Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography: Recently Added Galleries and Collections

Mammals

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:30:39 GMT

Seabirds

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:30:28 GMT

Seabirds, especially gulls, are great subjects for photography because they are accessible if you live on or near the coast, and they are not as wary of humans as a lot of species are.
And gulls are not horrible or boring, far from it. They are beautiful birds which are very photogenic and, because they are not timid, they make excellent photography practice targets.

Latest photos

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:25:30 GMT

Here, I will put all my latest photos. They'll stay in this folder for a week or two - or until the next upload, whichever is soonest - before being moved to the relevant folder.
NB: These are not necessarily the latest photos I have taken, rather they are the latest photos I have uploaded.

Plants and Insects

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:15:53 GMT

Favourite photos

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:52:52 GMT

Here are some of my favourite photos I've taken over the years. They may not be the most technically perfect but they might capture a mood, a 'feeling' of the time and place I took them.

Birds of Prey

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:00:04 GMT

Crows inc Jays

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:59:46 GMT

Pipits and Wagtails

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:59:30 GMT

Shorebirds

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:59:21 GMT

Ducks, Geese, Swans and Rails

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:58:54 GMT

My equipment

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:31:30 GMT

Until 2008 I was using Nikon equipment, a D70 then a D80 DSLR and a couple of Sigma lenses (70-300mm and 170-500mm). However, as I was not that happy with the performance of the Nikon camera I switched over to Canon. This move was also prompted by the fact that Canon had the type of lens I wanted (a 400mm prime telephoto) for a reasonable price (less than £1000) while Nikon did not. For this reason alone, the decision to jump ship was not a hard one.

My current equipment is as follows:

Canon 7D 18 Megapixel DSLR
Canon 40D 10.1 Megapixel DSLR
Canon EF 400mm f5.6 L USM telephoto
Canon EF 70-200mm f4 L USM zoom
Canon EF 100mm f2.8 USM macro
Canon EF 1.4x II Extender
Canon EF-S 18-55mm zoom
Canon Speedlite 430 EX II flash
SpeedGraphic flash extender (Better Beamer-type flash extender)
Slik AMT tripod
Manfrotto monopod
LowePro MiniTrekker photo backpack
Various 16GB, 8GB and 4GB SanDisk and Kingston Compact Flash cards.

The 400mm is the lens I use the most for bird photography, but the 70-200mm also gets a fair bit of use for birds as well, especially in hides if birds are close and for larger birds that are fairly close as well as ducks, etc, on public lakes.

The 400mm is the best lens I have ever owned although, at f5.6 at its' widest aperture it does mean that getting a decent shutter speed at all but the highest ISOs on dull days and in forests and woods is a bit of a struggle. I do aspire to - one day - getting one of those superb Canon L-series 500mm or 600mm telephotos but, given the prices they fetch, it'll be a long wait. In the meantime the 400mm will do me nicely.

Buntings, Finches and Sparrows

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:43:00 GMT

Tits

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:42:52 GMT

Chats, Thrushes and Flycatchers

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:42:35 GMT

Egrets and Herons

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:39:45 GMT

Pets and other non-wild animals

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:00:14 GMT

I can't resist taking photos of dogs, cats and other pets, as well as other non-wild animals.

Other wildlife

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:15:30 GMT

South West Texas 2010

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:09:48 GMT

I went on a non-birding trip to Texas, USA, in May 2010. Despite it not being a birding trip I did manage to do some birding and photography and got some reasonable photos, some of which are shown here. I have more to be uploaded later at some point.

Landscapes

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:09:33 GMT

Pigeons

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Sun, 23 May 2010 20:51:44 GMT

Nuthatches and Woodpeckers

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:38:32 GMT

Ecuador 2007

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:17:30 GMT

In 2007, I went to Ecuador twice, firstly in May and then back again in November to December.
It was in Ecuador that I first began to get into taking bird pictures, so the results - especially as I was taking a lot of photos in cloudforest - are patchy. These are only the half-decent to good ones.

Australia 2009

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:52:50 GMT

These photos are from the five weeks I spent in Australia. the weather did not co-operate a lot of the time, but I still managed to get a lot of good photos.
I started off in Melbourne, where I flew to from Singapore, then I travelled up to Cairns and northern Queensland before flying to Sydney.

Swallows, Swifts and Martins

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:24:31 GMT

Singapore 2009

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:40:03 GMT

Singapore was my first stop in my trip to Australia and South East Asia. It is a very clean and safe city and there are no worries about travelling alone round it and using expensive camera gear.
The birdlife is easy to find - the botanical gardens and Bukit Timah are among the best places - and it is a good introduction to Oriental birding.

Thailand 2009

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:53:07 GMT

After Australia, I flew to Thailand. The culture shock (heat, some squalor, humidity and completely different alphabet from what we Westerners are used to) and horrendous chaos of Bangkok aside, this is a fabulous country full of fantastic birds once you get out of the capital city and into the countryside. Thailand has some superb reserves and I visited two of them, Doi Inthanon which is near the city of Chiang Mai, in the north, and Khao Yai (the 'Cold Mountain') in the north-east.

Links

faith.jordan@yahoo.co.uk (Fay Jordan Wildlife Photography) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:51:33 GMT