{"id":3017,"date":"2013-08-20T23:25:28","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T22:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=3017"},"modified":"2013-08-20T23:25:28","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T22:25:28","slug":"water-rat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/water-rat\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Rat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Popular literature, or more specifically, The Wind in the Willows<\/em>, has created more than a little confusion over the term ‘water rat’. Ratty, in the book, is a water vole. Not a rat at all. I would love the opportunity to photograph one (I’ve a few photos of a water vole<\/a> from several years ago), but for those who were hoping to see a rotund and very cute little creature I’m afraid that you are going to be disappointed. Instead I’ve got a few photos of a rat by the water. I think they’re quite nice, though the deep shade under the trees overhanging the edge of the water made getting them something of a struggle.<\/p>\n

Actually, even spotting the rat was not easy. There is one in this shot, I promise you.<\/p>\n

\"rat<\/a><\/p>\n

Having seen it, I stayed put. Several minutes passed before it ventured out from under cover of the tree. I expected it to scurry into the bank, but instead it went for a leisurely paddle!<\/p>\n

\"Rat<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Rat<\/a><\/p>\n

It had spotted something worth foraging.<\/p>\n

\"Rats\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Rats\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The final shot of the sequence was taken from a different (and even less forgiving) angle. The focus point is the reflection, not the rat (easier to see if you click on the image to enlarge it).<\/p>\n

\"Rat<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Popular literature, or more specifically, The Wind in the Willows, has created more than a little confusion over the term ‘water rat’. Ratty, in the book, is a water vole. Not a rat at all. I would love the opportunity to photograph one (I’ve a few photos of a water vole from several years ago), […]<\/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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wildlife","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