Dave BenhamAndrew Keen | Dave Benham http://www.davebenham.co.uk Photography, web and words. Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:59:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Red kites in flight, Photographer’s delight http://www.davebenham.co.uk/440/red-kites-in-flight-photographers-delight.htm http://www.davebenham.co.uk/440/red-kites-in-flight-photographers-delight.htm#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 22:18:13 +0000 Dave http://www.davebenham.co.uk/?p=440 Red Kite Powys

Nikon D700, 70-200 VR with 1.7 Teleconverter at 320mm, 1000th @ f/5.6, ISO 320

This Bank Holiday weekend I spent some time with fellow photographer Andrew Keen in Powys, Wales. We…

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Nikon D700, 70-200 VR with 1.7 Teleconverter at 320mm, 1000th @ f/5.6, ISO 320

This Bank Holiday weekend I spent some time with fellow photographer Andrew Keen in Powys, Wales. We managed to pack in a lot in two days, including a trip to see Red Kites being fed at Gigrin Farm in Rhayader. Here are a few of my early favourite images – I’ll be blogging soon with more pictures and notes on the equipment and techniques we used.

From here we also managed to visit the Elan Valley with it’s spectacular old dams and reservoirs, and waterfalls near Lake Vyrnwy. The area’s being featured on BBC’s Springwatch series at the moment, you might even see us on there…

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Nikon D700, 70-200 VR with 1.7 Teleconverter at 320mm, 2500th @ f/5.6, ISO 500

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Nikon D700, 70-200 VR with 1.7 Teleconverter at 340mm, 2000th @ f/8, ISO 320

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Nikon D700, 70-200 VR with 1.7 Teleconverter at 340mm, 2000th @ f/8, ISO 320

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