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An incredible encounter with Golden Eagles

Posted by kierst - February 23, 2012 - Nature, Photos
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Golden Eagle

I had the most amazing Golden Eagle encounters yesterday. I was driving up on the Ventura track to extract some Spanish Highs Mountain Guides clients who had been on a 4 day winter mountaineering trip in the Sierra Nevada. On the drive up a Golden Eagle flew right over the car so close, I stopped [...]

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4 of what I think are my best recent photos

Posted by kierst - July 27, 2010 - News, Photos
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Not alot to say about these as they are self explanatory. Hope you like them. Whilst taking photos from the roof terrace of Bee Eaters all hell started in the olive tree next to me, there was thud, flapping of wings and birds scattering all over the place. I noticed a bird jump out of the [...]

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A few photos

Posted by kierst - February 11, 2010 - Photos
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Here are a few photo’s ive taken recently, as always click on them for a larger view.

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Lanjaron from Pinos del Valle

Posted by kierst - December 27, 2009 - Photos, Trip reports
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We had this idea to take a photo of Lanjaron with the peak of Cerro de Caballo behind when it had snow on it, of course its been a long time coming, with the late rain and then the never ending rain. We knew this dry sunny day was coming, all the forecasts said so, [...]

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My camera lessons with Chiz Dakin

Posted by kierst - December 9, 2009 - News, Photos
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Spanish Highs Mountain Guides has joined forces with award winning professional landscape photographer and travel writer Chiz Dakin to run outdoor photography courses here in Lanjaron, so when she phoned to say she was coming over to check out some locations, I volunteered to drive her around in return for some lessons with my camera. I have a [...]

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The new camera lens

Posted by kierst - October 8, 2009 - Photos
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So we have had the camera nearly a month and here are some of my attempts at using it, some good, some ok and some really bad. You can click on the slideshow at anytime and view the full size pictures.

Read More Acontia lucida, Aeshna cyanea, audouins gull, bruno, cabo de gata, Dragonfly, european bee eater, kestrel, khumbu, Lanjaron, las negras, moth, Pale Shoulder, Pseudotergumia fidia, Southern Hawker, sparrow, sparrow hawk, Striped Grayling, Tapa, turkish gecko

Cerro de Caballo Valleys in full bloom

Posted by kierst - July 4, 2009 - Nature, Photos
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Whilst driving to the Ventura trailhead above Lanjaron at 2200m in the Sierra Nevada, we rounded the corner and were met by beautiful these sights. Ive never seen this before so it can only be the due to the fantastic winter that we have had. Normally this time of year the mountains are a dry [...]

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Todays photos of the dogs, Tapa, Khumbu & Bruno

Posted by kierst - June 15, 2009 - Dogs, Photos
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I took the dogs for a walk this morning and it was rather warm at 29C at 9.30am, so when we got back Khumbu and Bruno went straight in the pool to cool down. I took a few photos of them and got these odd pictures. Tapa the bite sized mutt just taking off with [...]

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What happens when you let a Siberian Husky run free

Posted by kierst - May 30, 2009 - Dogs, Photos
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Now here are a few photos of Khumbu when he was allowed to run free. It wasn’t until we put the photos on the computer that we could see the crazy facial expressions from Khumbu. They will make you laugh. This is not a daft one but a nice one of Khumbu and Bruno together [...]

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Some nice photos of Khumbu & Bruno

Posted by kierst - May 30, 2009 - Dogs, Photos
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Here are a few nice photos of Khumbu (Siberian Husky) and his best friend Bruno (Leonberger) on the day they played in the acequia. Bruno showing off his big tongue. Khumbu running free off the lead A happy bouncing Khumbu

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