2026 Project 52 - Weekly photos from Geoff F

Week 08 - Slight but only temporary weather improvement.This afternoon partially brightened up although still with periods of cloud and showers. So I took a quick trip to the coast at North Sands, between showers, chiefly to see if any fishing boats were returning to harbour

Limebury Point. There were several distant ships passing by.

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7D with Canon 70-200 lens. 1/640 F11 Iso 400 Merge of two bracketed exposures.

Tenacious. I was on tiptoe to peer over a wall so I had limited camera angle options with a poor light angle and I have slightly over exposed the surf. Maybe have another edit.

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1/250 F11 Iso 400

George Edwin and Mayhem. Tried a slightly different position but this meant shooting across a prickly hedge with another tricky light angle.

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1/500 F11 Iso 400

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Tenacious. I was on tiptoe to peer over a wall so I had limited camera angle options with a poor light angle and I have slightly over exposed the surf. Maybe have another edit.

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When I first read this sentence, I thought you were describing yourself! And I thought the word does fit since you keep giving us glimpses of your area! Well done too. I enjoyed seeing the boat traffic! Thank you for sharing your work!

Week 09 - Garden Birds. After more rain there was a short spell of hazy sunshine, but not good enough light for landscapes; so I had a go with the birds in my garden.

I purchased some split peanuts because they were slightly cheaper than whole nuts but they are easier to get out of the feeder, which is a trick that the birds soon mastered, so with more being eaten there is no cost benefit.

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7D with Sigma 150-600 Sport lens 1/800 F6.3 Iso 800

Suet pellets are always welcome.

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I also intended to clean and refill my bird bath but I waited because they were queuing up to use it.

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After a clean and refill with fresh drinking quality tap water no birds went near the bath for 24 hours. By which time the weather had reverted to thick fog.

Week 10 - Footbridge across South Milton Ley. A day of sunshine at last, although with patchy clouds and a cool breeze on the coast.

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7D with Tamron 24-70 lens 1/1000 F11 Iso 400 merge of two bracketed exposures.

Thurlestone Rock

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Thurlestone Beach

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Week 11 - From the bird hide. Finally a couple of calm and mostly sunny days, although with a rather hazy light. So I visited some local bird hides.

This Redshank was probing about in the mud at the tidal edge and when I enlarged the image it appears the bird had caught a small elver but was having problems eating this catch.

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7D with Sigma 150-600 Sport Lens 1/1000 F111 Iso 400

A Greenshank

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1/500 F9 Iso 400

Cirl Buntings are nationally scarce but frequently visit this feeder. Males have a brightly marked head while females are more of a brownish colour.

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