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I am an amateur photographer in my early forties who loves taking pictures of wildlife and nature, and I have a particular interest in bird photography.
My equipment consists of a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi (aka EOS 450D), along with a Tamron 70-300mm telephoto and macro lens, and my wonderful new acquisition, the Canon 100-400mm, as well as my trusty point-and-shoot Panasonic Lumix FZ28, which has phenomenal zoom!
As someone relatively new to photography, I hugely value any advice, feedback and constructive criticism. I have a fabulous group of contacts and friends who provide this and I appreciate it very much.
I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and have been known to stand rooted to the spot for up to two hours waiting for the perfect shot, which as wildlife photographers in particular will understand, often never happens! However all the effort and perseverance is worthwhile on the occasions that it does happen...
I don't really edit my images, except for cropping, framing and the occasional tweaks of saturation/exposure. Each to their own, but I'm not particularly a fan of Photoshop, especially where wildlife and nature photography is concerned, as in my opinion nature should be preserved in the way that God intended, not processed often beyond recognition...having said this, this is a personal opinion in relation to my own work. I am constantly in awe of the processing skills of many of my contacts, and I'm not saying I would never try it!
It is the quality of my contacts which matters to me, not the quantity, and I am therefore only interested in contacts with whom I have regular interaction.I enjoy looking at my contacts' work, always look beyond their last upload and spend a lot of time making comments, so I therefore expect my efforts to be reciprocated. I am reasonable up to a point though, as I realise that we all have busy lives...
Please don't add me as a contact unless you are willing to interact with me and comment regularly on my work, and I do monitor this closely. I am not interested in anyone who makes me one of a hugely unsustainable number of contacts, who is looking for kudos for their own work but never reciprocates. I am in Flickr to make friends, share photos and partake of regular dialogue and constructive, genuine comments. Please don't merely copy and paste comments... if you don't have the time or can't be bothered making a personal comment, I would rather you didn't comment at all. I generally limit my contacts to around 150, so please don't be offended if you make me a contact and I don't immediately reciprocate, as I do regularly review my contacts. I try to have a realistically manageable number of contacts to keep Flickr on a more personal level. If you find you are no longer one of my contacts please don't be offended... it is probably because you rarely visited and I was using too much time giving comments to people who hardly ever reciprocated! It is not meant as a personal insult. Reading this back, I sound like a dragon, but I'm really a very nice person, honestly, I just like fair play!
As much as possible, I try to keep up with with activity on my photos, but I'm sorry, I don't usually reply to comments as there really aren't enough hours in the day!
I visit friends and contacts' photos and groups that interest me, I don’t reply to photos sent to me via Flickrmail.
While I really appreciate every single comment made on my stream, I do not participate in groups requiring more than 3 comments per posting. It doesn't seem very fair to me, and I'm sorry but I just don't have the time...
To all my Flickr friends and contacts, a huge thank you for taking the time to look at and comment on my work...you are a wonderful group of people, and I appreciate you all so very much! :-) xx

You can also find my inane rants and ramblings on Twitter :-)

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Photos of Fifi 1968 (11)

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Contacts (168)

DartmoorGiant Miles Wolstenholme
myscotpics JOHN MCLEISH
Honestman28 Stephen Wagstaff
Meena Madhrani... Meena Madhrani
John Mee John Mee
Hotpix UK [LRPS] Tony Smith (LRPS)
glopat2009 gloria
Karen Brodie... No real name given
PamelaS3 No real name given
Manatoo1 Jim McFarlane
tammybeck Tammy
keep on snapping No real name given

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RNLI 5,515 photos, 714 members
CHRISTMAS WORLDWIDE Flickr's #1 Xmas Group 95,183 photos, 15,864 members
Christmas Robins!!!! (New Comment Code!) 457 photos, 160 members
BBC Winterwatch 32,838 photos, 2,552 members
European Birds and Wildlife 37,383 photos, 885 members
WWT Martin Mere (The Offical WWT Martin Mere) 647 photos, 26 members
cRAzY aBoUT naTuRE * AWARDS * (Invited Photos Only) 19,103 photos, 3,147 members
♥ Vibrant Treasures ♥ 899 photos, 110 members
Bench Monday (anything bench-like) 1,470 photos, 446 members
BBC Nature UK Summerwatch 33,468 photos, 2,366 members
HATARI ( Only Animal Images P1 / A 1 ) 2,073 photos, 255 members
Perfect Landscape Group 1,222 photos, 145 members
Candid & Street Photography 489,451 photos, 17,424 members
THE WILD SIDE OF LIFE (POST 1/COMMENT 1) 9,865 photos, 237 members
Britain's river wildlife 1,069 photos, 90 members
Lovely Ducks 18,638 photos, 3,207 members
At Home Or Away, I'm Me (Tell us WHY)(NO EXPLAIN=NO ADMIT) 1,950 photos, 417 members
Chester Zoo 10,199 photos, 680 members
Cute Cygnets! 366 photos, 65 members
Soullman`s Flower Paradise (Post 1 ♥ Award 3 Sweeper active) 9,172 photos, 1,164 members
Macro Flower Lovers (P1/C2) 87,993 photos, 9,215 members
BBC Springwatch (Official) 129,202 photos, 16,535 members
NORTHWEST UK & NORTH WALES, PHOTO LOCATIONS (Clue is in the name 516 photos, 62 members
Self portraits - Carls friends! 1,052 photos, 219 members
FOCUS ON FIFE 11,403 photos, 445 members
Visit St Andrews & East Neuk of Fife 7,898 photos, 548 members
UK - Wildlife & Nature 84,945 photos, 3,079 members
...::Friends Around The World::.. P1/A2 1,606 photos, 184 members
Fave, Fave, Fave! (Post 1, Fave 3) 11,771 photos, 1,309 members
*OUR WORLD IN PHOTOS*(NO PEOPLE) P1 A1 WHEN POSTING TO GROUP 24,291 photos, 555 members
BBC Autumnwatch 90,580 photos, 10,633 members
The Wonderful World Of Nature P1/C2 24,132 photos, 2,043 members
Birds of Europe 7,736 photos, 182 members
Your top macros 6,666 photos, 420 members
Carl's Bird Club (Post 1 Comment AND Fave 1) 6,913 photos, 533 members
VosPlusBellesPhotos (Invite only) 87,256 photos, 4,441 members
Applauding Talent Around the World 13,595 photos, 798 members
Nature's Pot-of-Gold: Level 1 (p1/a5) 265,016 photos, 17,047 members
Butterfly Gallery - P1/C1 Please 92,815 photos, 12,991 members
*Vibrant!* 30,846 photos, 1,782 members
Warwickshire 13,103 photos, 534 members
Amazing Bokeh - P1 - AWARD 2 19,859 photos, 2,804 members
Mikytz's wOrLd 47,123 photos, 2,154 members
Long-tailed tits 650 photos, 146 members
Photos that are top in your Flickr 21,793 photos, 2,090 members
"Bird Brained" 104,023 photos, 3,370 members
BARRETT'S BIRDS OF THE WORLD{POST ONE COMMENT ONE} 8,102 photos, 748 members
Floral Fantasia (1: 2) NEW 2012 Comp (Voting Started) 64,059 photos, 4,156 members
pink | purple | green 52,329 photos, 3,787 members
An Awesome Shot! Invited Photos ONLY!! 388,625 photos, 51,155 members

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Testimonials (15)

Lee Elvin says:

"A kind and caring friend who always brightens up my day with her comments. Thank you for following my photographic journey through life."

23rd January, 2012
Black Cat Photos says:

"wow cant really add much to the above! only to add my voice in recommendation as fiona has a wonderful stream, i especially love her wildlife shots – her passion in both photography and her subjects show through in each photo!! a real must-see stream! luv m xxx"

28th December, 2010
prayerfriends says:

"Oh my! I have been meaning to write a testimonial to this beautiful and wonderful friend for some time now. I have been blessed by Fiona's talent and gifts tremendously. She is all that has been written about her, and more. She is hardworking and hard on herself, as she takes perfection to that level of excellence in all her shots. She does indeed, take time to comment and they are always upon not only the picture, but also on what was said about it, or why you posted it.

Her photography is pure pleasure to see and be inspired by. She truly could do this for a living, but I believe she enjoys the pure pleasure of capturing the image she was going for, and allowing others to bask in its ray of life. Fiona, you are such a dear friend to me. I am so glad we met on Flickr, and even though an ocean is between us, our friendship is one that will continue, because our hearts have connected and we have become family. Thank you my friend!"

11th March, 2010
Kiki FL says:

"Just 5 minutes on Fiona's photostream and I'm smiling with pleasure at her beautiful nature photography.

Somehow, and I haven't got it figured out yet, she has the ability to be so in tune with the wildlife that she's shooting that they relax and exhibit natural behaviors which she deftly captures with her trusty camera. They all seem to want to "talk" to her with great candor. Amazing!

Take a moment and browse Fiona's beautiful collection of images and you'll know what I mean."

11th March, 2010
Chris McLoughlin says:

"She's the best !!!"

22nd January, 2010
R2esy says:

"fiona was one of my first contacts when I joined flickr and has undoubtedly been one of my most supportive, her interest and encouragment in my own photographs has always felt genuine and not motivated by a comment trade-off.

fiona's photos express a passion and positivity about life and some of it's most pleasing aestetics with real panache. her images are not in any way pretentious but have the abililty to both impress technically and to move emotionally - for me what photography is all about.

if you are yet to browse fiona's stream then you are in for a treat as I can not recommend it highly enough.

thanks for being a great contact fiona."

11th December, 2009
MommaD photos says:

"This testimonial is something that I've been meaning to write for some time now - and lately the absence of new photos from her has made me finally write this now.
Fiona's photostream has been a varied one, with lots of well thought out shots and a great story behind each shot she posts. No one does so with such emotion and passion as Fiona.
She's been such a great Flickr friend to me - even though we live oceans apart - I feel as though there's a part of her I know well. Even during her break from Flickr posting, she takes the time to search her contact's streams and continues to contribute her opinions about the shots and encouragement - which I have come to look forward to.
Fiona, take the time you need to rejuvenate your photographic inspirations - but know that we all miss you and your photostream dearly! Thanks you for your comments and I look forward to your (hopeful) eventual return."

31st October, 2009
Alli Tray *24/7 editing in PICNIK says:

"Fifi is truly a great artist, she beautifully captures nature around her to share with us. Very amazing talent. She lifts up my spirits each time I view a new picture. I can't wait to see what she does next. - Thanks for sharing!"

7th October, 2009
Church Mouse 07 says:

"Hi Fiona, Your photography is so beautiful, it is a joy to visit your photostream. You have a excellent variety of pics l love the macro flowers you take They are Superb, and you have a wonderful eye for detail, and i love the song lyrics you put with them....I am always singing them after a visit. You have a great sense of humour too,and I'm always laughing at your funny comments and titles. Especially Sainsburys Starling !! I would like to thank you very much for your friendship on Flickr and all your comments and faves on my pics.
You are a Great Flickr friend Fiona......All the best ,and keep that camera snapping..........Dawn."

24th August, 2009
Psychedelic Surfer says:

"Hi Fiona, your photostream is amazing everything you shoot seams to turn into be a masterpiece, your photos definatley have the WOW factor!!! your wildlife shots are the short i just wish i could get with such perfect and original composition. your macro flower work lately is fantastic and artistic with your ability to see different things in them and link song and poetry lyrics to them, they always bring a simle to my face!!! A very loyal flickr friend indeed!!! thanks.....Ian :-))"

23rd August, 2009
I Love Poppies says:

"I've quickly realised what a genuine and wonderful person Fiona is! Her pictures of nature are wonderful and say a lot about her personality.... she is very appreciative of others work and always leaves friendly and well thought comments, in short, she is a credit to Flickr, and a great friend to have here! :-)"

11th August, 2009
lightloverLori says:

"Since Fiona has bravely posted a self portrait, I will bravely write her a testimonial. The only thing wicked about Fifi is her photographs, lol. I love them ~ i love how she sees the beauty in the world around her, and shares it with the rest of us. Her sense of humor and witty notes slay me. She is a loyal and faithful friend and who else would bake a bunny cake for their adorable fur niece? A heart as big as the ocean, and a wonderful vision to capture loveliness. I'm lucky to know her, and happy to have her and her pics in my little corner of existence."

7th June, 2009
Daz /SWAN MAN says:

"fiona has some fantastic photo's on her photostream covering lots of different subjects from birds to landscapes with flowers in between.she is great to have as a flickr friend as she is always supportive and funny and always get back to you.i'm really glad i met her on flickr"

6th June, 2009
drurydrama (Len Radin) says:

"Take a trip through Fiona's photostream. You will not be disappointed. She displays a very eclectic, aesthetic group of images that are infused with an amazing understanding of color, composition and light. All this is from a woman who insists that she took up photography last year! Her obvious love of animals and a talented eye combined with humor and a generousity toward her Flickr friends make her one of my most valued contacts. Keep them coming, Fiona. I learn from your art."

3rd June, 2009
Ducklover Bonnie says:

"Fifi1968 is a wonderful person and a lovely flickr friend: always supportive and full of encouragement. Her kind words light up my day. And her photos are full of beauty and wonder, a real joy to behold. She loves nature and life and it shows in every single one of her photos. Thank you for being my flickr friend!!!"

27th May, 2009