Club Outing to the Isle of May

 

 The outings to Kelburn and the Titan have been noted in this main stream of postings, but what was arguably the best outing of the summer, to the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth, seems to have been missed out. To rectify this, here's a picture I took on the island - "Puffin in Flight, with Capelin".
I know it isn't pin-sharp, but it was taken while panning with a telephoto lens, at f7 with a shutter speed of 1/800 of a second. The bird was passing at an estimated 40mph - they can fly at speeds up to 55mph, with wings beating at a rate of 300-400 per minute (5-7 beats per second!), so in-flight pictures are something of a challenge!

Club Outing to Clydebank Titan

This summer, ICC had several successful outings (thanks to Gaie, who organised them!), one of the most well-attended being the Friday evening trip to the Titan crane. We were lucky that the rainy weather cleared that evening and there was some late sunshine that made the trip all the more worthwhile.
A composite is shown of four images that I took that evening.

Birds of Prey Kelburn Trip

Just to re-iterate: Kelburn next week, meet at clubhouse at 6.15 unless making your own way there - let  Gaie know if you are, so folks don't wait unnecessarily.

Dougie says it will be on unless a downpour - a little drizzle won't stop him, though you may of may not fancy getting those expensive cameras ruined in the rain!