More sunshine today, and a trip to the village of Firle in the heart of the Sussex countryside. The area has beautiful walks along winding paths and country roads, edging on to farmland.
And it has horses… starting with this lively young one.
The mare was very protective. She'd just given another horse a hefty 'warning' kick for getting too close.
And if the young ones were lively, this adult was giving them a run for their money.
More of the horses in the Horses album, but there were other animals about, including this handsome ram (the local hostelry is the Ram Inn, by the way so it was good to see the real thing out in the field).
And, inevitably it seems, I saw a jay. I can't believe I was complaining about how rarely I saw them. At the moment it's as though they are seeking out the camera.
Camera note: all shots taken with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
Vulpes vulpes
29 Sep 2008Stylish hair-do on the mare!
cakkleberrylane
29 Sep 2008Excellent shots! I'm surprised at the fencing in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th photos. Here we have board fences for horses, wire for cows.
CedarFox
29 Sep 2008Nice post :up: I was thinking the same as Lois about the fences… but even our cows have the wooden type.
Flying Red Fox Blog
29 Sep 2008Lovelly pics and the Horse playing on its back is classic! 😆 I try to catch Benjie on his back doing that but he always gets up before i take a photo hehe.
SittingFox
29 Sep 2008Love the rolling horse! And how do you keep your camera lens so clean? (Looking at the sky in the first picture.)
Words
29 Sep 2008Mark, I messed up some of the shots of that horse rolling, but it kept at it for a while!
Words
29 Sep 2008Eric, I have a feeling the linked fencing may be easier to maintain.
Words
29 Sep 2008Adele, thanks. I clean the lenses occasionally (or use a filter to protect them if I'm down by the sea). As for the sensor, the Canon has a self-cleaning mechanism. It seems to be more effective on the 40D than on the 400D, but I plan to get an 'arctic butterfly' sensor cleaner (the 400 needs it badly). Both cameras can look a bit dirty if I am shooting at f/18 or above on macros. In which case it's a matter of spot cleaning with the software.
Words
29 Sep 2008Lois, I'd not really thought about the fencing. I'll try to keep an eye out to see if there's any trend locally. The more common fencing is (I think) as in the 5th shot.
Words
29 Sep 2008Vulpes, I love that wild look!
Cynthia23
5 Oct 2008WOW WORDS! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
Words
5 Oct 2008Thanks! 😆
Cynthia23
5 Oct 2008😀 You're welcome. 🙂