{"id":1045,"date":"2008-01-13T23:01:33","date_gmt":"2008-01-13T23:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1045"},"modified":"2013-11-23T00:51:18","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T00:51:18","slug":"loud-screams-in-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/loud-screams-in-the-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Loud screams in the night"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

It's been raining solidly most of the evening here, so my forays into the garden have been limited. I don't mind a bit of rain, but I fear for the camera if the weather's too harsh. But I was tempted out just before 11pm. By loud and continuous screaming. Foxes! No doubt about it. <\/p>\n

I couldn't see them (the noise was coming from a neighbouring garden), but we are now bang slap in the middle of the mating season. Whether or not that's what I heard I can't be sure. After a few minutes, the sounds ceased and a familiar face appeared from the side of the house. Coincidence? Possibly. There's more than one fox around here, and he wasn't telling. But it gave me a chance to grab a few quick photos which I've added to the Fox Watch 2008<\/a> album. <\/p>\n

Looking away<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Looking back<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Looking down<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Looking up<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Camera note: all shots taken with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens and Canon 430EX flash unit. Experimentally, the flash was angled about 45 degrees off-centre (see discussion in the comments on this post<\/a>).<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1128],"class_list":["post-1045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foxes","tag-fox","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t