I’ve just spent an hour out in the garden, hoping for badgers, dreaming of foxes (it’s been so long). One brief appearance and one frame in the camera; but that will do me for now.
My first fox photo of 2015. Rushed, too far away, but it’s a start!
Camera note: taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM lens.
Among the various water birds at Falmer Pond, we now have a pair of coots; and who knows, maybe more as the year progresses. The water was very still this morning and ideal for a few reflections.
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens.
I know I have a tendency to photograph the same thing again and again so I’m always on the lookout for slightly different scenarios such as the rat looking at the rubbish bin posted a couple of days ago. So I was keen to get some photos yesterday when one of the local rats scrambled up a pond-side tree. It was a really good climb, and it went quite high. Trees though have branches and branches get in the way. Finding a point to focus on wasn’t easy.
Rat up a tree
For all the messiness, I quite like the shots, especially the first one.
Today offered a near miss. I was hanging around in the same spot and a baby rat emerged from the rubbish bin and was scrambling crazily to get back to the tree. It’s exactly the kind of shot I want, and I had a clear view… from the wrong side. This is the best I could do.
Baby rat climbing out of a rubbish bin
It’s not always that tricky. Another of the bay rats was much more cooperative, and posed nicely for the camera.
Baby rat posing in the undergrowth.
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens.
