import duty. I do not know why.

Mine are posted from the U.K. on the day of order. See http://www.camerabeanbag.com/Gimbal_Tripod_Head/p2203723_10413356.aspx

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Stock dove

We get a lot of Stock doves on the state where I photograph, but they are not very noticeable and do not present themselves for photography very often. During the current heat wave the wader scrapes have started to dry out. At first this left one small dry edge where the doves came down to drink. After 5 days the water retreated until there was so much dry land they could drink anywhere, but for those first few days it was the ideal opportunity to photograph drinking Stock doves. I moved my low, lie down only, wader hide close enough. The advantage of a low hide is it does not intimidate the birds as much as a normal height hide and of course you get the lovely low angle shots.

I did it for 4 mornings on the run for about 4 hours a day, but would only get 3-4 visits each day in the right spot. I concentrated on trying to get them as they took off into the air. It was certainly and very attractive spot, but by 10:00 hours the light would get too harsh to continue.

Rain Proof Lens Covers

I am increasing the range of products I sell for wildlife photographers starting with rain covers for large telephoto lenses. I have begun with three sizes in waterproof DPM material and may well add more once sales begin to take off.

See http://www.camerabeanbag.com/

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