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Originally from Bromley in south east London, I studied zoology at Aberdeen University, Scotland and at the Mammal Research Institute, Pretoria University in South Africa. I now live in Edinburgh and have been working for Scottish Natural Heritage, the government nature conservation organisation, since 1994.
I manage to get out hillwalking or cycling in Scotland and northern England a few times a year and travel to more exotic climes whenever I can.
I bought my first digital camera, an excellent Nikon D50 (with a great Tamron 18-200mm lense), in December 2005 and am now a complete Flickr addict! In October 2009 I upgraded to a Nikon D300 - still using the Tamron 28-200mm but with the addition of a heavyweight Sigma 120-400mm OS lense.
Although the Nikon D300 is a fantastic camera I find it rather heavy and bulky to carry around, especially if using the big Sigma lense. In October 2011 I therefore bought an entirely new camera system - a Panasonic DMC G3 with 14-42mm kit lense, a 14-140mm, a 100-300mm and a 45mm macro (x2 for 35mm equivalents) - so far I'm very pleased with it. The electronic viewfinder is good, the flip out, rotating back screen is extremely useful, the layout is just like an SLR and it's easy to use ... and it is lighter and more compact than any SLR. Low light performance is excellent and so far the results are very pleasing. The only downside is battery life - only about 200 shots.
I also use a few compacts - an great wee Canon Ixus 860 IS and an excellent Fujifilm F80 EXR (both with a waterproof housing for diving), and a not particularly good, but usefully waterproof, Pentax W20.
Countries I have visited:
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- Bicycle Touring Asia 77 photos, 25 members
- All Things Sparrowhawk... Accipiter... 2,178 photos, 672 members
- Yaks! 298 photos, 69 members
- Autumn colors 81,933 photos, 7,409 members
- Estonia 18,085 photos, 1,274 members
- Estonia - Eesti 10,053 photos, 542 members
- Field Guide: Mammals of the World 2,830 photos, 135 members
- Scottish Bothies 976 photos, 130 members
- * International Geographic * (Strictly Invited Images Only) 15,524 photos, 2,131 members
- Iron Maiden 3,390 photos, 622 members
- JUDAS PRIEST 758 photos, 127 members
- Wildlife In Scotland 8,586 photos, 637 members
- Edinburgh Festivals 2011 5,298 photos, 307 members
- Edinburgh Beltane 3,602 photos, 233 members
- Maroc - Morocco [tag "Morocco"] 46,427 photos, 2,428 members
- Morocco 32,020 photos, 4,247 members
- The Small Isles 545 photos, 32 members
- Coastal UK 40,207 photos, 1,761 members
- Isle of Eigg 472 photos, 38 members
- Cycling Scotland's Islands 198 photos, 9 members
- Western Palaearctic Butterflies 1,759 photos, 55 members
- Sichuan, China 4,004 photos, 218 members
- yunnan, china 11,459 photos, 583 members
- China Off the Beaten Path 6,820 photos, 437 members
- bicycles x 自転車 27,665 photos, 2,030 members
- British Mammals 9,285 photos, 402 members
- Field Guide: Birds of the World 120,777 photos, 13,719 members
- Geckos! 4,523 photos, 1,067 members
- Chameleons 2,474 photos, 589 members
- European Birds and Wildlife 39,857 photos, 891 members
- Fox and Franz Josef Glacier, NZ 266 photos, 49 members
- Pentland Hills 697 photos, 55 members
- Autumn Gold Scotland 302 photos, 28 members
- Scotland in the Mist 123 photos, 23 members
- Birds of Scotland 6,674 photos, 221 members
- Seabirds 14,834 photos, 1,753 members
- RSPB Leighton Moss 1,887 photos, 167 members
- Scottish Winter Sunshine 239 photos, 14 members
- Scottish Inland & island Lochs 426 photos, 39 members
- Türen/Tore/Doors/Portals 44,032 photos, 5,212 members
- Sonisphere 1,354 photos, 110 members
- Inner Hebrides 4,268 photos, 286 members
- Nepal Images 40,888 photos, 2,741 members
- Tibet Photo 29,558 photos, 1,630 members
- Pembrokeshire 12,117 photos, 615 members
- Moon/Luna 41,313 photos, 13,758 members
- Scandinavian Delight 85,495 photos, 3,106 members
- Suomi images of Finland 17,136 photos, 569 members
- Suomi 40,034 photos, 1,481 members
- Highland Cow 1,210 photos, 452 members
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- Name:
- Niall Corbet
- Joined:
- October 2006
- Currently:
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- I am:
- Male and Taken
- Email:
- niall.corbet [at] blueyonder.co.uk











