Recent content by KJRPhotos

I adore Iceland, went for the first time this year in March having heard a lot about it from friends that work there and I really want to go back, the wildlife and landscapes are incredible (so amazing they even tempted me into trying my hand at landscape pics!) We definately went the route...

hehe yeah, if only it worked that way! If the disturbance wasn't killing the pups then yes they would get used the photographers eventually, just like the ones on the dunes part of the colony =) unfortunatly habituation only occurs when there is a scary stimuli which then results in no harm...

I'd just like to point out that these elephant seal pups are weaned from their mothers, they are fully independant creatures that can leave the colony if they feel they are too stressed by the photographers. The same is true for the big fat pups you see on donna nook towards the end of the...

hello TP, I am glad to see that this is a topic that is still thought about and discussed, I was the PHD student Grumpybadger mentioned from last year, I surveyed the entire colony for a month and a bit in 2008 and am dong the same this year. I only became aware of this thread because one...

ouch that sounds painfull! I'm a zoology finalist and my dissertation is split into 2 bits thank goodness, one half 6000 words the other 7500. Have done the 6000 bit and am halfway through the other half now, and we're meant to revise at some point?! >.< I sort of enjoyed my work, its hard...

thank you everyone and Merry Christmas! =) I've put some recent pics up in the wildlife section, if anyone has time any feedbeck on ways to improve would be great as I'm the definition of a newbie in photography!

Hello everyone, I've just started out in photography this year, I am a zoology student so I want to get better at wildlife photography to help me with my projects! This seems the friendliest forum around by far which is great (and why I joined) as it would be great to get some directions to...