{"id":2135,"date":"2011-12-12T23:12:21","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T23:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2135"},"modified":"2013-11-07T18:27:17","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T18:27:17","slug":"before-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/before-the-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Before the Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

The wind is howling and the rain is lashing outside tonight, so different from the calm blue skies of this morning. The cormorant circled the pond several times, always moving closer.
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Eventually it made splashdown, coming in at the far end of the pond, and into the sun.
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Lunchtime was bright, but cold. The black-headed gulls were enjoying a minor feeding frenzy, courtesy of one of the regular pond-walkers.
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And a sparrow sat and watched, enjoying the bright calm before the storm.
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and 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":[980,989],"tags":[378,449,264],"class_list":["post-2135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-black-headed-gull","tag-cormorant","tag-sparrow","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