{"id":2111,"date":"2011-11-16T23:11:30","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T23:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2111"},"modified":"2013-11-07T20:29:55","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T20:29:55","slug":"more-gulls-and-a-couple-of-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/more-gulls-and-a-couple-of-surprises\/","title":{"rendered":"More Gulls and a couple of surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

I'm still hammering away at long exposure shots of seagulls. It suits the time of year, and I wasn't able to get out in the brief period of sunshine we had in the middle of the day. So more blurs to puzzle over!
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I promised a couple of surprises as well. <\/p>\n

The first was in the pond just a few minutes ago. I noticed something moving on the surface. On closer inspection it turned out to be a dragonfly struggling to free itself from the weed. I helped it on to a small piece of bark (which it gripped) and transported to a bush so that it could dry off. It seems exceptionally late in the year, and I'm not sure of the species. I really don't expect to be photographing dragonflies at this time of year, but it says something for the unusually mild weather we've been having (despite the fogs).
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The second surprise is from last night's trailcam. It's Shutterbug with a companion. They've been together several times recently. A promising sign for this time of year.. \ud83d\ude00
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Last up is not so much a surprise, but a rarety for the blog. It's yours truly taken a few nights ago while I was photographing Shutterbug. The trailcam was set, and fired a few shots while I was doing the same. Not often that I get the wrong side of the camera!
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Camera note: gulls taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. Dragonfly and fox taken with the EF 100mm f\/2.8L macro IS USM lens. Trail cam images by the Bushnell Trophy Cam. <\/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":[77,4,989],"tags":[1148,1128,49],"class_list":["post-2111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dragonfly","category-foxes","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-dragonfly","tag-fox","tag-gulls","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