tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789329918812337292012-02-15T22:47:10.106-08:00Thoughts and discoveries about nature photographyTom Hadley Wildlife Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466593569421333429noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278932991881233729.post-79277084109157197592010-02-09T05:47:00.001-08:002010-02-09T05:49:16.886-08:00

This is the last post for my blog here. I have a new version of my website and new blog posts will be appearing there so if you want to keep up with what I'm up to head over to www.hadleywildlife.org.uk for the latest updates.

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I was talking on Twitter the other day about my wildlife photography heroes and I thought it deserved more than 140 characters to tell the proper story of who inspired me. I could rattle off a list of names of people whose work I have loved over the years and who I aspire to be like, but it actually comes down to 3 special people when I think about it carefully.The first is Art Wolfe. I remember

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I quite often get asked by people about where to buy camera equipment in the UK, so I thought it was worth jotting down a few places I rate through experience. Being a Nikon devotee I am limiting myself to places where I buy their equipment so don't take me to task if I missed somewhere that's great for particular Canon, Sony, Pentax etc. bargains, I wouldn't know!There are a great many people

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As you may have read about in recent days (and after some months of rumour and conjecture) the news broke this week that the winner of the 2009 Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition has been disqualified.This has caused a huge disquiet amongst the wildlife photography community. You can read Andy Rouse's viewpoint here. If you haven't seen the offending image, here it is.For me,

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To recap this is a rundown of my favourite places in the south of England to shoot wildlife images. I've favoured locations in easy reach of my hometown of Southampton.#8 - BirdworldIt's been more than a year or since I last visited Birdworld and its somewhere I should definitely venture to again in 2010. Located just outside Farnham, it's a fairly relaxed sort of place, with the enclosures set

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Happy New Year everyone.The final few months of 2009 were looking like they were going to be a bit of a fallow time for my photography after a great summer (for various reasons). But fortunately the year ended on a high with one of my Snow Leopard images being used as a very successful Christmas Card by the People's Trust for Endangered Species. I'm very pleased to have been involved in that and

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I managed to get a half day's shooting in at Marwell last Sunday on a glorious afternoon. Concentrated on the leopards rather than having a general meander around which paid dividends. There is only a solitary snow leopard at the moment, I heard rumours of 2 more being brought in, wonder when that's going to happen?But the real highlight of the day was getting an exciting fresh composition of the

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If you're a parent like me then the summer holidays can seem a blessing and a curse in equal measure. Quality time with the kids is great, but being increasingly inventive in amusing kids who are increasingly bored is always a challenge. Fortunately for me, my daughter is getting the age where being a model is starting to appeal so I've been able to get her involved in some new images to try and

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There's been a bit of a hiatus in this series of posts, but will keep them coming a bit faster now!To recap this is a rundown of my favourite places in the south of England to shoot animal pics. I've favoured locations in easy reach of my hometown of Southampton.#9 - The Isle of Wight ZooThe Isle of Wight Zoo has changed a fair bit over the last few years and to call it a zoo is probably slightly

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I thought it was high time I blogged about my recent trip to Scotland, before it fades too much from the memory. In mid-June I headed for the Highlands via a brief stop in the Lake District.Fortunately I was blessed with the most magnificent weather for the entire week and it was a pleasure to be out in such beautiful remote areas with the sun on my back. Even a few run-ins with the notorious

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Just a quick update, I'm now contributing to ShutterChatter, Samsung Cameras official photo blog and trying out their PL60 compact as part of the gig. There are some really good photographers who have been invited to blog on there, so its definitely worth checking out if you like good photo ideas.http://www.samsungcamera.co.uk/blog/PS: I know what you're thinking, I don't give my own blog enough

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Just had some fantastic news I wanted to share. One of my very favourite animals is the Snow Leopard. They truly are the most beautiful of all big cats and I always enjoy photographing them. I've been a keen supporter of the Snow Leopard Trust, based in Seattle, USA for some years and the excellent conservation and education work they do.I had an email today from someone I know there and I was

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I thought it would be fun to share my thoughts on my favourite places in the south of England to shoot animal pics (in reverse order as tradition dictates). I've favoured locations in easy reach of my hometown of Southampton, before anyone points out the many omissions!#10 - The New Forest Reptile CentreI discovered this small but delightful centre a couple of years ago. It has a series of

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I thought I'd do a quick post about depth of field, as it applies to wildlife photography because mastering it for telephoto work is something that doesn't always come as naturally as it does for landscape or portrait work.This is especially true for those of us who do a lot of zoo photography and are always seeking to get naturalistic pics without the surrounding enclosure distracting the

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It might appear from my last post that I was trying to dissuade people from buying DSLRs. Far from it.So if you've read the last post and decided that you would be best suited by buying one then it's an exciting time. I don't think there has ever been such a varied offering out there for consumers from the major manufacturers as there is now.The first thing to note is that you aren't just buying

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I get asked this question quite a lot.It's not surprising people are asking, camera manufacturers have honed in on the entry-level digital SLR consumer over the last couple of years and brought out some great cameras that are very aggressively priced. People are realising that instead of £200 - £250 on a good compact they could get an SLR for not much more. But do you need an SLR? Really?Here are

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Welcome to the new blog that accompanies the launch of the re-branded Hadley Wildlife site. I'm as excited about the ability to have this method of sharing thoughts, ideas and discoveries wih people as I am about having a new site that achieves a lot of the things I want in terms of displaying my images to the world.As a first news item, I'm very excited about my upcoming trip to the Scottish

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