I spent an exceptional few minutes in the garden this evening with one of our young badgers. I was 10-15 feet away and used the 70-300 zoom lens. This is a small selection of the images. There are more from tonight in set #2 over on my Badger gallery .
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF70-300mm 4.5-5.6 DO IS lens.
derWandersmann
26 Aug 2012Wow! These are really good! A real intimate feeling to them.
Words
26 Aug 2012dW, thanks. Using the zoom really helps get in close. The focal length varied between 150 and 300mm. On the longer ones I have to slow the shutter speed and open up the aperture a bit to get enough light in there from the flash.
SittingFox
29 Aug 2012Excellent! Very exceptional shots.
Words
31 Aug 2012Erwin, thanks. These have been a real joy to photograph.
Words
31 Aug 2012Adele, I'm having so much fun with the badgers at the moment. Such beautiful creatures.
Wulpen
19 Oct 2012The shots are very good,its a real :up: to look at,well done