We're now officially out of British Summer Time, and the air has a decided chill to it. Today proved to be one of those autumn days when the light was perfect, the skies blue and the colours vibrant. The birds were quiet, so I switched lenses and focused on the landscape.
Meanwhile, in the garden tonight nicked-ear was back, looking as graceful as ever. She tends to scour the borders, and this evening her attention was caught by something moving in the undergrowth. I was about 30 feet away so couldn't see what it was that had attracted her. Until later, that is. If you look closely in this first shot you can see a hedgehog moving away from her. Apologies for the bad case of eye-shine, but that comes from using flash at a distance.
She sniffed around that spot for a few moments but then moved away, leaving Mrs Tiggywinkle to go about her nightly foraging.
Nicked-ear vixen
Camera note: the landscapes were both taken with the EF17-40mm f/4L USM lens. The photos of the fox were taken using the EF70-300mm 4.5-5.6 DO IS lens.
cakkleberrylane
28 Oct 2008Looks like a beautiful autumn day!
Vulpes vulpes
28 Oct 2008😀
sanshan
28 Oct 2008Fox and Hedgehog. It's like a little Beatrix Potter book!
gdare
28 Oct 2008Beautiful day 🙂
Words
28 Oct 2008Thanks Vulpes :cheers:
Words
28 Oct 2008Darko, yes it was lovely!
Words
28 Oct 2008Thanks San!
Words
28 Oct 2008Lois, this time of year can be great. 🙂
Flying Red Fox Blog
28 Oct 2008Its been beautiful, i went to the park yesterday and caught some nice autumn photos 😀 It has got rather cold now, iam missing the nice hot Thai weather lol 😛
I can get going on my photos again, been busy last week working 12 hour shifts!:faint: I will do my first post on it soon.
SittingFox
28 Oct 2008Nice shot of the vixen and the hedgehog together! I imagine that the hedgehog will be going to sleep fairly soon :zzz:
Words
28 Oct 2008Mark, ouch to the 12 hour shifts. Hope they're paying a good rate for the extra time. Looks like we're in for a cold snap. I missed all the good weather today and ended up getting soaked on the way home.
Words
28 Oct 2008Adele, yes I imagine the hedgehogs be bunkering down shortly now the weather's turned. They've been very active lately, feeding up for the winter.
KayFour
28 Oct 2008Such nice photos! Thanks
Words
28 Oct 2008Karen, thanks for popping by!
CedarFox
29 Oct 2008Good to see her again, I’ve been feeling an absence of foxes on my opera lately.
Words
29 Oct 2008Eric, it's a quiet time of year for them, plus if it's wet I don't spend as much time outside. 😉
Flying Red Fox Blog
29 Oct 2008Yeah, i think working 12 hour shift when i was still affected by 6 hour jetlag wasnt that clever, i nearly collapsed on the way home, lucky my friend helped me home!
Think i might need a new computer soon as this one has the screen jerking all over the place! :yikes:
Did you get some snow? i didnt but London did. 🙂
Words
29 Oct 2008Mark, take it easy! No snow here that I've seen so it can't have come this far south (we get any snow that's in the area). The flickering on your computer could be a corrupted video driver. It might be worth checking which video card you have and downloading the latest driver from the manufacturer's website. It might just fix it.
Cynthia23
31 Oct 2008What a gorgeous day in your awesome photos! :up:
Words
31 Oct 2008Cynthia, the light was wonderful earlier in the week. It's trailed off a bit since then 🙁
chthoniid
1 Nov 2008I like #1 – the posts leads your eye towards the trees/building on the far right. Have you tried using a polariser for these sorts of shots?
Nice of the fox to cooperate with you also 🙂
Words
1 Nov 2008Brendan, I've played around a little bit with a polarizer but haven't really figured out how to get the best out of it. If we had more sunny days I might persist with it a bit more.