{"id":1284,"date":"2009-01-08T23:01:32","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T23:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1284"},"modified":"2013-11-17T18:51:28","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T18:51:28","slug":"winter-sun-and-winter-gloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/winter-sun-and-winter-gloom\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter sun and winter gloom"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Today was another of those wonderful winter mornings, with clear skies and sunlight filtering through the trees. This shot was taken a little before 8.30, at the point the light is really coming into its own.
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And good light is what you need for these little birds. Somewhere I seem to recall having complained that I rarely get decent photos of robins. I can't really sustain that position. I got a cracker earlier in the week, and today just after I'd locked the car a bright little thing landed on a sign at the edge of the car park.
Red, red robin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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By lunchtime, the light had reverted to winter greys. Not the best of light for capturing colour, but less of a problem for the little pied wagtails.
Pied Wagtail<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

And fine for photographing this splendid rook, caught flying overhead against the leaden sky.
Rook<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

As for the foxes, the nicked-ear vixen is still around, but proving near impossible to photograph. She shot through the garden last night and I saw no more than a glimpse as she disappeared under the hedge. Tonight I got a better (albeit momentary) sighting as she appeared over the fence, leapt down and dashed through the rear of the garden. Again no photo, but it was good to see her racing through like that.
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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":[980],"tags":[33,120,78],"class_list":["post-1284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","tag-birds","tag-pied-wagtail","tag-robin","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