Today I began the tedious job of  removing picture off my old pc and uploading them on the Mac. It's amazing that after a couple of years of not using windows how awkward it all seemed.
 Some of the first pictures I uploaded were some angling ones, a few years back I used to shoot the occasional feature for my brothers weekly Angling Times column. These sunrise silhouette shots were taken Tench fishing at Linear lakes in Oxfordshire. The portrait shot was also used as a full page in the book "Catching the impossible" , a book all about the angling tv series filmed by top wildlife cameraman Hugh Miles.

 With the weather being cold and frosty I've decided to leave the fishing alone for a while and focus my attentions towards photography. Overnight the local forecast was for -4 degrees with clear skies in the morning with perhaps a little cloud, I decided to have another shot at the local Red deer.

 I was quite pleased to get a couple of stag's fighting in just the right place as the sun rose. That will probably be the last visit for a while after the deer unless we get some snow fall, I will now try to get a decent kingfisher shot, 6 hours in the hide so far with not a picture taken, it could be a long slog.

 With my photography I have a preconceived idea about the shots that I'm after, and to be honest I'm my own biggest critic. I see faults in every picture I take, but i suppose that's how you improve , anyway the shots I got today are on the way towards getting the picture that I've got in my head.

 Right just time to make some sandwiches then 4 hours in a hide waiting for a kingfisher, the light should be just right.

 With last night forecast for clear skies and an early morning frost the fishing rods were put away and I decided to get some more Red deer shots. Leaving the house at 6-30 am I thought I'd left plenty of time to get there for sunrise, I didn't allow for the tractor and an old boy driving at 30mph. There was nothing I could do except watch the sky lighten in the east in my rear view mirror, finally they both turned off and the last few miles were done in double quick time.
 Luckily  the deer were in the right spot and I was able to get some nice silhouette shots in the pre dawn light. I had hoped for some more sunrise shots, but 5 minutes too soon they headed off into the valley and shade. Within half an hour of arriving all the pictures had been taken and I was heading home.