{"id":19325,"date":"2013-12-12T23:23:56","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T23:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=19325"},"modified":"2013-12-12T23:26:49","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T23:26:49","slug":"red-morning-and-brown-rats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/red-morning-and-brown-rats\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Morning and Brown Rats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just one shot from the early morning as the sun rose above the South Downs. There was a mist hanging in the air, but as the sun rose the sky briefly turned a deep red. This lasted just for a few minutes.<\/p>\n

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The rest of the photos for today were taken at lunchtime, at Falmer Pond. A pair of rats were scurrying around the roots of the trees overhanging the pond. One had found a comfortable vantage point above the water and was happily grooming.<\/p>\n

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The second rat ventured out on to the rocks, before scurrying off.<\/p>\n

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The first rat was more relaxed and moved comfortably up and down the root system. Every now and then it would pause and offer a reasonably clear line to the camera through the tangle of roots and foliage.<\/p>\n

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It too eventually headed away over the stones, and disappeared into the thick cover.<\/p>\n

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Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just one shot from the early morning as the sun rose above the South Downs. There was a mist hanging in the air, but as the sun rose the sky briefly turned a deep red. This lasted just for a few minutes. The rest of the photos for today were taken at lunchtime, at Falmer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[781,813],"tags":[1183,1199],"class_list":["post-19325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rats","category-sunrise","tag-rat","tag-sunrise","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