{"id":1799,"date":"2010-12-15T23:12:29","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T23:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1799"},"modified":"2013-11-09T23:18:41","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T23:18:41","slug":"black-and-white-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/black-and-white-and\/","title":{"rendered":"Black and White and…"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

The park was quiet at lunchtime. People avoid the rain. Well most people do. The sensible ones. Not me though. After all, the local wildlife has to endure the conditions and it wasn't so bad as to drive everything under cover. This crow, for one.
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The pigeons were few and far between (I suspect they were congregating further along the park, by the waterside where food is easier to come by). Not all of them though. A lone, and splendid, white pigeon was risking a little competition with the local squirrels.
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A lone robin looked on, secure in its leafless winter perch.
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The squirrels, naturally, went into 'photo-me' (they probably mean 'feed-me', but I don't speak Squirrelese too well) overdrive when they spotted the camera. I was happy enough to photograph them, though I tend to draw a line when they try to clamber up my leg. You have to admire the relentless optimism which assumes (quite wrongly in my case) that every human carries bags of food and is willing to share.
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The rats are still there, always there. Scurrying in the undergrowth, and doing their best to avoid drawing attention to themselves.
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And a rather damp young fox paid a fleeting visit tonight.
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Camera note: all daytime shots taken with the Canon 40D and EF 200mm f\/2.8L II USM. Fox photographed with the EF 100mm f\/2.8L macro IS USM lens. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[980,4,781,50],"tags":[33,1128,1183,1141],"class_list":["post-1799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-foxes","category-rats","category-squirrel","tag-birds","tag-fox","tag-rat","tag-squirrel","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