There have been 9 new images added to the Grey Seals album. I was also there yesterday, but have still to look through the images, so there may be a few more being added in the next few days.

Not that I'm complaining, it means I have work to do and stuff to keep me occupied.

Kitesurf article - I had a shoot with Johara yesterday, and we have one penciled in for tomorrow too, fingers crossed for the weather. We are currently co-writing an article for Kitesurf magazine next month, I won't post any of the images up until the issue has been published, but I will say that I am quite excited about tomorrow's shoot, it is something we have had planned for a while (I just hope it turns out close to what I have in my head).

2011 HALO BDS - I have just received confirmation of my media pass for the 2011 HALO British Downhill Series. Round 1 is this weekend at Nant Gwrtheyrn, so I shall be spending Saturday and Sunday with some of the world's elite DH racers. Expect the images to appear towards the middle of next week.

Grey Seals - I spent half an hour or so this morning with our local Grey Seal colony. The forecast was for sunshine so I was hoping for some nice early morning light, unfortunately what I got was a grey overcast morning. Nevertheless I got some images out of the session and you can view them in the Grey Seals gallery (link below).
I would love a quiet word with the two people on a jet ski who came right into the bay with a video camera though, they freaked the resting colony out and half of them made a break for the water in near panic. Actions like this jeopardise the future of a breeding colony and I would hate for the seals to find a different breeding location in the future because of the irresponsible actions of a few individuals.

Grey Seal gallery

Headed down to the bay in which the Grey Seal colony is yesterday morning and spent probably about an hour with them. It was fantastic just to be in such close proximity to these wonderful animals, and spend some time with them. I was using the 100-400mm with a 2x converter, and I must admit I'm having problems with manual focus at the 800mm focal length, due to the narrow depth of field this produces. I will be returning to the colony to try and get some better shots, but these two will have to do for now.

Please note that if you are planning to spend any time with breeding animals of any description then please be extremely careful. Do not get so close that you disturb the animals in any way. Stress in breeding colonies can result in abandonment of young, or failure to breed in the first place, and can also lead to a breeding colony never returning to the site in the future. Please be responsible and if you are lucky enough to have such a colony local to you, hopefully you can ensure it stays that way.