Water Vole

[SKM]

You can often see and shoot the water voles at the British Wildlife Centre but like with all wildlife, nothing beats the opportunity to shoot in the wild. At Arundel WWT we were very lucky to see 3 during the course of the morning but none out in the open enough for any shots. Later in the day i went back to one of the spots i had seen one and found him feeding just off the boardwalk but again behind the reeds. After watching for a little while, he came out in the open and started feeding very close, the exif shows a shooting distance of 2 metres and completely oblivious to me, he continued and at one point came closer than the minimum focus distance for the lens. An amazing experience
stan
1/160, f 5.6, ISO 400, 98mm

 

[pooley]

Made the most of a good opportunity, nice one

 

[SKM]

thanks Mike

Stan

 

[den]

Lovely shot stan ,,,,lucky you not many of these around

 

[J H Foto]

Thats a cracking image, well done.

 

[SKM]

thanks Den and Jeff

Stan

 

[gramps]

Green with envy, yet to catch one of these

 

[SKM]

Green with envy, yet to catch one of these

its the first time in 5+ years of photography i have got a clear shot of a wild one

Stan

 

[killy]

Nice to get it out in the open - Well done

 

[SKM]

thanks Mike

Stan

 

[derbydude]

A very nice water vole I think I might have to hunt some down after seeing yours

 

[SKM]

cheers

Stan