{"id":2338,"date":"2012-07-22T23:07:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-22T22:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2338"},"modified":"2013-11-04T19:13:41","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T19:13:41","slug":"bungee-jump-high-flying-paparazzi-and-a-wildlife-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/bungee-jump-high-flying-paparazzi-and-a-wildlife-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"Bungee Jump, High Flying Paparazzi, and a wildlife selection"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The sun is shining and the skies are blue. Little wonder then that I have more photos today than I know what to do with. I&#39;m going to start with some uncommon subjects for me, but the wildlife will follow soon enough.<\/p>\n<p>This shot looks ordinary enough&#8230; a light aircraft (a 1969 Cessna Skyhawk, to be exact), but the plane circled our garden about half a dozen times.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/plane_2207120800.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>And here&#39;s why. While I was photographing them, they were photographing me. \ud83d\ude09 With a Canon by the look of that lens.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/plane_photo_crop_2207120800.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>They even sent in the US Navy to check me out :whistle:<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/US_navy_aircraft_2207120925.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>The sparrowhawk just happened to be passing by while all this was going on.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/sparrowhawk_2207120818.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>At the other end of the day, down at Brighton Marina, a bungee jumping crane was in use. I&#39;ve no idea who this brave soul is, but I got the complete jump on camera.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/bungee_2207121055.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/bungee_2207121058.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>The Marina is generally a good place for spotting sea birds, although there was precious little about today apart from the ubiquitous gulls and a distant cormorant. Instead I photographed some young sparrow fledglings which were huddled on some fishing baskets at the edge of the water.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/sparrow_fledgling_2207120995.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/sparrow_fledgling_2207121021.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>The only fish I saw were these. I&#39;ve no idea what hey are but it is so otherworldly that I think it&#39;s my favourite image of the day.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/fish_2207121037.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>And if that wasn&#39;t enough, back home one of the fox cubs made what is becoming a relatively rare appearance. The sun was beginning to set and so I was able to enjoy what was the best light of the day.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/fox_cub_2207121183.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/fox_cub_2207121190.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/fox_cub_2207121254.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Finally, an encounter between our local badger and one of the fox cubs. <\/p>\n<div class=\"reactr-oembed-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badger and Fox Cub Encounter\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cNvp3T4Rsu8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><i>Camera note: first eight shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. Fox photographed with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens. 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