Ben Kirby Photography Administrator

During one of my lunch hours I visited my local nature reserve to see what wildlife I could find. I set myself a challenge to only use my mobile phone and not a DSLR. I managed to have a great hour photographing and recording some video of butterflies. I watched, […]

Over the years, I have entered a number of images into my local camera clubs PDI competitions and I always enter their Annual Natural History Competition. There are some fantastic photos entered each year and I do not know how the judge manages to decide who is the winner. There […]

After many of my friends recommending a visit, I booked a day’s session at Millers Wood. John Stanton has built a number of hides in his wood and offers photographers the opportunity to book them for the day. I decided to book a day in November 2021 and I can […]

I decided to enter the following photo into my local camera club PDI competition. The judge awarded it 18 out of 20

Following the arrival of two male Mandarin Ducks in my local area, I took a trip to see if I could photograph them. On arrival, I could see the ducks hiding away under the tress on a bank. After waiting around 20 minutes and with the help of someone giving […]

I took an early morning trip to Knole Park, to see if I could take some photos of the Deer’s there. Below are a few of my favourite images:

I have been going through my photo collection and the photo below was one of my favourites. I decided to reprocess the image, with Photoshop to see if I could improve it. I like the new version below. The glow and colour of the Sky is what I like:

On weekends I have taken the chance, where possible and safe, to visit some nature reserves in the hope of some bird photography. Below are a few images I liked:

In early October the weather turned colder early one morning and so I went out in my local area to see what I could photography Below are a selection of my favourite images from my walk

In one of my previous blogs, I mentioned that one of the images I entered into the KCPA PDI Exhibition 2021, was chosen to be entered into the PAGB Inter Federation Competition 2021, by the KCPA. The KCPA asked three of their Premier Judges to help select the images they […]