Today was hot, but a good day for spending time in the garden, cutting the grass (with shears, I'm lo-tech in that area of life), and photographing what happened my way.
Common blue (?) butterfly… before the grass was cut.
Damselfly, eating a greenfly
A lacewing… on the wing
More surprising was the next visitor. These are more commonly seen near large ponds and lakes.
Broad bodied chaser, pausing for a rest
A sparrow hops down for a drink
And finally tonight, Bold takes a rest from the cubs…
What? You want a fox cub as well 😉
Fox cubs scrapping over scraps
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D. Lenses as follows: common blue and sparrow with the EF 400mm f/5.6L USM; damselfly, lacwing and chaser with the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro lens; and the foxes with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens.
Vulpes vulpes
24 May 2010Poor Bold looks exhausted…hardly surprising mind! Super broad bodied chaser shot.
gdare
24 May 2010Nice catch of a sparrow and water drops :yes:
cakkleberrylane
24 May 2010I'll bet it was a lovely day in the garden for you! Even if you did have to work, it looks like you got some fun time too!
The sparrow and the water drops is great! They all are!
Words
25 May 2010Darko, thanks!
Words
25 May 2010Vulpes, yes Bold works hard for her brood. Some better chaser shots coming along soon 😉
Words
25 May 2010Erwin, thanks!
Words
25 May 2010Lois, it's nice to tidy up (occasionally)!
Flying Red Fox Blog
26 May 2010Yay very good, i was in Brighton on this day with PHAB Club sailing, it was fun…………… i was on a speedboat so not sure if it counts as sailing 😆
Words
27 May 2010Mark, it was a beautiful day for being out on the water whether it was sailing or 'boating'.
SittingFox
1 Jun 2010Cute shot of Bold! I like the droplets in front of the sparrow too 🙂
Words
2 Jun 2010She deserved a quick rest, poor thing!
Wulpen
19 Oct 2012Great you have a lovely garden with a lot of nature life… :up: