an evening of Aircraft and Bird Flight photography

TENBY AND DISTRICT CAMERA CLUB As the popular saying goes, less is more, and never more so than when it comes to adding impact to your images. It was easy to see a great shot when the club was entertained to an evening of Aircraft and Bird Flight photography. The guest speaker was Steve Littlewood AWPF an active member of Gwynfa camera club. He started his talk with stunning images of Red kites, each image was accompanied by information to what camera was being used, speed, aperture, ISO and what lens Steve used for each shot. The majority of his images shot using a Canon ID M4D camera and a Canon 400mm F/4.0 DO lens. He continued with images taken at the RSPB Reserve at Slimbridge. This time Steve mainly used a Canon 7D camera with a 100-400mm F/56 lens. For the images he told members that by using a high shutter speed this will minimise the movement of the bird of flight. To conclude his talk on bird flight photography Steve showed members an audio visual of the popular RSPB Nature Reserve, Bempton Cliffs which is home to more than 200,000 birds and is the only mainland breeding colony of Gannets in the UK, but is also home to Guillemots, Razorbills, Kittiwakes, Fulmars and Puffins. Following a coffee break, Steve resumed his talk with aircraft photography images taken at RAF Fairford, Gloucester during the Tattoo’s 2010-2013. It was an inspiring evening to see Steve’s own unique style of photography of flight. He finished the evening with an audio visual of images of birds, especially the Puffins on Skomer Island. 17th October – Macro photography explained – Talk by Allan Squires. 24th October – Judging night – Natural History and hand in of black and white entries