点评:I accompanied my wife on a knitting themed holiday to the Shetlands. I had a few days off when the group was doing knitting workshops and booked a photography workshop with James Rogerson on one of them.
What an absolute joy! It proved to be the highlight of my trip. I'm a fairly experienced photographer, but not really a nature photographer. James is one of the preeminent nature photographers in the UK, but he was very accommodating and put together a very varied day with sea otters, spectacular landscapes, harbours and some delightful rusty cars and boats.
The sea otters were the stars of the day. James warned me that he couldn't always conjure up obliging otters to put on a show. Fortunately for me, he found a mother and pup swimming in a small bay and was able to position us on a shingle beach downwind of the otters just as they decided to come ashore. We watched and photographed them playing around on the beach 20 feet in front of us. Then, the otters went out into the bay and came back to shore with an octopus! We observed as the mother and pup squabbled over the poor octopus and consumed it tentacle by tentacle. What a spectacle of nature.
After that, we went to a nearby harbour. Again, James' timing was superb. A fishing boat came dashing into the harbour and docked right beside us. We were able to see its cargo of freshly caught crabs and had a very interesting conversation with the boat owner about the state of the industry and his catch.
I came back with some great shots of wildlife, landscape and Shetland life. More importantly, I came away with some great memories of my day with James, enriched with entertaining conversations about life and photography.
If you have interests in photography or nature, I can heartily recommend a day or more with Shetland guide James Rogerson and Shetland Nature.
翻译:我陪同妻子前往设得兰群岛,参加一个以编织为主题的度假活动。在团队进行编织工作坊的那几天里,我正好有空闲时间,于是报名参加了詹姆斯·罗杰森举办的摄影工作坊。
真是一次极其愉快的经历!它成了我此行最难忘的亮点。我算是个经验较为丰富的摄影师,但算不上是自然风光摄影师。詹姆斯则是英国顶尖的自然摄影大师之一,但他非常体贴周到,为我们安排了一天内容丰富多样的拍摄行程,其中包括拍摄海獭。壮丽的景观、港口,还有一些看起来很有韵味的生锈汽车与船只。
海獭们自然是当天的主角。詹姆斯事先提醒我,他并不总能召唤到愿意表演的海獭。幸运的是,他发现有一只母海獭和幼崽正在一个小海湾里游泳,于是他设法把我们带到海獭们下风方向的一处卵石海滩上——就在它们决定上岸的时候。我们看着并拍摄着它们在离我们仅20英尺远的沙滩上嬉戏的模样。随后,水獭们游进了海湾,随后带着一只章鱼回到了岸边!我们目睹了母獭和幼獭为了争夺那只可怜的章鱼而争抢不休,最后一条触手接一条触手地把章鱼吃个精光。真是大自然的奇妙景象啊。
之后,我们前往了附近的港口。詹姆斯把握时机的能力依旧出色——正好有一艘渔船疾驰着驶入港口,并在我们身旁停泊下来。我们得以看到船上装载的刚捕获的螃蟹,还与船主就渔业现状以及他的捕捞成果进行了非常有趣的交谈。
我带回了许多野生动物、风景以及设得兰群岛生活的精彩照片。更重要的是,与詹姆斯共度的这一天给我留下了美好的回忆,我们围绕生活和摄影展开了饶有趣味的对话。
如果你对摄影或大自然感兴趣,。我强烈推荐大家花一天或更多时间,与设得兰群岛导游詹姆斯·罗杰森以及Shetland Nature一起游玩。