Outdoor Photography August 2011
I am delighted to have recently had two of my photographs published in a national magazine for the first time. The double page spread appears in the Reader Gallery section of the August 2011 edition of Outdoor Photography (on sale 7th July), and features two macro shots. The first is of a Common Blue Butterfly taken at Windmill Farm with a Canon 350D in 2008, and the second a female Violet Dropwing taken on the Rio Grande in Andalucia in 2010 with a Canon 400D. The Violet Dropwing fills the page and the reproduction in the magazine is fantastic so I was naturally thrilled!
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In keeping with the modern culture of designated days for this, and special days for that, Sunday 2nd May 2010 was international dawn chorus day. The event received a fair amount of coverage on the television & radio, but with my own shameful "rise & shine" moment taking place at 7.45am, well after dawn, I missed the whole spectacle.
10km southwest of Ronda, (as the Griffon Vulture flies), near the eastern edge of the Sierra Grazalema Natural Park in Andalucia lies the Llanos de Libar, an area of karst at the head of a limestone valley. Amongst other things it is a great area for reptiles and amphibians, so with that in mind we headed for the village at the gateway to the Llanos de Libar, Montejaque.
As part of our week at the end of August with Clive & Sue (of The Grazalema Guide and Wildside Holidays) we had permits for a visit to 'La Garganta Verde"' a “must do” for the more adventurous visitors to the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park.
