Glynn Hobbs - imageweaver

So here in France, we have been in ' Total Lock Down ' for a couple of weeks and only allowed out to supermarkets, pharmacies, or to walk the dog, with fully completed documentation. If found without the correct forms, there is a 'no-nonsense' €135.00 fine, which quickly increases up to €1500.00, for a third offence! - Fortunately, this has largely caused the 'idiots' amongst the population to follow the government guidelines. As such, I am thankful to have a decent size garden, with wildlife photographic opportunities on a daily basis.  These have included catching our nocturnal animals on my 'trail cam', and capturing other creatures with my DSLR. Here are some of the images from the last ten days. Brambling Willow Tit Blue Tit Great Tit Greenfinch Goldfinch Starling Watched this ant, drag the partial remains of a lizard tail, back to its nest. Tiger Crane Fly Digger ...

3 weeks visiting the UK, should be plenty of time to get some decent photographs, right?............Wrong!! Dark Bellied Brent Geese were still in the area, but leaving on a daily basis for their breeding grounds in Russia My trip coincided with some of the worst storms and wet weather to hit the UK in recent years.  In fact, storms 'Ciara', 'Denis' and 'Jorge', all followed, one after the other and left much of the country deep under water. A forecast for just 2 days of broken sunshine during my stay, confirmed my fears that the majority of my shots were going to be either very 'noisy', due to high ISO's, or lacking in sharpness, due to very slow shutter speeds.  So, compromise was definitely the order of the day and the acceptance that sometimes, a bad shot is better than no shot! The first two weeks were to be concentrated on the foreshore, followed by a week on the reed marshes (reality turned out to be a total of just 6 days to ...