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This is Day 6 of my 7 Day Nature Photo Challenge which I was nominated for by Tom Hodgetts of Skye Walks and Photography. This shot was taken at Belhaven Bay just before sunset.  The seabirds had congregated in the surf as the tide was coming in to feed.  The birds were silhouetted against the brightly lit wet sand and I took several shots of the scene on the Nikon D800 and Nikon 80-200mm f2.8. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY VISITING THE ADVERTISERS ON THIS PAGE By clicking on the adverts you are helping support this blog - thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL IMAGES ARE THE PROPERTY OF MACLEAN PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION MacLean Photographic run Tours and Workshops in East Lothian and th...

I have been nominated by friend and fellow photographer Tom Hodgetts of Skye Walks and Photography to take part in the 7 day nature photo challenge.  I will post one shot here from the MacLean Photographic archive every day for the next week.  Most will be from my trips here in East Lothian but I might throw in a couple from further afield. This is another shot of the Arctic Terns on the Isle of May which we visited at the end of June.  The terns were very vocal and were quite robust in defending their nest site, which were scattered all around us on the ground.  The best way to defend your head from getting pecked was to hold something above you as the birds always go for the highest point.  Most people used a leaflet or paper.  Is used my X-T1 and 10-24mm f4 wide angle zoom and took pictures of the bird up close. They were VERY close in this shot! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

This image was taken on last weekend's trip out to the Isle of May and shows thousands of Gannets circling Bass Rock.  This was taken from below them on the RIB and I love this shot for the sheer power of nature.  Bass Rock is one of the natural wonders of the world and I feel quite privileged to be able to see it everyday from the end of the road here in Dunbar. Image taken on a Fujifilm X-Pro1 + XF18mm f2R lens

Yesterday we took a Scottish Seabird Centre boat trip out to the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth to photograph some of the 200,000 seabirds that live on the island, including some of the many thousands of Puffins that breed on the Isle of May each year. Today Fujifilm launch Firmware Version 4 for the Fujifilm X-T1 and I have been testing a beta version of the new software for Fujifilm that significantly improves the autofocus on the Japanese manufacturers flagship Compact System Camera (CSC).   The trip to the Isle of May gave me another opportunity to test the Zone and Wide Tracking Focus on the updated software and photograph these small birds in flight with the XF50-140mm f2.8. Atlantic Puffins  ( Fratercula arctica ) are only 32cm (13 inches) long and fly low with their wings beating at 400 times per minute.  They are very difficult to track with the camera because they fly so quickly but there are so many of them on the Isle of May I had plen...