Trail Cam Foxes and a few bits and pieces…

The winter mists and rain have returned with a vengeance, bringing a rapid halt to golden sunrises. Instead I've been sorting through some recent trail cam images and came across this sequence among the frames from last night. I'd heard plenty of calling earlier in the evening, and these are the likely source. I may not be getting any direct sightings, but it's always good to see pairs of foxes at this time of year. 🙂

As for today I was forced to revert to playing around with motion-blurred birds over the pond. Most of the attempts get deleted fairly quickly, but I was plesed with these two. The first is a black-headed gull.

The second is one of the smaller female ducks.

The final shot is a re-edit of a couple I featured yesterday. Sami mentioned in the comments that they would work well as a vertical composite, so I gave it a go. I like! Click on the image for a large version.

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Camera note: the two motion-blur shots were taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. The trail cam images are from the Bushnell Trophy Cam. For the composite see yesterday's post.

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This Post Has 8 Comments

  1. gdare

    19 Jan 2012

    Ok, one is probably Shutterbug. Who is another? :left:

  2. cakkleberrylane

    19 Jan 2012

    I really enjoy your trail cam pictures. They have a very distinctive look. The eyes in the first shot are really glowing!

  3. serola

    20 Jan 2012

    The motion blur pictures are really cool 😎 Very dreamy atmosphere. And the experiment on last one looks strange after all but very interesting :up:

  4. Words

    20 Jan 2012

    Sami, thanks. I much prefer the gull to the duck of the blurred shots. It's just enough of an image to count! The composite is slightly unbalanced. I could have cropped it down a bit for balance but it was interesting to see how it would turn out.

  5. Words

    20 Jan 2012

    Lois, thanks. The trail cam is a great way to keep up with what's going on out there. The quality isn't too bad, but there's nothing I can do to prevent the eye-shine. It can be excessive.

  6. Words

    20 Jan 2012

    Darko, the fox at the back of the shot (sitting) is Shutterbug. The one nearer the camera is a vixen (possibly called 'Mrs Shutterbug'?).

  7. Words

    20 Jan 2012

    Erwin, thanks!

  8. Wulpen

    19 Oct 2012

    Interesting and very nice

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