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Pretty Fox (Photo Special)

October 6, 2013 by Words | Comments Off

It’s always difficult to know what goes through the mind of a fox. They can visit regularly for weeks and months on end, and then disappear (or in the case of our foxes, they become shy and hide away). Pretty was the boldest of the cubs, a very regular garden visitor throughout the summer until she vanished. Until this week that is. She’s decided to return to the garden and has been in and out for several days now, though behaving more cautiously than when she was a cub. This being the weekend, I finally managed to get some photos of her.

fox standing

Feeling bold at the front of the garden

Fox hiding behind shrub

Gone shy! Finding a temporary hiding place.

Fox on low wall

Posing on stone edging

Fox and apples

Tasting the apples.

Fox scratching

Enjoying a scratch

Fox grooming

A spot of grooming

Sitting fox

Sitting Pretty

Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D. Lenses as follows: 1) EF 24-105 F4L IS USM; 2-5) EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS; 6-7) EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM.

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Four Portraits and a Video

October 2, 2013 by Words | Comments Off

The portraits are more of the smaller furry creatures that I’ve been photographing lately, but if you are not keen on rodents the video should make a welcome break in the recent trend. I’ll come to that in a moment. The mornings are becoming very gloomy at the moment, which probably suits the local rats rather better than many other pond inhabitants. There were several scurrying around on the pond fringe this morning, and they were quite bold.

Rat

Rat

Rat

Rat

I mentioned a few days ago that two of our local foxes had injured legs. I’m pleased to say that both foxes are on the mend, and are visiting nightly (though not when I’m around with a camera. The video is not one of the limping pair.It’s a short clip of Pretty, exploring just before midday today. It’s good to see her back in the garden, and with a bit of luck I may even get a photograph or two.

Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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Rain and Sun

September 9, 2013 by Words | Comments Off

A day of two halves (if you stretch the final hour or so of the day to a half). Anyway, I was greeted today by torrential rain, which eased sufficiently to allow a couple of early morning shots of the local heron.

Heron

That first shot was taken from the car. The rain had eased slightly by the time I got this slow-shutter shot of the heron gliding over the water.

Heron

The rain moved away mid morning, but it was wet again at lunchtime. That was the pattern for the day, showers and limited sun, interspersed by heavier rainfall. Until evening. Then the sun came out, dropping below the clouds and casting long shadows across the garden. And with the sun came a fox: Bully Boy (of course).

Young fox in the sunshine

Young fox in the sunshine

Camera note: fox shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens. Heron photographed with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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