\n Marc Coady, 42, a self-taught landscape and wildlife photographer from north Dorset, took up photography in 2021.\n<\/p>\n
\n Marc said the photography initially focused on landscapes before developing a passion for wildlife.\n<\/p>\n
\n A close encounter with a White Tailed Eagle at Christchurch Harbour (Image: Marc Coady)\n<\/p>\n
\n A close encounter with a White Tailed Eagle at Christchurch Harbour (Image: Marc Coady)\n<\/p>\n
\n On Sunday, April 19, Marc returned to the harbour determined to photograph the white-tailed eagle, having previously made multiple visits without success.\n<\/p>\n
\n This time, after waiting for several hours, he was rewarded with what he described as an \u201cunpredictable\u201d and memorable shot.\n<\/p>\n
\n Marc said: \u201cI had been to Christchurch a few times before but had failed attempts.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I kept going because they are very majestic, and I went down specifically to take photos of them.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI waited for a couple of hours before spotting them.\n<\/p>\n
\n “There were three of them, and I managed to capture this moment of one flying in front of two kayakers.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It was completely unpredictable.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n A close encounter with a White Tailed Eagle at Christchurch Harbour (Image: Marc Coady)\n<\/p>\n
\n A close encounter with a White Tailed Eagle at Christchurch Harbour (Image: Marc Coady)\n<\/p>\n
\n Marc began photography using his phone, but his growing passion led him to invest in a Canon EOS R3 camera.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said wildlife photography, in particular, keeps him engaged due to its unpredictability.\n<\/p>\n
\n Marc said: \u201cI do photography for fun, but it\u2019s become a real passion.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWildlife photography is exciting because you never know what\u2019s going to happen, their expressions and reactions are always unpredictable.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n After weeks of unsuccessful visits to the harbour, Marc said he was very pleased with the final result.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIn the last three weeks I had a lot of failed attempts, but I was really happy with these shots,\u201d he added.\n<\/p>\n
\n A close encounter with a White Tailed Eagle at Christchurch Harbour (Image: Marc Coady)\n<\/p>\n
\n Marc shared the images on social media, where they received an overwhelmingly positive response.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThere were a lot of positive comments, which I\u2019m really happy about. When you get that perfect shot, it\u2019s a real rush of adrenaline.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The photographer regularly visits beauty spots across Dorset, including Hengistbury Head, the Jurassic Coast and Lulworth Cove.\n<\/p>\n
\n He has also captured images of a variety of wildlife, including badgers and kingfishers.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s always an exciting day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marc Coady, 42, a self-taught landscape and wildlife photographer from north Dorset, took up photography in 2021. Marc…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-545068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}