Colours

By Words | Published September 21, 2009

It turned into a beautiful autumnal day today, with vibrant colours at sunset. The sky was shot with grey clouds which glowed gold and pink. These moments are all too brief. Within a couple of minutes the colour had washed away.

sunsetSunset – click to enlarge

Those colours reminded me of a shot I'd taken earlier in the day. It was also a colourscape, but this time formed of the fish in one of the ornamental ponds at work.

Goldfish

Back at home the vixen's nap was disturbed by what we think was a badger coming in from a neighbouring garden. It was certainly something large, and the noise it made as it entered the garden goes some way to discounting a cat (I'm certain it wasn't another fox). In any event, Bold shot up the garden on three legs and high alert. It's been over a week that she's been limping. She is now willing to place the foot gingerly on the ground which is a good sign that her injury is slowly healing. Here she is resting shortly before the intruder startled her.

foxThe Bold Vixen

Finally, because I know there's a huge cuteness factor in the shot and I'm shamelessly willing to exploit it, here's tonight's hedgehog portrait…

hedgehogHedgehog
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Camera note: All taken with the 400D (I'm missing the ease of the 40D, but hopefully will get that back from being repaired in the next week to 10 days), and: Sunset – EF17-40mm f/4L USM; Goldfish – EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM; The Bold Vixen – EF200mm f/2.8L USM; and finally the hedgehog – EF70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM.

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15 Comments

  1. Dudley September 22, 2009 at 3:09 am #

    Another fine set of photos.
    The clouds really give the sunset a nice touch.

  2. gdare September 22, 2009 at 5:09 am #

    Nice photos, the sunset one is awesome :yes:

  3. derspecht September 22, 2009 at 7:09 am #

    Beautiful pictures! The sunset is really amazing!:up:

  4. RobinL September 22, 2009 at 5:09 pm #

    I agree! Can't resist Bold or the HHog! High cuteness factor.

  5. SittingFox September 22, 2009 at 7:09 pm #

    That sunset ought to be an oil painting! Marvellous 🙂

    And the hedgehog…yes: cute 😀

  6. Words September 22, 2009 at 10:09 pm #

    Andy, thanks! Those clouds looked even better in the flesh.

  7. Words September 22, 2009 at 10:09 pm #

    Swen, thanks!

  8. Words September 22, 2009 at 10:09 pm #

    Robin, the hedgehog was so well behaved last night. 🙂

  9. Words September 22, 2009 at 10:09 pm #

    Thanks Darko! It's a good time of year for the light. I hope it stays clear.

  10. Words September 22, 2009 at 10:09 pm #

    Adele, thanks! It's more 'Roger Dean' than 'Turner' but was worth grabbing.

  11. Words September 25, 2009 at 12:09 am #

    Erwin, thanks. That was one of my better days. 🙂

  12. Flying Red Fox Blog September 28, 2009 at 4:09 pm #

    Very nice :yes: Its good that the Vixen's leg is getting better 🙂

  13. Words September 28, 2009 at 7:09 pm #

    Thanks Mark!

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

    A very nice set of photos

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

    I Believe you, its wonderful