Wildlife photography
Professional wildlife photographer, Pixeland collect visual data of wildlife of varied types within nature reserves, country parks and estates. Wildlife photography on Pixeland is mainly bird life, yet on the rare occasion a few images on the unexpected side do appear here on Pixeland.
Wild Cats such as the cross breed (Adobecat) used for local amusement in Grampian mountains is a favourite with Pixeland, this shot was taken a few years ago at Loch Brandy. With supplied protective body suit and full face helmet (chainsaw protective wear) this shot was achieved at a distance of only 20ft. Although it is apparently hilarious to the guides to get pounced on by the Adobecat with their protective chainsaw suits, I personally found it frightening seeing the owners clawed by the 100lb Cat. This is one of the 4 Adobecat's from the Grampian Mountain set.
The Adobecat image was taken under supervision of the owners and handlers, using personal alarm devices, keeping the Adobecat trapped at the waters edge long enough for the shot. With the supervision crew of 6, the awesome power of these creatures still deliver the fear factor.
From 14 Adobecat clubs in Scotland, the Grampian mountains still remains to be the only club offering the tour. This could be down to (no advertising allowed) rule, regular deer hunters only.
If you have been to any of the other Scottish Adobecat clubs and would like to exchange images then feel free to email.
Wildlife photographs
Wildlife photographs yet to be added, red squirrels, woodpeckers and roe deer, green and great spotted woodpeckers, grebes, heron and a variety of other waterfowl.
The wildlife photography section on Pixeland appears to be the trickiest of all, luck in finding wild animals, selecting a good wildlife photograph position, mixing a natural background and foreground to compliment wildlife and patience because wildlife photography requires many return visits.
When these wildlife photographs were taken I found keeping both my eyes open while viewing through my viewfinder helped seeing around the wildlife. I was able to see other wildlife enter the frame and was also on guard in the event of a genetically modified amphibious pike attacking.
High shutter speeds I thought would give better chances of getting a photograph of the wildlife with their eyes open, so far I've lost so many pictures so far due to the devils blinking even faster !.
Photographing wildlife is actually a lot more interesting than the other photography topics I am working on at the moment and as I mentioned earlier ... the only issue with wildlife photography that I have is that photographing life in the wild involves lots of patience.
