{"id":1028,"date":"2007-12-23T00:12:38","date_gmt":"2007-12-23T00:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1028"},"modified":"2013-11-23T11:48:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T11:48:01","slug":"bits-and-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/bits-and-pieces\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits and Pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->I made it out to the downs this afternoon and was delighted to spot a kestrel hunting just along from where I parked the car. This was close to where I&#39;ve taken previous close-ups, but probably the first time I&#39;ve seen it in an extended hunting pattern. Unfortunately the light was poor and for most of the time it was a case of watching rather than photographing. I did manage a couple of ok snaps (more for the record than anything else).<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/kestrel_2212079124.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>It was fairly quiet up there and apart from a few seagulls and crows, there wasn&#39;t too much else in evidence although I did spot a robin lurking in the hedgerow, and a pair of stonechats hopping along the fence posts and dropping down into the fields. This next shot is the male of the pair.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/stonechat_2212079166.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Much of the rest of the day was taken up with experimenting with close-up photography. These are in the <a href=\"http:\/\/my.opera.com\/Words\/albums\/show.dml?id=180424\" target=\"_blank\">Abstracts<\/a> album.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/rosehip_2212079192.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16203\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/rosehip_2212079192-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"rosehip_2212079192\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/rosehip_2212079192-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/rosehip_2212079192-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/rosehip_2212079192.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"aligncenter\">Rose hip<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/rosethorn_2212079193.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16205\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/rosethorn_2212079193-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"rosethorn_2212079193\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/rosethorn_2212079193-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/rosethorn_2212079193-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/rosethorn_2212079193.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"aligncenter\">Thorn<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/frost_2212079215.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16206\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/frost_2212079215-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"frost_2212079215\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/frost_2212079215-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/frost_2212079215-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/frost_2212079215.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"aligncenter\">Water droplets on sage<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Camera note: birds photographed with the EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. 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