Nick Davies

The natural beauty of South Wales inspires the photographs Nick takes…

I am fortunate to live in an area of South Wales that is steeped in industrial history and surrounded by natural beauty. The industrial heritage has been widely recorded, the natural history less so. The urge to record the beauty of South Wales inspires me to take pictures.

Although I’d had Nikon film cameras in the past, my first taste of digital photography was with a Nikon Coolpix 4100. I decided to move to a D3100 for the better quality of image that comes with a D-SLR, with my current camera being a Nikon D7100 [1].

My main lens is a Nikon 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED [4] that can be used for landscapes and closer portrait work and produces excellent results. My main tripod is a Giottos Silk Road YTL9353 [2] with a Giottos MH7002 ball head and is very flexible, thanks to its pivoting central bracket. My favourite lens is the Nikon 60mm f/2.8G ED [3]. It can be used for portraits, but I mainly use it for macro shots.

I’m finally on a journey that I’ve always wanted to start. My only problem now is dividing my weekends evenly between my camera and my wife!

2 Christmas Angel I was experimen t ing wi th my 50mm f/1.8 lens when I t ook this Grey Squirrel I used a high ISO se t t ing in the local woodland t o cap ture this image

Remember this… 01 you’ll Carry alwaysa tripod need – one when you haven’t got i t 02 Don’t be afraid t o use high ISOs t o ge t the shot 03 Change your viewpoin t ra ther than relying on your zoom 04 Know your subjec t. A li t tle research...

We are an Island Coot chicks huddled on a submerged st one wai t ing for their mum

A New Hope Here, the storms have passed and calmer wea ther has arrived

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