{"id":1183,"date":"2008-07-30T23:07:45","date_gmt":"2008-07-30T22:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1183"},"modified":"2013-11-20T18:16:54","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T18:16:54","slug":"nearly-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/nearly-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Missed opportunity #397"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

The number in the title is fictional (I've missed far more shots than that), but today's ranks high. Now it's not that I generally have much difficulty in photographing foxes. The garden foxes are easy, and I've even managed shots of a fox wandering along neighbouring streets. But foxes in woodland and fields are quite a different story. Part of the problem is that I see them so rarely. The other is, I'm always utterly shocked when I do. As was the case this morning. <\/p>\n

I'd taken a short diversion to a local field to see if any buzzards were around (they weren't), but I did come face to face with fox enjoying the early morning sun. It stood watching me from about 20 yards away. I slowly raised the camera, and of course it ran. Not a disaster in itself, but the autofocus picked out an intervening shrub. This is the result.<\/p>\n

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It wasn't an entirely wasted visit. The location has glorious views.<\/p>\n

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And it is a haven for butterflies. This is an Adonis Blue.<\/p>\n

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I also saw a blackbird out berry picking for breakfast.<\/p>\n

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So one missed opportunity, but several other worthwhile moments. Plus, of course, more reasons to visit there again \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Camera note: all shots taken with the EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.<\/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":[1],"tags":[33,1144,1128,134],"class_list":["post-1183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-birds","tag-butterfly","tag-fox","tag-landscape","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