THURSDAY 3rd FEBRUARY
Wildlife of the Camargue etc etc …..
ROY JACOBSON DPAGB
Roy is clearly a devoted wildlife photographer and he began the evening by taking us on a trip around Britain. He explained how when taking photographs of wildlife he looks for that ‘added extra’ and the images he shared with us of a skirmish between cranes and gulls at Slimbridge, egrets at Chew Valley Lake catching fish almost as big as themselves and graceful but aggressive arctic terns on The Farne Islands did have ‘that little bit more’. In his accompanying narrative Roy explained how he is quite happy to find himself a ‘good spot’, set up his equipment and sit there all day waiting for the wildlife to come. He tends to take burst shots of birds in flight hoping that when he transfers them to the computer he will have captured enough good images of ‘something happening’. Although Roy prefers to take his photographs ‘in the wild’ several zoos around the country have enabled him to take superb images of elephants and giraffes in both colour and monochrome. On a couple of occasions Roy has booked ‘an experience’ and the shots of large cats at the Big Cat Centre Kent and harvest mice and red eye tree frogs at Liberty Centre Dorset were stunning.
Roy also shared images he had captured at Fairford Airshow, taken at an unusual angle, several images looked as though the aircraft were about to crash into each other when in fact he tells us they were quite a distance apart.
The Camargue is famous for its white horses and Roy took wonderful images of them galloping in the shallows of the sea and at Parc Ornithologique de Pont de Gau Roy took the opportunity to capture the grace and finery of both the flamingos and egrets that live there.
Roy was originally booked to talk to us last season but as he was experiencing broadband problems and we were only meeting via Zoom, the evening had to be cancelled. We have had to wait twelve months for the rescheduled meeting, but it was well worth the wait as his images and chat made the evening most enjoyable.