{"id":2236,"date":"2012-04-03T23:04:16","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T22:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2236"},"modified":"2013-11-05T22:11:08","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T22:11:08","slug":"keeping-it-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/keeping-it-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping it Easy"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

I'm struggling with a shoulder 'injury' at the moment, which is restricting my use of the camera (and which I am certain was also the cause of it). So I'm taking things slightly easier, which means not so many elevated shots, and occasional use of a monopod to take some of the weight. But there's always another way to find a shot, and today was no exception. These were all taken at Falmer Pond.<\/p>\n

Early morning is still the best time, not least because it's quiet and the more timid creatures are visible. Even when they think they're hiding: 'If I don't move they won't be able to see me".
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The rabbit's strategy of hiding by standing bolt upright in broad daylight isn't quite as silly as it may seem, even when you add in those telescopic ears. Foxes have relatively poor eyesight and are more likely to seek movement or to respond to sound. Standing stock-still may well work when you are prey-animal to a fox. I should make clear that there was no fox about this morning to test the theory.<\/p>\n

The morning also brings out the birds, many of them full of bright song, and none are visually brighter than the yellowhammer. The out of focus bird is a dunnock.
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I did manage one flight shot today, a duck coming in to land on the pond.
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 400mm f\/5.6L 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":[980,8],"tags":[1160,1130,471],"class_list":["post-2236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-rabbit","tag-duck","tag-rabbit","tag-yellowhammer","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