After having feeders in my little 8 x 8m garden I knew what I could attract with a reflective pool and have had fun trying to cram that, a hide and a background not resembling brickwork into the space. Initial results were poor although given the time of year I fully expect that some of the rarer visitors had better resorts to fly around and probably still had nightmares of a neighbours cat that used to prowl the feeders before we bought a water pistol!
But for now I was quite happy to study the lone robin and group of sparrows as I changed props, background and experimented with settings etc, as you do, until a few days ago when the skies literally filled with a flock of angry crows, diving and swooping around my garden and roof. All I could see on the roof was what I thought was another pigeon until it was forced to fly down into the scope of my lens landing on a fence - a sparrowhawk of all things, the last thing I thought I'd see. Just goes to prove I suppose that wildlife, the small and big, really is everywhere even a small inner town garden.
But for now I was quite happy to study the lone robin and group of sparrows as I changed props, background and experimented with settings etc, as you do, until a few days ago when the skies literally filled with a flock of angry crows, diving and swooping around my garden and roof. All I could see on the roof was what I thought was another pigeon until it was forced to fly down into the scope of my lens landing on a fence - a sparrowhawk of all things, the last thing I thought I'd see. Just goes to prove I suppose that wildlife, the small and big, really is everywhere even a small inner town garden.
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