{"id":3128,"date":"2013-05-15T18:38:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T18:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3128"},"modified":"2013-05-15T18:38:13","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T18:38:13","slug":"david-attenborough-at-thurrock-thameside-nature-reserve-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3128","title":{"rendered":"David Attenborough at Thurrock Thameside Nature Reserve &#8211; Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have completed processing my photos of David Attenborough opening this reserve:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3129\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/05\/david-attenborough-at-thurrock-thameside-nature-reserve-part-2\/e13_2820p1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3129\" title=\"E13_2820p1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/E13_2820p1-600x560.jpg\" alt=\"David Attenborough relaxing while waiting for the next interview\" width=\"600\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/E13_2820p1-600x560.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/E13_2820p1-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/E13_2820p1.jpg 642w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>This selection of photographs show Sir David being interviewed by other agencies through to his opening speech. In this first photo, I show Sir David relaxing for a few moments between interviews. As I mentioned in the previous post, this was not easy due to the crowd of onlookers and photographers crowding around him.<\/p>\n<p>This second shot shows David looking direct at the camera:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3130\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/05\/david-attenborough-at-thurrock-thameside-nature-reserve-part-2\/e13_2943p1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3130\" title=\"E13_2943p1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/E13_2943p1.jpg\" alt=\"David Attenborough in the buggy\" width=\"477\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/E13_2943p1.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/E13_2943p1-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 85vw, 477px\" \/><\/a>I do like this photo as he is looking, in a relaxed manner, direct at the camera &#8211; quite surprising giving all the hustle and bustle going on around him.<\/p>\n<p>In this final image, Sir David is giving his opening address in the marquee:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3131\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/05\/david-attenborough-at-thurrock-thameside-nature-reserve-part-2\/e13_3030rtp1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3131\" title=\"E13_3030rtp1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/E13_3030rtp1-600x440.jpg\" alt=\"David Attenborough during his opening speech\" width=\"600\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/E13_3030rtp1-600x440.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/E13_3030rtp1-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/E13_3030rtp1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>This was difficult take due to 3 reasons: 1) The low light conditions &#8211; it was overcast and raining much of the time, 2) As I was not an official photographer, I did not have a privileged location to shoot from &#8211; you can see a video camera in the foreground &#8211; therefore a tripod or flash was out of the question, and 3) I was also shooting video of the speech. For this I was supporting the camera on a monopod.<\/p>\n<p>The full set of photos can be seen in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/featured-photographs\/essex-wildlife-trust\/mucking_2013_05_11\/index.php\">gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have completed processing my photos of David Attenborough opening this reserve: This selection of photographs show Sir David being interviewed by other agencies through to his opening speech. In this first photo, I show Sir David relaxing for a few moments between interviews. As I mentioned in the previous post, this was not easy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3128\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;David Attenborough at Thurrock Thameside Nature Reserve &#8211; Part 2&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3128"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3136,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128\/revisions\/3136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}