The
Unforeseen
I have been loving watching others capture some truly magnificent
images this last couple of months, but on the two occasions I did
pick up a camera I was once again, in awe of the diverse beauty of
wildlife in Argyll.
There is a sound that will always get my heart racing: the dry
rattling of a grasshopper. As you walk past, they suddenly stop.
This animal is easily heard but a nightmare to find. You can be
staring at a piece of grass listening to their percussive calling
only millimetres from your nose, but still there is no sign of them.
Just as you give up, a movement catches your eye as it hops well
out of range. This went on for a while until eventually this one
settled on a leaf with reasonably soft light bathing his piercing
gaze.

One of the joys of wildlife photography for me is it opens my eyes
to things I had not appreciated fully before.

I like seals. I like how good they are in water and I like how
comical they are out of water.

I like how exciting a glimpse of one is. What I had not appreciated
is how stunning they are up close.

Thanks to some fantastic boat handling from Ron (Mara Mhor Seal
trips), we got within two metres of these simply awesome and striking
animals. I was moved by their handsome and somewhat tired faces,
and, once they got used to us how relaxed they were. A truly inspiring
wildlife moment.
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