The weather forecast for Monday was a little bit out. Instead of a cloudy and cool day as forecast, it turned out sunny and mild in the afternoon. We decided on a walk around the nature reserve at Walton.
It turned out to be the best afternoon of the week as the weather forecast, which had been predicting cold and wet weather all week, turned out to be correct apart from this short blip of fine weather on Monday afternoon.
I’ve become rather complacent with my photography at the allotment. I’ve been taking most of my photos and videos using my iPhone. The results are plenty good enough for what I require. The photos are used for blogging and record keeping purposes. As I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the photos, I’ve been using my iPhone on visits to several National Trust sites. Again I’ve been surprised by just how good the results have been.
Whilst my iPhone is pretty good for general landscape photography it’s not much use if you need a powerful zoom lens for wildlife photography. I’m amazed at just how good a handheld shot I can get with my Sony camera. The photo below is taken with my iPhone. On the far edge of the water it’s just about possible to make out there’s a couple of swans. I’ve circled them in red.
The photo below is from the same spot but taken with my Sony camera on full zoom. Not only is it possible to get a decent photo of the swan it’s even possible to read the number on its tag.
In the smaller image above, of the swan, it’s not possible to make out the tag number on its leg but the cropped image below shows a close up.
In this view, it’s possible to make out the tag number around the swan’s leg.
It goes without saying that on most of my outings my trusty Sony camera will be in my camera bag as you never know when you might need a really good zoom lens.
