Firstly I have my new camera.
Wow.
Is how I describe it. It is a true monster. I am not one to name things but I really feel like she deserves a name.
It is actually a very hard thing to describe something that I have only known for a couple of months and have used its functions to only a mild degree. But there is one thing I am still unsure of and that is the Full frame. When I have the full quota of lenses it really should show its full potential. Right now its only being held back by me. I feel like all this filming that I have to do is really not helping me do what I want to be able to achieve or have in my head for my photography. Do not get me wrong this is an amazing camera it has such features that she should be able to get me to where I want to go. I have huge hopes for this camera and for me. Over the next year I should be able to get to grips with it and wrestle this camera to do what I want it to.
The starlings. Again, Wow.
I have never seen a natural event that I want to witness every day. I am really struggling to find words to describe what I saw. The pictures that you see in the newspapers or on the TV. We went 2 times in the same week, I intend to go back many times in the near future and over my life time. When we first went we had no idea where the murmuration was. We got off the train and wondered aimlessly around trying to find a good place to see them fly. Eventually after much debate and wondering, some locals walked pasted and said where they would be and let us follow them to where we needed to be. It was just a shame we were directly underneath them. It was like it was raining, their droppings falling all around of us. At first we were to mesmerized by the thousands of tiny dots above our heads. Then we started to take notice of their droppings spattering our bags, cloths and some times cameras.
Well That is about it for now. Soon I shall be making a film about how hard it is to film wildlife, I have already had a brief go. Man am I lucky that I prefer photography. I have always seen how hard it is to get good quality footage of animals. Now I have even more new found respect for those guys.
