An Afternoon Visit

By Paul Cecil | Published August 23, 2011

The dreary summer weather continued today… grey skies and drizzle, barely letting up until the latter part of the afternoon. Not a day for going anywhere; but as it happens I didn't need to. The fox came to me.

As the drizzle began to relent, a familiar face appeared in the garden. Shutterbug. He looked half asleep. Mid-afternoon seems to be a semi-regular time for him, so I can only assume he has a den (or some other suitably undisturbed retreat) nearby. Our garden is on the early part of his fox's day, as he heads off in search of whatever it is foxes search for in the afternoon.

And then he was gone, out over the garage roof and into the gardens beyond.
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens.

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12 Comments

  1. serola August 24, 2011 at 12:08 pm #

    100mm :eyes: Then the fox had to be pretty close 🙂

  2. gdare August 24, 2011 at 5:08 pm #

    Yaaawn 😀 You are right, he looks sleepy :zzz:

  3. Words August 24, 2011 at 11:08 pm #

    Erwin, thanks!

  4. Words August 24, 2011 at 11:08 pm #

    Sami, even with 100mm he was too close a lot of the time. I really need around 50mm in the garden, but it depends what lens I have on the camera at the time.

  5. Words August 24, 2011 at 11:08 pm #

    Darko, he was a bit more awake to night, but then he came by quite a bit later today.

  6. SittingFox August 26, 2011 at 10:08 pm #

    He's a lovely rich colour. I'm seeing a lot of foxes from the train during my return commute at the moment. They're generally dozing though.

  7. Words August 27, 2011 at 12:08 am #

    Adele, he's doing well after a rather scrawny early part of the year. You can't have many more commuting days left now. 😀

  8. serola August 29, 2011 at 10:08 am #

    Originally posted by Words:

    even with 100mm he was too close a lot of the time

    😆 I noticed the very tight compositions 😀

  9. SittingFox September 1, 2011 at 1:09 pm #

    Ten days left! 😀 I'm in Norwich this week – back in work on Monday.

  10. Words September 2, 2011 at 12:09 am #

    Adele, good for you! I bet you can't wait. Make the most of being 'demob happy' at work 😉

  11. SittingFox September 2, 2011 at 8:09 am #

    LOL, I will try not to annoy my colleagues too much 😉

  12. Wulpen October 19, 2012 at 8:10 pm #

    Wonderful Photos