On weekends like this (wet and windy) the opportunities to get out with the camera can be somewhat limited. The light is poor, electronic equipment and rain don't mix especially well, and the animals tend to stay out of sight. It's perfect though for the pond dwellers.
Saturday night frog
Sunday night twosome
Juvenile newt basking
Meanwhile I've seen precious little of the foxes. They hate the wet weather almost as much as I do, and it was only after the rain cleared away late this evening, and the wind dropped, that I caught sight of the bold youngster venturing forth. As you can see his winter coat is coming along nicely!
Camera note: all photos taken with the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro lens, with the exception of 'Sunday night twosome' which was with the EF70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM.
Flying Red Fox Blog
29 Oct 2007Nice Newts, the texture of them shows up well with the camera flash:D The Fox has an excellent Winter coat, i wonder if it will be colder this Winter?
Words
29 Oct 2007I've got a nasty suspicion we're due for a cold winter, or at least a proper cold spell at some point. Mind you, it will only take a 20 minute dusting of snow to bring the roads to a standstill, and the trains to a halt. But a couple of days with a decent covering of snow would be perfect for photographing the foxes. 🙂
SittingFox
29 Oct 2007Hmm, an ecologist from Surrey County Council was attending a meeting that I was a part of last week, and he commented on how many nuts and berries there were this autumn. He added that "I'm not going say that we're in for a cold winter…" but I knew what he was thinking.
If it snows as much this winter as it rained in the summer… :eyes:
Anyway, very nice shots of the pond-dwellers, and the fox is looking handsome. I saw a toad walking up a lane last night. I assume that it was looking for somewhere to hibernate.
Words
29 Oct 2007If it snows as much as it rained I'm stuck here. It's all hills, and mainly downhill. Hasn't happened since we moved here, but when we moved in the locals kept muttering ominously about it being like Siberia if the weather turns :smurf:
ALLY_G
29 Oct 2007What a cute saturday night frog 🙂 :up:
My part to the winter weather discussion:
some farmers told us, the winter will be cold and long, and we can be sure, that we will have snow here :eyes: (but I don't know, if this will be the same for England) 🙂
I just know, here most of the cars already have winter tires. :eyes: :eyes:
Words
29 Oct 2007Winter tyres???? We just slide around if it snows in England. We are never prepared for bad weather. One year the trains stopped because it was 'the wrong type of snow'! :confused:
SittingFox
29 Oct 2007Absolutely, one day last winter my train commute took over three hours because of a couple of centimetres of snow! :irked:
Concerning all the downhills – I guess you could try skiing 😆
Words
29 Oct 2007I tried skiing once. It's a heck of a long way back to the top is all I'm saying…..
ALLY_G
29 Oct 2007😆 that I believe you, Words, it's a long way back to the top…
It's the same in some big German cities. 😀
But here people are accustomed real winter.