My first camera was given to me by someone who watched me racing motorcycles at Brands Hatch in the 1970's. I now work on aircraft components near noisy Heathrow Airport so photographing the natural world makes a pleasant change. Each May blue tits nest in a box on my garage and over several years I have recorded their complete life cycle. All pictures were taken in the local area with Canon equipment. My current gear is EOS 3 and 30 bodies, 100-400 IS, 24 -85 and 100 macro lenses, converters and tubes. 550 EX and 200E flashes. Manfrotto O55 tripod and Slik 800 ball head.