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Great website Steve and awesome photo's as always.

Ian.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/imageprovider/

Hi Steve came here via birdforum and just wanted to say what a great site you have with some really lovely work on here. Nice one keep it up.
Keith Gypps aka Falconer2406

hi Steve just to say thanks for becoming a member of my site, your site and images are fantastic its always good to discuss things with digiscoping and conventional photography look forward to meeting up again very soon regards
barry woodhouse

I've just been looking at your superb images of the red kites. We plan to go to Gigrin in the next few weeks. Would you be prepared to tell me how you went about it? Focal lengths used, metering, shutter speeds etc.?

I am assuming it is best to use one of the photo hides and I am planning on using Gitzo, Wimberley, 7D & 500mm. I also have a 1.4 Ex.

Hope you don't mind me contacting you.

Regards,
Brian.

Hi Steve my question is one that you must have been asked many times ,what sort of settings do you use to capture these stunning pictures, this is my first foray into "Digital"l know that there are many different situations that will call upon settings to suit the situation you are in.My camera is a D300 and l am very pleased with the results so far,but pictures like yours on the webpage are inspirational,great stuff Steve.

Hi Steve,nice to have met you with Jamie`s crew in Anaxos,checked out your website today and found you have some quality images.Keep up the good work mate !!!.
regards Ray.
http://www.pbase.com/02purser

Hello Steve,
Was nice to meet you the other day, after looking at all your beautiful work on Flickr it is nice to put a face to the photographer. Your work is very impressive and a standard I hope I can reach one day.

Thank you for the offer of locations and information, it is much appreciated, and I shall take you up on it :-)

Kind regards

Sarah

Hi Steve, you have a great site with some stunning images. Keep up the good work form Ben

Hi Steve

Superb photos!

I'm just starting with my first DSLR (used to have a Pentax ME Super many lifetimes ago!),

I wondered what camera and lenses you use to get such great photos? Also, do you use a Wimberley Head or a Manfrotto 393 or something like that?

I have just bought a Canon 60D and have a Canon 400mm f5.6 and a Canon 100-400mm zoom. Later this year, if funds allow, I'm thinking of taking the plunge with a bigger lens - maybe the Sigma 300-800mm zoom or the Canon 600mm f4. Any advice on what is best?

I appreciate that good equipment is only part of the story and I am working on my technique and getting some experience in the meantime!

Any advice welcome.

Many thanks,
Nick Leech
Morecambe
Lancs

Dear Steve.

Saw your beautiful red kites shots in Gigrin Farm at the Gateway Hide. Could you please tell me which lens did you use? I'm planning to go to Gigrin farm but now sure what lens to bring with me.

Kind regards,
Claudio.

Hi Steve outstanding work. The birds in flight pics are superb love it. I am an amateur bird and wildlife photographer from Bangalore India.

Looking great Steve

Hello Steve, I have your wren print here in the UK. Anyway, all I have to do is pack it up, and send it if you want it.
You can see the image on my website www.lynnewindsor.com It's one of my all time favourite paintings.

All your photos are incredible by the way!

Lynne

Hi Steve
Mouth watering photographs. where did you shoot them ?.

Regards
Michael

Micheal, Most are shot in East Anglia thanks

Just saw your Long-tailed Ducks at Stutton Mill where I am staying,great site.
Regards Chris Baines

Hello,
Firstly I would like to say that your images are amazing!
Secondly I was wondering if you could tell me what camera make and model you use for most of your shots, and with what lenses.
This would be very helpful and once again great pics.
Thanks.
Ben

Hi SteveJust seen your photo's stunning, Really great. I am very impressed. Looks like your a better photographer than an engineer

AS A YOUTH that is.... LOL..LOL John.

thank you so much for posting your fantastic images....it's pure pleasure browsing through your photos....

Steve, what equipment did you use to take the photo's of the Red Kites at Gigrin. What lens TC combo do you typically use for bird photograhpy. I just got a D300s and 300mm f/2.8 VRII + 1.4TC. Regards, Phil

Phil I have emailed you but basically a Nikon 300/4 or a Nikon 400/2.8 with or without a TC14e-II mounted on a Nikon D300
Regards Steve

I have been following Steves's latest images on Flickr (www.leto.me.uk) for the last few months. Steve's images are always high quality and well composed. It is a joy waiting to see what new he posts. Keep up the good work.

Tim Philips

Steve, you have some excellent pictures. Did you take all those photos with just the Nikon 300mm f4 AF lens and a TC? I'm thinking of buying this lens and a 1.4 TC.

I'd appreciate your answer. Thanks

Will

Will, some were taken with a 300/4 and a TC14e-II, its an excellent combo especially if your walking all day

Great Kite Shots Steve

Hi Steve
Just wanted to say what superb pictures you have taken. I have just purchased a Nikon 300 F4 and was looking for advice on a tele-converter which is what drew me to your website after seeing a reply you gave on a website. These pictures are a joy, thanks for displaying them.

Hi Steve I had a look at your web sight and I think you have a wonderful collection of outstanding images keep the good work up and thank you for sharing. Peter w

Hi Steve,

www.whalesrevenge.com is trying to get a million people to sign a petition to stop whaling.

If you could tell as many people as you can about our website, that would be a great help.

Thanks for your support and remember to sign the petition.

Super images on your site Steve a pleasure to view

Just looked at your site-very nice! Thank you!

Jim

hi Steve , love your photos. I hit the link to your site from bird forum and have enjoyed your photos. I live in ipswich and have re-started my childhood hobby of birding, and also bought a canon 40d and 100-400 is l . I have enjoyed playing with the camera for a couple of years, but am still a novice. I do most of my walking around our rivers especially Levington and trimley. Just wanted to say love your pics. Regards. Mark.

Steve,

I like you website, simple yet interesting and catchy. I have a passion for nature so I have enjoyed viewing your site. Thanks and continue the good work.

Veronica

Hi Steve
Just had another look at your additions to your website. I enjoyed the Kingfisher pictures and all their quirks. The Butterfly pictures are well caught. The shore bird collection you have are interesting. the immature Shelduck, and all other pictures. Great to see any time, and will keep looking out for any additional pictures that arrive.
I will look out for any photo's on the forum galleries too.
Best wishes
Kathy

Hi Steve, good to chat with you this morning at Lackford Lakes.
Great pics on your site, I'm sure there will be some more of the Kingfisher after today's visit to Lackford.
Regards
Dave

a quick look over lots of beauties !
Congratulations !
Jules

thanks Steve for this wonderful website, very inspiring. i really had a break on visiting it.

have the best regards of your friend from BF

doux

Hi Steve, just been looking at your website, fantastic photo's, can you tell what equipment you use please.

Thanks
Ian

Hi Steve
I have just had another look at your latest photo's and they are fabulous to look at. I love the Juvenile Stonechats. They seen to have a very large eye compared with their head.
Will have another look in on a regular basis
Regards.
Kathy

Hi Steve, Incredible photography!! I saw your pics on Flickr and was wondering what equipment you use. Canon? Nikon? Lenses? I'm a newbie with a Canon 40D and several lenses, but trying to improve. My Flickr name is Richard J M. Thanks, Richard

Hi Steve,
clicked through from birdguides. You have some great shots. I wondered if you have ever thought about changing the way you watermark/copyright your shots. It distracts the eye a little from your good work!

Hope you don't mind me commenting. Let me know if you would like to exchange links.

Keep clicking, Marcus

Hi Steve
What a fabulous website your have going for you. It must have taken a lot of time to get the 'format' exactly right. The photography is outstanding, and I have enjoyed having a good look at all of the work you have created. You take a pride in what you do.

Where do you take your pictures of your seabirds?

Kathy

Hi Steve - just to confirm I saw your photo on one of your newspaper articles and sure enough it was you I saw at Minsmere - we were in the small BF group. Can't recall where it was exactly. Just you know how it is when you see a face you recognise but not sure from where. It was obviously from your old avatar I think. Wished I had said hello - I quite often say to people do I know you from BF/local RSPB/Durham Bird Club etc. and am used to being wrong but it is not a problem - I get used to it. Anyway, great site & pics by the way.

Steve (Quacker - Bird Forum).

Very nice gallery of pictures Steve.

I like your pictures, I hope to take some as good.
Your hedgehog is "easting" but I think he's really "eating".

Hi Steve, I saw the site address on flickr so came to have a look. Brilliant site. I so love your photographs and I really appreciate your advice. My garden is alive with different species thanks to you.
Keep up the good work.

Hi Steve,
I saw your response to one of my photos on Birdforum and thought I'd check out your website.
Congratulations on a great site and with some absolutely superb images. Keep up the good work!
Jeff (www.jeffharrisonphotography.co.uk)

Steve

I thank you for your picture's they are brilliant... I only wish that I could take picture's like this.. maybe soon..
amatuer photographer..

I think they are brilliant..

Steve, I have just taken another wander through your site. Your skill and talent is fantastic and your photos beautiful and thought provoking.

Thank you!

X

Hi Steve,

Found your site from birdforum. What fantastic pictures you have here. I can see a couple of potential Christmas presents coming from here!

Steve (steve_nova)

Hi Steve,

I saw your post of Flickr about your own website.. you've got some fantastic images..

Steve...

Hi Steve..... met you last night at the Flatford 'moth night' ( I was the one in the purple wellies)!!
just having a nose around and found your web site....not had a proper look yet but what I have seen is brilliant...some lovely photos you have.
Keep up the good work.

Jan thanks for the kind words
Steve

Many thanks for details of your website. You gave me your card at the last RSPB open day on The Walls at Mistley. I really enjoyed browsing the photos.The pictures are just brilliant. Do you supply any to Birds magazine, I wonder?

Best wishes

Hi, Steve.
Thanks for your comments re: my site: http://johngarrett.atspace.com/ - it's always nice to hear from a fellow birder.

Anyhow I just wanted to let you know I've had a good old rummage thru' your site and I certainly enjoyed the browse, the pics are a treat.
Also loved the acclaim you got in the newspapers...that's totally ace.

I'm sure we'll talk again soon on Bird Forum, but for now all the best to yourself and your family for the future.

BFN, John Garrett

Hi Steve,
Your photographs are brilliant. Just the hobby I would like to get in to. I love my birdwatching and would like to take it to the next step. I am looking at a Nikon D80 with a 70-300mm nikon VR zoom. Would this be a good starting point or would I need a fixed 300mm lens with converter? Would I lose quality with the zoom? Thanks for your time.

Hiya
Can I ask what equipment you use?
ie camera body & what lens & do you do post production on your shoots ?
like what i see interested in buying a Nikon thats why I ask looking at the d200
cheers keep shooting !!!!!

Steve - All taken on either a D70s or a D200 with lenses from 12mm to 300mm, the bird shots with the 300mm lens I can attach either a 1.4 or 1.7x converter
Post Production is carried out using Photoshop CS2
Thanks for asking

Hello Steve,
nice website have you got here. I like it really much.

Speak soon,

Carsten (from Bird Forum)

http://www.4auswanderer.de

excellent site design you have taken some magical pictures .

check out my site

http://www.ukwilduk.co.uk/

cheers

mike

Hi Steve, your photo's are absolutely brilliant, thank you for letting me look at them, and Carol for telling me about your great web site, keep up the good work, you are a brilliant photographer.
Pat

Very nice website, nice range of shots, interesting to browse through

your pics are stunning, I LOVE the one of the dark clouds above the waters edge, and the black and white ones are fab, as is the birds feeding. great stuff.