Today was the first hopeful day up here for a while, though cool, the sun was out.
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
The decision was between late GHs nearby, or earlyish Dukes and PBFs a bit further afield.... well.... there was only ever one decision, and fingers x'd for the sparing of wall to wall cloud on arrival, I set out..
Dukes appeared immediately, first 2 spiralling males, but over the next 2-3 hours, there must have been up to 8 in the small area I patrolled. - no females though. Interestingly, my car told me it was 9.5c as I left it, but the transect lady had a thermometer reaching 16c in the habitat, a small sheltered hotspot... and long may it remain so for the Dukes to continue there
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- s1/100 f9.0 i100 100mm macro IS + tripod + remote release + PS CS5
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- s1/80 f9.0 i100 100mm macro IS + tripod + remote release + PS CS5
After a chat with fellow enthusiast Martin, I followed his suggested route to a PBF area I did not already know... there must have been at least half a dozen there, but they were really skittish, allowing me only one decent record shot. Nevertheless they are always a joy to behold, especially in the frozen North here.
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- s1/80 f9.0 i100 100mm macro IS + tripod + remote release + PS CS5
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)