Posts by Peter Taylor
Fan-tailed warbler (Cisticola juncidis), s'Albufera Natural Park, Mallorca, December 2017. Taken with my Nikon D5300 and 70-300mm AF-S at 300mm, f/6.3, ISO 400, 1/1600s. This photo was taken on ...
Black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros), Salinas de San Pedro, Murcia, December 2016. Taken with my Nikon D40 and 70-300mm AF-S at 300mm, f/5.6, ISO 200, 1/320s.
European Moth Day, 2018-05-11, Devesa de l'Albufera, Valencia, Spain. Shot with Nikon D5300, Micro-NIKKOR 105mm f/4 and Kenko 2x NAS Teleplus MC7, ISO 800, f/32, flash. Yes, I know this isn't a mo...
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) hovering, Tancat de la Pipa, Valencia, June 2018. Taken with my Nikon D5300 and 70-300mm AF-S at 300mm, f/6.3, ISO 800, 1/4000s. I arrived early for a biodiversity stu...
View from La Tejería; Puebla de San Miguel, Spain; early November 2020. I took this photo just too late for October's autumn colours contest: this is as autumny as the colours get within two hou...
Sabina de la Umbría de Miranda; near La Puebla de San Miguel, Valencia, Spain; November 2020. Taken with my Nikon D5300 and 10-20mm AF-P at 10mm, f/6.3, ISO 250, 1/25 secs. I saw a signpost to t...
Cambridge, UK; poppy; June 2018. Nikon D5300; playing with some new macro extension rings. I can't remember what lens I used, which is poor record-keeping.
In terms of visibility, it's wise to have fallbacks. Wear a hi-vis jacket; carry spare batteries for your lights when possible; and check your local laws about wearing lights on your person. You ca...
Seen in November in the Rincón de Ademuz, Valencian Community, Spain. I'm not sure whether the "tail" is a stinger or just wing cases, and I didn't want to find out! This was a pretty large insect...
