Critique Hares (with updates)

You keep them safe @Stuart Philpott - it is more than enough for me to know that they are out there, loving life :) Your pictures are beautiful, and I'm sure you will look back on this experience as one of the most special - yours to keep forever!
 
They are Lindsey absolutely loving life. Although these are on land that is a working shoot they don't touch the hares mind), the landowner and gamekeeper have made this place incredibly special. It's a paradise for them,little rough corners wildflower meadows and on and on.

Yes simply this already is one of the most special wildlife encounters of my life. i'm incredibly aware of just how lucky we have been to share this,my lady is close by most of the time,sometimes right with me with a leveret a couple or three meters away. To not only see all this but have my childhood sweetheart there as well ,will be hard to repeat if ever!!

thanks again kiddo there will be more shortly

take care

stu
 
Wonderful shots and this thread has to be amongst the best,if not the best, I've read. Like reading an illustrated book. Mmm.Now there's an idea when you feel you have enough photos. There's enough here already... "My friend Taz"

The sunset hare at the top..page 1..so many photos.. is a captivating image. Darned trial biker. Should be banned. Ugh.

Number 3 looks tired..is that a yawn. ? Lol.

Re. the insecticides, ref.the last photo..page 1..I think..'hare in a flower meadow' ..well, I just despair. We're losing fantastic wildlife and in the process we must lose something within ourselves. I eat salmon fillets (baked with small toms and blanched dwarf beans with anchovies..a Jamie Oliver dish) I'm a no-meat -eater.. I've just discovered that they are farmed,I think off the west coast of Scotland and they are being attacked by lice in their pens..so what do they do ? They pour chemicals into the pens,the chemicals are seeping into the ocean and being ingested by the passing wild fish population..and people wonder why there's so much cancer about. https://www.theguardian.com/environ...ild-wrasse-at-risk--sea-lice-scotland-anglers

You mention that you talk to them (Taz ?) No probs. Why not ? I greet our garden birds (mainly sparrows)in the morning when I put out seed and fat balls by the large bush they spend time in and if I hear a lot of 'chatter' it's usually the local killer sparrow hawk paying a visit. They're used to me 'saving' them and go quiet when I arrive until the hawk flies off and it happens so often I haven't seen it for a while..given up maybe. We had a regular pigeon..white/grey,purple.. a bit different..we called him 'Eric' and eventually when I went into the garden with birdseed he'd fly down off the neighbour's roof and swoop just above my head and back onto a roof behind and sit and wait.. We had a racing pigeon a few weeks ago visit the garden..word gets round..Lol.. seed and crunched up fat balls on the ground next to the pyracantha, a quick retreat. It's ring number showed it came from Dudley,W.Midlands. I spoke to it in a brummy accent..Lol :D

Anyway, Sounds like your making a friend there with Taz..It's how wildlife photographers get such wonderful shots. Love the scratching hare above.
 
Wonderful shots and this thread has to be amongst the best,if not the best, I've read. Like reading an illustrated book. Mmm.Now there's an idea when you feel you have enough photos. There's enough here already... "My friend Taz"

The sunset hare at the top..page 1..so many photos.. is a captivating image. Darned trial biker. Should be banned. Ugh.

Number 3 looks tired..is that a yawn. ? Lol.

Re. the insecticides, ref.the last photo..page 1..I think..'hare in a flower meadow' ..well, I just despair. We're losing fantastic wildlife and in the process we must lose something within ourselves. I eat salmon fillets (baked with small toms and blanched dwarf beans with anchovies..a Jamie Oliver dish) I'm a no-meat -eater.. I've just discovered that they are farmed,I think off the west coast of Scotland and they are being attacked by lice in their pens..so what do they do ? They pour chemicals into the pens,the chemicals are seeping into the ocean and being ingested by the passing wild fish population..and people wonder why there's so much cancer about. https://www.theguardian.com/environ...ild-wrasse-at-risk--sea-lice-scotland-anglers

You mention that you talk to them (Taz ?) No probs. Why not ? I greet our garden birds (mainly sparrows)in the morning when I put out seed and fat balls by the large bush they spend time in and if I hear a lot of 'chatter' it's usually the local killer sparrow hawk paying a visit. They're used to me 'saving' them and go quiet when I arrive until the hawk flies off and it happens so often I haven't seen it for a while..given up maybe. We had a regular pigeon..white/grey,purple.. a bit different..we called him 'Eric' and eventually when I went into the garden with birdseed he'd fly down off the neighbour's roof and swoop just above my head and back onto a roof behind and sit and wait.. We had a racing pigeon a few weeks ago visit the garden..word gets round..Lol.. seed and crunched up fat balls on the ground next to the pyracantha, a quick retreat. It's ring number showed it came from Dudley,W.Midlands. I spoke to it in a brummy accent..Lol :D

Anyway, Sounds like your making a friend there with Taz..It's how wildlife photographers get such wonderful shots. Love the scratching hare above.


John,there is huge kindness in these words,i'm a humble guy mate,very very grateful,

Hmmm, a book about hares written by a nutter who has always struggled like hell with his country's language,that 'll work huh:D, naturally it's being written John(y). I'm faltering a bit getting my head around it all. I don't perceive millions of sales more like if any!!. What is really at play is trying to document this for me,before it is completely gone: I'll never forget this ,but details dull with time.. The images posted here are a tiny snapshot of what we have mate,we have enough,it's sorting everything choosing the best....how the hell does one do that ...sort the best? John as the kids grow they disperse in some ways this is starting to feel like past tense,with the kids it may well be i'll not recognise Taz or Blaze soon,they change so much in these early months and grow like weeds. So I'd really like to try and do my best to bang this into something,whether that might be befitting of the word book ,who knows? I'm hell bent on trying at the very least. Oh mate one other thing,inpart that is here too. Hares and you see it in the images posted,are regarded as flighty tricky animals to get close to. These posts and once I sort myself out said book,are an endevor to change our perception of who these amazing animals really are. I can't help but want others to see and photograph what I have.

Mate I grow(organic I hear you!!) ,when I say that i mean a hell of alot of what I eat. We have worked in commercial nurseries. So have a degree of understanding of what organic really means. I was born omnivore,so I do eat meat,(have no probs with folks whom have other takes on what they want to eat.) I have worked with a huge variety of birds that follks eat ie poultry and game. I suppose as the years have ticked by I have learnt what organic means...what it really means. I am working way too much at tis time so my garden once a haven for wildlife and our food is more a haven for wildlife now,but it has pretty much always been organic. everyone comments on our roses,but there are no sprays used. Mans biggest problem is mono culture,it is terribly efficient,but terribly risky. if one plant gets a disease,they all do,if one salmon gets a louse (yup i'm aware of what you said) they all do. Organic means lower production,sure of proper grub but lower production for more labour

Nature doesn't work like this,plants and animals are by and large spread about, nature has means to tackle senarios outside mono culture, inside we find other means. We put thousands of one plant in a field and have to use these nasties to grow it. It must be said here that although this land isn't organic,they do a hell of a lot,for the wildlife that lives where these hares do. That first shot I took of Taz bounding round a flower meadow,so so poignant for me exemplifies this!!

It is very simple for me John,we the human race want feeding,we the human race find ways to sort that,to the exclusion of all else. If we have to spray we do it if we have to use chemicals we do it. But honestly how many of us say to our selves, I can only have one child. I have to be part of the movement away from this all consuming population growth that basically boffins find ways...very unnatural ways to feed . It's us driving all this John ,we are breeding too fast,are too damn selfish to only have one child if we want kids. We don't all go out and get allotments and feed our selves,we use farmers. As much as I utterly need my planet organic,it is a NEED john. I can't really ask the guy growing my food to do it the hard way and make less money,I have to either pay him more eat chemical ridden food or DIY

I'm in the W mids john I'm sure he would have understood yamyam,,brummie might be a bit alien to dudley :eek: I can declare I love brummies love their dry humour, so guess they won't mind me having a crack with them in webland ,I do that face to face and they always slay me....fair play:cool::D

I have this stockmans banter going on mate. it's the quiet soft meaning less monotone that animals respond to.

John,there is some irony here that you have replied to me so kindly. Recently I spotted a couple of post from you. I started to write to you but deleted,because I know I am learning and felt un fit to say what i wanted to try and push you forwards. I'll have a crack now because simply if you like these pics,then you should know some of where more experienced folks have steered me. Their wisdom, their seflless efforts gave me these chances. Not the field craft John the camera techs stuff,the FC is mine I earnt that no one gave me that,they have helped me learn how to use the tools Push your SS mate,use ISO to do this,expose to the right get close so you don't crop that high iso image. John would you try this for me please. As I say mate I am utterly learning,I feel ill equipped to help others,but if my hunch is right this will help you. you will have to learn what your camera can do,how far you can push it. This has been a slow road for me ,but slowly I have pushed iso further and further as I got confident at each new level. You are looking at images here up to iso 5000 processed with a very basic free programe canons DPP4. Buddy please try this for me,see where it takes you. Don't expect instant results,but again a plea try it mate;):)


Finally ,sorry long ramble mate,sitting on a species,spending hours and hours day after day both in observation and trying to grab images to me,now after this experience is utterly the way forwards, I call them mates ,but they aren;t really my friends sadly. They tolerate me being closer than usual because i've presented myself in a way that doesn't bring the flight response . I caught the kids just right this time,but it's only fair to say I failed completely at this last year. I thought about baiting, thought about how I could make them even more friendly towards me. But didn't go there. simply I have no real problems with baiting,persay,I just worried as I said in a post to Janny, that I could make them vunerable to predation by us...ie humans. I feel even now that very few humans would be prepared to crawl 100yards on these stones for a dinner. I guess I looked and thought about a way in that would allow me to be with them,but others not so much!! But I have given enough here to a guy that wants an image to try and get it. This area is incedibly tricky for me and i'm torn all ways.. I want folks to share more than these images,yet am so aware how trusting a hare can be it is really hard
trying to find a balance

I feel not know!!!!!!! there are 3 base ways on grabbing wonderful wildlife shots:
1 the above sit on them,over and over be with them until you are just an ordinary thing they see almost daily

2 total and utter chance,fluke,call it what ya like ..... always here the togs skills come to the fore,a fluke chance being nailed relies on the tog's ability to use his tools. I have emphasised this because in 1 I can go back over and over and mess up ,but learn a bit each time,so eventually pop up a nice image simialr to the results of 2 but maybe with a much lesser skillset

3 a hide or guide situation...here someone else did all the work in 1, the tog turns up and reaps the rewards of that effort

none of these is right or wrong this has to be fun as long as the beasties are cared for nought is wrong in my eyes. We are all different and should be able to have fun in our own individual ways, But for me the magic is wrapped up in one of these three senarios. The light so important is latter in my mind beautiful light and hare a mile away don't make great pics. I guess one could add ,go to a hotspot where the animals/brids are really tame. To me that just sits under 3 as the combination of many folks making images has had the same results as three,but the tog didn't do all the groundwork really,it was done by others

cheers again for the kindness mate,apologies this reply is so long, I felt a need to cover much of your reply and add a bit for you

take care kiddo

stu
 
Cheers, Stu. I've taken taken all that in. I'll definitely look at DPP4.It's been mentioned on here before,I'm sure.

Our next door neighbours are from Birmingham..very nice folk too.
 
Ahh the joys of primes,this was one hell of a squish,mostly I didn't nail it,but maybe this one is alright. Man I love those backlit ears,i guess that is really the reason to show this one. Sadly I'm sat due to veggies,so am a tiny bit high. i've been out since real early but not got the rub with light ,this came once the light was a bit harsh around 830am clear blue shies. Really cool a leveret first and then this fella,both stopped had a damn good stare. Both then decided things weren't so bad and had a munch. The kidlet came so close head and ears were all but impossible to frame,a better tog might have got there ,but frankly I struggled. I'm hammering the work at the mo hence slow posts and just the one image

Anyway here ya go ful frame as shot,no crop,one day it might be cool to add a bit of canvas,in situations like this,no way I could move backwards quick enough to grab better comp,althoug I did get the dof up as that feeling of this is gonna be close,was all over me like a rash.
_70F3799 by Stuart Philpott, on Flickr

seeya, ahh man ouch,13 hours of graft,seems I need some tools huh,why can't photography gear just be affordable to mortals

stu
 
It must be an amazing feeling to have one so close you're struggling to fit it all in the frame. What a pose - alert but obviously comfortable with your presence.


Hey mate ,are ya good Janny?:)

'erm yup,probably beyond a stu's articulation abilities,especially now mate,lordy i'm battered:D Jan the hardest part for me is staying glued,face behind camera,not actually putting it down and looking,with my eyes. Drawing in the reality of these situations is real hard for me a goodly bit of me just wants too bask in "OMG it's right here not freaking out OMG now it's gonna have a snack while it studies me,sod images:eek::D I wanna look.

Two came together almost Jan,kidlet first,simply that was enough,big un next OMG

Funny isn't it. all these images,loads an loads unseen, by anyone else,bar me and Shaz. Yet to the guy trying to be a tog is still beyond bewildered each and every time and has to fight with himself .....each and every time it happens. There is a child in me Jan full of wonder mouth open big eyes,I dunno how he is still in me I'm over 50 for god's sake :whistle:,I should be grown up now. I cherish that mate.... that a little bunny still has me almost speechless. I'd love to do this as my job,i'll probably never get there because of that kid,but that kid made this happen,I can't take him out of this

There is a wonderful irony in that,you know this don't you,it's there in many of us,goose bumps hairs on the neck
and all it is is a damn big wabbit up close
which barely even moves some folks

maybe some of us are just wired different?

he he I better go ;)
thanks again kiddo,it's one of many that will be posted for you,as I mentioned it isn't just the kids that are too close at times

take care you:)

stu
 
Lovely close-up Stu.

Re. wildlife,just watched the BBC wildlife programme 'live' in Alaska..superb..now watching Countryfile.
 
Lovely close-up Stu.

Re. wildlife,just watched the BBC wildlife programme 'live' in Alaska..superb..now watching Countryfile.

Missed CF John out chasing some extraordinary birdz hard subjects ,i'll need massive luck to get just one decent image . We aren't that far from where Cf is filmed in the wolds the hares even closer,do love the show though:).
What must it be like to be able to travel and see bears and all the other wonders beastie wise around our planet,I'd adore canuck land mate,I just know it!!!


Oh mate sorry forgot I missed a bit ,re your older post. John, yes it is a yawn ,I have many images of this they do it often. Tis oft accompanied by stretching ,just like us really bro when we wake.. John talking of yawning ,one of the real big things that has hit me during all this has been how diverse their facial expressions are,it has really surprised me ,especially open mouths tongues sticking out. My hearing is shot,bro, never been ace......I have always wondered if there is sound accompanying all this. One thinks of hares as being largely silent creatures,but I do really wonder..........

Cheers for the kind reply buddy,

be lucky mate hope your efforts are going well(y)

Stu
 
Just looked through your thread - some great images here and a really good read :)
 
Happy to come across all this just now! Both the pics and the narrative!

The way it is, we are really meant to keep the innocence that we have as children throughout our lives - it's no longer our whole being, maybe, but can still be a component of being alive - part of the blend if you like, that we can dip in and out of, when the nose isn't too close to the grindstone etc.

Hares in their environment and running free like this, expressess much. They can function as a symbol for nature in general - the planet, even. I have an argument about certain wildlife (and macro) photos - 'species shots' I call them - that they are too forensic. Where the photographer seems too hooked up on the sharpness achieved or the cleverness maybe of using their equipment - and as if the focus was on the materiality of the subject rather than its 'nature'. These pics aren't like that. They are alive.
 
Happy to come across all this just now! Both the pics and the narrative!

The way it is, we are really meant to keep the innocence that we have as children throughout our lives - it's no longer our whole being, maybe, but can still be a component of being alive - part of the blend if you like, that we can dip in and out of, when the nose isn't too close to the grindstone etc.

Hares in their environment and running free like this, expressess much. They can function as a symbol for nature in general - the planet, even. I have an argument about certain wildlife (and macro) photos - 'species shots' I call them - that they are too forensic. Where the photographer seems too hooked up on the sharpness achieved or the cleverness maybe of using their equipment - and as if the focus was on the materiality of the subject rather than its 'nature'. These pics aren't like that. They are alive.


Buddy could I have your first name please? Is it Droj? if so my apologies the name/ word is one I have never seen of heard before.

Your reply is thought provoking,beyond the kind synopsis. Instantly my thoughts were driven to am I simply not clever enough:by that i mean learned enough .....a big enough skillset with a camera to have any aspiratins to brag about my prowess, would I be that guy in some years time?
Simply my conclusion is I don't think so,i'll still be the guy that just yearns for a way of sharing my joy at trying to be at one with a native beastie even if I had that deep skillset I yearn for,I still think i'd be motivated by that kid in me.. That really is why I am here,these things happen to me,I use words like bumble into to describe it,as Idon't really feel skilled just blessed. It's just as I have got older it is starting to dawn that I have shown this to so few and a camera might be a way of offsetting that. I guess those few, my mum, my darlin' lady, my close mates even my mate whom I cared for with a brain injury(RIP Rodders) have this look on their faces when I have been fortunate to show them something,that captivates me. It's not how cool I am bro ,it's their joy that bakes my biscuit. What I did isn't part of that really I just see that look I know I hooked them,but it isn't a joy based on self it's one for mum nature,I just gave them a way in ,if you like

Droj being able to produce a sharp image is something that haunts me,it is a big deal in wildlife photography,it isn't everything to me but it is something I do aspire to. I am a real honest guy mate,nowt to hide feel it is right to declare this to you openly,given the post I am replying to.

To me possibly the most poignant image in this thread is Taz,my first image of her,my first sighting ,bounding across a wildflower meadow way too small in frame ,not particularly sharp,but a complete symbol of what we should ALL see in blighty and is all but completely lost.

Your final words are deeply humbling,to be fair most of the comments i have received leave me searching for a fitting reply,I don't really feel deserving.

Maybe that is how it should be,a 50 plus year old kid wanting to share how special our wildlife is and somehow just being plain lucky,and getting a chance


I dunno Droj,i'm much at a loss here ,there is a point where the creative should take over and the analysing stops huh:D!!

bless ya for the kindness though and making me ponder
Just looked through your thread - some great images here and a really good read :)


thank you so much ahh Al am so battered from all this graft nearly missed ya bro:oops: :$,my apologies

take care both

stu.
 
the guy that just yearns for a way of sharing my joy at trying to be at one with a native beastie
This is what your pics and your talk about them communicates, and that's what I was trying to say and celebrate. It works! Youre communicating! Maybe you read my last post in too much of a hurry?

You can aspire all you like to sharpness, and it's a worthy aspiration but it's not the whole story. There's a truth and a message in what you do already.

Stu, since you asked, I'm Rog. Not so much different, hey?
 
Read when shattered Rog not so much a hurry I possibly should wait to reply when not so spent,but that might mean you waiting for yonks. I'm always sincerely grateful when I get a response mate so try to reply asap,I guess politeness as much as anything....

Which ever way one cut's it i have understood you now:) maybe I didn't completely get it first time,which would be my bad .

Rog, I really like "droj" it's incredibly clever.:cool: (now I understand the whys of it). I fight a bit with letters buddy eng lang is an alien life force to me :Dlittle things like this are wonderus to me,quite genuinely mate i'm not blowing smoke!! i've always wanted to be able to truncate Roger,but never been able to figure how now I know use a J;)

Thank you,it's quite lovely for me that folks are understanding this,I so wish I could ditch the moronity of what I do and really focus. Such a joy to get this chance I'll stick to me guns mate.

you take care Droj:)

stu
 
A couple of images of kids probably both suffering a bit due to me getting too close or them coming too close. Such a wonderful thing not wanting reach but wishing I had taken the ext off,such an unusual problem for me to have,it does make me smile getting caught out this way around.

Although the first suffered a bit due to closeness, this set surrounding this frame contains some of my fav hare shots for some reason. I haven't really analysed why I just like them. She was sat and I got my first portrait shot,then she mused something and headed straight for me,final but one frame the biggest squish to get in. Many bits cut off carnage really as I was in landscape for the first and tracking here off elbows the up and down movements of her gait caught me, sadly. that said still one of the best feelings in the world seeing a hare or leveret coming straight to you

_70F3589 by Stuart Philpott, on Flickr

The second Taz is fed up and about to snarl at me*i'm sure every now and then shutter noise gets to them,not in a spooky way shes that little bit more tolerant,just disturbs their peace enough for them to show you),sadly as this got more agressive facially she stretched her front feet and again I got caught with later frames and bits outside my framing. Hmm it also gets me how these real low close ups feel so intimate,

_70F3113 by Stuart Philpott, on Flickr

seeya

stu
 
A couple of images of kids probably both suffering a bit due to me getting too close or them coming too close. Such a wonderful thing not wanting reach but wishing I had taken the ext off,such an unusual problem for me to have,it does make me smile getting caught out this way around.


Lovely update Stu ... long lens + TC does sometimes catch you out.
A week or so back I suddenly caught sight of a juvenile Goshawk in flight, I got a shot of it as it was chasing a Rook but it suddenly turned and came straight toward me.
I was at the hide window and couldn't get focus as it came straight toward me as though going to land on the windowsill ... as I watched in awe it seemed to see me at the last minute and rose slightly to land on the roof of the hide just above me.
I hated missing the extra opportunities that a shorter lens would have given me but was absolutely stunned to have witnessed what I did.
I feel for you. :)
 
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Cracking set I'm very envious I've seen a few boxing but just can't get close enough maybe next time
 
Lovely update Stu ... long lens + TC does sometimes catch you out.
A week or so back I suddenly caught sight of a juvenile Goshawk in flight, I got a shot of it as it was chasing a Rook but it suddenly turned and came straight toward me.
I was at the hide window and couldn't get focus as it came straight toward me as though going to land on the windowsill ... as I watched in awe it seemed to see me at the last minute and rose slightly to land on the roof of the hide just above me.
I hated missing the extra opportunities that a shorter lens would have given me but was absolutely stunned to have witnessed what I did.
I feel for you. :)

Actually roger I feel for you more;),although I'd have taken the sighting with no little amount of joy,I can put hand on heart and say i'd have moaned about it at some stage:oops: :$:D Roger the answer has to be 2cameras a zoom and the prime I guess?? I'd like more reach first but a zoom has been on my mind a while now but not sure on what exactly would fit me needs .So buddy a question for you where would you go mm wise if that option was to be taken up,obviously we make images of slightly different things ,but alot overlaps. Any thoughts please buddy i'd love you opinion being so much further on experience wise than moi it's not just the closer images and framing it's the possibily of more "animal/birdscapes that appeals,but I'm an open book really It's actually something I've pondered posting in the talk nature section,so if anyone else sees this chime in by all means. It has to be said this might take a while to come to fruition and for sure the thought of two cameras being lugged out into the middle of a field on my guts isn't terribly appealing it;s bad enough getting me there and one lens camera combo. But at some stage I'd love the options this might bring

Derby dude what's ya name mate. Oh and cheers both for the kind words.

Buddy wind first in your face second real low be tinier than a tiny thing,smallest profile possible to hare. move slow hare looks up freeze face in mud sleep wait anything until hare chills. Watch ears up I'm alert, half down relaxed well sort of. The rest is pure good luck.

He he mate had the perfect boxing senario a few weeks back ,both hares real close but far enough to get all inframe ...well ok almost,watched the front legs go up in the viewfinder. Got the first frame hit BB focus on center point told the camera where to focus it did exactly as asked...focused on that tiny bit of grass between and behind them...all hares out of focus as a result,couldn't make it up !! I was almost ready to cry but have learnt this new man up phrase so acted according and had a hissy fit in stead:D

Seriously still to get the boxing shots I dream of,but I never dreamed all this could happen,so best not moan too much I've been way too lucky already

cheers both

stu
 
So buddy a question for you where would you go mm wise if that option was to be taken up,obviously we make images of slightly different things ,but alot overlaps. Any thoughts please buddy i'd love you opinion

It's a tough question Stu, in my case with the Goshawk I could have used a 24-120 ... I've thought about the 200-500 but that's still 300mm on the D500.
I've got a 300 f4 PF but that would have been too long for the Goshawk. IIRC you use Canon, so what about a 100-400?
 
It's a tough question Stu, in my case with the Goshawk I could have used a 24-120 ... I've thought about the 200-500 but that's still 300mm on the D500.
I've got a 300 f4 PF but that would have been too long for the Goshawk. IIRC you use Canon, so what about a 100-400?

Cheers Roger,mate with my prime being 300 I feel that the 1oo-400 might overlap alot if I had say a 500 I'd feel it's almost a no brainer. Mused the 70/200f2.8 isii aswell as it's pretty fast focus wise and also takes the exts well,then beyond that something more towards your first lens mentioned ie much wider. It's tailoring the spending and mm to what might be used the most buddy/ For the hares then your suggestion of the 100-400 has to be almost perfect but it seriously overlaps what I have,it is tough mate not an easy choice. I guess things being what they are I'll have plenty of time to ponder but no harm in that starting now,;)

cheers muchly mate very grateful:cool:

stu
 
Got to the hares yesterday light wasn't much fun but it got seriously good leastways not the light but stu's fun with a couple of kids and disbelief levels were rocking......

i've been pullin some hours of late got to these kids in a gap between jobs had a bit of time put in the hours. Then life kicks and it's balls to the wall pullin' back lost time etc ya know the crack. Which is only relevent here because i've barely been to see them for weeks and can't really be 100% absolutey 100% sure that who I have seen has been Taz or blaze. Shaz said she'd seen them last visit I was embroiled with 3 adults and boxing,got regaled with stories of ha you're hopeless two right behind you AGAIN .

I spotted a kidlet lying low can't see me stuff,went out of sight and back to him low and slow,he was a bit sketchy but didn't bolt fired a few frames as I close to 20M,kidlet looked up a bit,turned head scratched an ear. It was almost like oh that clicky thing is nack best chill now that thing doesn't bother me. so I spent maybe an hour with blaze then spotted another hare above me and behind on the bank,blaze saw it too and went to say hi. Sure enough Taz it was they didn't do the nose to nose getting for once,really unusual but maybe they just know each other,it's months now we have seen them together alot of the time,if there is one t'other ain't far away. It had to be them shooting up the bank into cut rape stems a mare so I was right up on my knee and stretching to try for images,but no cover to hide the were so clilled. I had to break at one stage maybe 2ordo hours in lying head up to camera just does my neck ,whether it's all of us I dunno,but hours of it is a killer for me at least so snuck away from them had a rest them went back to blaze again ,A hell of a time with them i've not real idea how long but hours with Blaze just doing what they do.

Ok this is a forum about images and I'll pop one up for ya'll it was my reason to go, got a few would have loved stronger light SS and dof were a mare ,always seemed to be not where I wanted fighting techs. But beyond images there is the beasties that it's really all about, i'm stumped by this reaction to us/me > make no mistake it was a bit touch and go with blaze at the off,but thankfully I got lucky,from then on it was plain silly,obviously they are wild one wrong move game over. But all the same, if I said I'm perplexed and amazed it wouldn't be an understatement, Ha, too cool, simply what I thought would be a phase they would grow out of and see less of us and behave as we would expect they are still those two kids !!

Beyond wicked sorry I'll stop wafflin:rolleyes:

Blaze stretching ,I tried to keep back to around 10M using lens, so I had enough room to not cut bits off at 420.. Not terribly successful, but hey ho, primes are wonderful. The sun is setting behind him as this was made, but it's grey and dull, processed in canon dpp4.6 usual gear 1Div 300f2.8is 1.4ext
1/1000
f4
iso
_70F6651 by Stuart Philpott, on Flickr


A real pain, I wanted double the Ss and way more dof but whose complaining the whole afternoon and evening was hellish cool


plausibly a round of sharp extra to the head or a reject....over to you

cheers for all the replies here guys

belucky

stu
 
Beautiful Stu! I'm on the laptop so can't comment on the quality but to me this image isn't about perfect image quality. It's about a hare being a hare and behaving perfectly naturally, allowing you into its life. Oh and carry on 'waffling'. You may think you don't write that well but your 'scene setting' is amazing. Really emphasises that these images are all down to hard work, field craft and respect for the animal, and not set up in any way. Keep up the great work! (y)(y)(y)
 
Cheers Janny,i'm really blown away that they still seem to know me ,can't believe it actually. Saturday really took me by surprise I barely recognised blaze at first Jan, just thought I was dealing with an adult,man they have grown!! But slowly as it all came together the penny dropped. Once Taz was in the frame it became pretty obvious. Wow mate they are all a bit more confiding here but I really felt being close for hours was a thing of the past. .I've just checked times on images 2 hours it was mate,with a brief brake 'cause me 'ead was fallin' off :D


Jan this really is utter fantasy. they are hares wild fast flighty things ,no credit here mate just a seriously lucky guy I keep saying HOW. It's after this happens Jan one takes stock tries to work it out ,but still HOW??
I've a couple of straight type portraits Jan they aren't special but they show you them now ,I'll try to get them up shortly for you,you should see how they have grown in a more sedate pose

lots of luck here Jan and a couple lovin it:)

take care mate

stu
 
Got to the hares yesterday light wasn't much fun but it got seriously good leastways not the light but stu's fun with a couple of kids and disbelief levels were rocking......

i've been pullin some hours of late got to these kids in a gap between jobs had a bit of time put in the hours. Then life kicks and it's balls to the wall pullin' back lost time etc ya know the crack. Which is only relevent here because i've barely been to see them for weeks and can't really be 100% absolutey 100% sure that who I have seen has been Taz or blaze. Shaz said she'd seen them last visit I was embroiled with 3 adults and boxing,got regaled with stories of ha you're hopeless two right behind you AGAIN .

I spotted a kidlet lying low can't see me stuff,went out of sight and back to him low and slow,he was a bit sketchy but didn't bolt fired a few frames as I close to 20M,kidlet looked up a bit,turned head scratched an ear. It was almost like oh that clicky thing is nack best chill now that thing doesn't bother me. so I spent maybe an hour with blaze then spotted another hare above me and behind on the bank,blaze saw it too and went to say hi. Sure enough Taz it was they didn't do the nose to nose getting for once,really unusual but maybe they just know each other,it's months now we have seen them together alot of the time,if there is one t'other ain't far away. It had to be them shooting up the bank into cut rape stems a mare so I was right up on my knee and stretching to try for images,but no cover to hide the were so clilled. I had to break at one stage maybe 2ordo hours in lying head up to camera just does my neck ,whether it's all of us I dunno,but hours of it is a killer for me at least so snuck away from them had a rest them went back to blaze again ,A hell of a time with them i've not real idea how long but hours with Blaze just doing what they do.

Ok this is a forum about images and I'll pop one up for ya'll it was my reason to go, got a few would have loved stronger light SS and dof were a mare ,always seemed to be not where I wanted fighting techs. But beyond images there is the beasties that it's really all about, i'm stumped by this reaction to us/me > make no mistake it was a bit touch and go with blaze at the off,but thankfully I got lucky,from then on it was plain silly,obviously they are wild one wrong move game over. But all the same, if I said I'm perplexed and amazed it wouldn't be an understatement, Ha, too cool, simply what I thought would be a phase they would grow out of and see less of us and behave as we would expect they are still those two kids !!

Beyond wicked sorry I'll stop wafflin:rolleyes:

Blaze stretching ,I tried to keep back to around 10M using lens, so I had enough room to not cut bits off at 420.. Not terribly successful, but hey ho, primes are wonderful. The sun is setting behind him as this was made, but it's grey and dull, processed in canon dpp4.6 usual gear 1Div 300f2.8is 1.4ext
1/1000
f4
iso
_70F6651 by Stuart Philpott, on Flickr


A real pain, I wanted double the Ss and way more dof but whose complaining the whole afternoon and evening was hellish cool


plausibly a round of sharp extra to the head or a reject....over to you

cheers for all the replies here guys

belucky

stu

Now you've stopped wafflin... :p

This one is a must for when you finally get some more editing software Stu. Beautiful alert pose with the stretch, superb pal. I know we bang on about getting the shutter speed up, but here 1/1000th has done the job for me, I'm guessing this was a short 'frozen' moment, so whilst I wouldn't recommend it every time, here it looks all good to me.

Something about that low POV also appeals to me!!

Even just using DPP4 I think you could maybe get a bit more out of it. I had a play and did 2 versions, the first just using global adjustments in lightroom (I usually use DPP4 but can't do much there with a lifted jpeg) and slightly warmed the shot up, stretched the histogram so there was data towards each side (this can be down on the histogram graph with the vertical lines in DPP4) and gave a small amount of vibrance, (so maybe with DPP4 a very small amount of saturation could work). It can take a bit more sharpening but at the expense of added noise - personal choice.

I then did a second version, taking those changes into PS, and messed about a bit, and it was enough for me to know there is a beautiful polished version just waiting for you one day.

Please put this file away somewhere safe, you won't regret it in the future.

Mike
 
Now you've stopped wafflin... :p

This one is a must for when you finally get some more editing software Stu. Beautiful alert pose with the stretch, superb pal. I know we bang on about getting the shutter speed up, but here 1/1000th has done the job for me, I'm guessing this was a short 'frozen' moment, so whilst I wouldn't recommend it every time, here it looks all good to me.

Something about that low POV also appeals to me!!

Even just using DPP4 I think you could maybe get a bit more out of it. I had a play and did 2 versions, the first just using global adjustments in lightroom (I usually use DPP4 but can't do much there with a lifted jpeg) and slightly warmed the shot up, stretched the histogram so there was data towards each side (this can be down on the histogram graph with the vertical lines in DPP4) and gave a small amount of vibrance, (so maybe with DPP4 a very small amount of saturation could work). It can take a bit more sharpening but at the expense of added noise - personal choice.

I then did a second version, taking those changes into PS, and messed about a bit, and it was enough for me to know there is a beautiful polished version just waiting for you one day.

Please put this file away somewhere safe, you won't regret it in the future.

Mike
Trust you utterly mate,can send you a RAW if you are so inclined to play,mind it seems like you have done it all already:D. Thanks Mike incredibly kind, I'm still struggling with IQ buddy really didn't think this was up to par felt the dof too thin and yup on the SS wanted it higher,but I'm sort of maxed out here for me with my skillset wide open and iso pushed as far as I dare,for now.

Mike I took a rake around this,but following a close hare stretching and not cutting anything off is where my skills are found wanting,it's why I tried to rein myself in and stay around 10M away,using the lens to gauge distance but it didn't completely work out ,mind it helped a bit

Mate put nearly 400 frames away in this session,I haven't really got my head around it yet,but if this is ok,I suspect there are more there is one head on that jumped off the screen at me almost, if I recollect correctly,clattered bro another 12hour day not sure of much now. I've noted what you mentioned though on SS,will look hard at the others when this madness lets up.

Mike a couple of things first cheers on stretching the histograme,it's something I know nothing of at all I'll look at this see if I can wrap me 'ead around it. Second incredibly flattered that this one made you want to play,mate your a lovely guy,helped me tonnes,but you are also a very fine photographer huge experience,beyond the grats is the set of eyes and experience,thanks mate!!

Oh kiddo, wish you could of been with me,it would have probably been like nothing hare wise you could imagine Frankly this one took me completely by surprise . They change as they grow and there are many hares where I go. ID of individuals even my kids isn't always instant so my approach was very measured very slow but when things started to open out it really was bewildering. Normally they leave us,we get some snaps and off they go,sometimes just the shutter noise is enough gone. But after two hours I walked away ok cralwed and left blaze feeding on his veggies in almost exactly the same spot I found him. It's this mate the fact they remembered me and didn't freak out at all . i've never presented so much of me too them before,been so high up ,so I could reach them,(on the bank over the rape stems)yet still no reaction to me.

Can't believe it mate,this could go on and on now ,I thought they would reach an age where it was over,but somehow it doesn't seem that is going to happen. What a thing of loviness buddy,it's really profound for me this.

I'm the slowest out there mate but knew this was my lot from the off,always said I'd try and bank some RAWS,not having the tools is hard sometimes Mike,but when one gets these special days the having to wait pales into insignificance,so damn special this HOW mate just HOW

cheers kiddo
lol like I'd stopped wafflin,just had to catch me breath tis all:D

thanks man

stu
 
Trust you utterly mate,can send you a RAW if you are so inclined to play,mind it seems like you have done it all already:D. Thanks Mike incredibly kind, I'm still struggling with IQ buddy really didn't think this was up to par felt the dof too thin and yup on the SS wanted it higher,but I'm sort of maxed out here for me with my skillset wide open and iso pushed as far as I dare,for now.

Mike I took a rake around this,but following a close hare stretching and not cutting anything off is where my skills are found wanting,it's why I tried to rein myself in and stay around 10M away,using the lens to gauge distance but it didn't completely work out ,mind it helped a bit

Mate put nearly 400 frames away in this session,I haven't really got my head around it yet,but if this is ok,I suspect there are more there is one head on that jumped off the screen at me almost, if I recollect correctly,clattered bro another 12hour day not sure of much now. I've noted what you mentioned though on SS,will look hard at the others when this madness lets up.

Mike a couple of things first cheers on stretching the histograme,it's something I know nothing of at all I'll look at this see if I can wrap me 'ead around it. Second incredibly flattered that this one made you want to play,mate your a lovely guy,helped me tonnes,but you are also a very fine photographer huge experience,beyond the grats is the set of eyes and experience,thanks mate!!

Oh kiddo, wish you could of been with me,it would have probably been like nothing hare wise you could imagine Frankly this one took me completely by surprise . They change as they grow and there are many hares where I go. ID of individuals even my kids isn't always instant so my approach was very measured very slow but when things started to open out it really was bewildering. Normally they leave us,we get some snaps and off they go,sometimes just the shutter noise is enough gone. But after two hours I walked away ok cralwed and left blaze feeding on his veggies in almost exactly the same spot I found him. It's this mate the fact they remembered me and didn't freak out at all . i've never presented so much of me too them before,been so high up ,so I could reach them,(on the bank over the rape stems)yet still no reaction to me.

Can't believe it mate,this could go on and on now ,I thought they would reach an age where it was over,but somehow it doesn't seem that is going to happen. What a thing of loviness buddy,it's really profound for me this.

I'm the slowest out there mate but knew this was my lot from the off,always said I'd try and bank some RAWS,not having the tools is hard sometimes Mike,but when one gets these special days the having to wait pales into insignificance,so damn special this HOW mate just HOW

cheers kiddo
lol like I'd stopped wafflin,just had to catch me breath tis all:D

thanks man

stu

Ay up Stu, just a couple of ideas to maybe point you in my directions a little.

I'll post the work I did, see what you think. The first is the lightroom only image with global adjustments

View attachment 109096

Then with the added ability of PS where little touches like selective sharpening and noise reduction can help, along with targeting areas like the brightness and colours of the foreground grasses, which really make this one sing for me.

Stu-Hare-Lr-&-PS.jpg

By this point we're only looking at subtle differences, 90% of the work was done by the time you clicked the shutter, but I know how keen you are to really go for it, so hopefully you can see the little differences and keep looking for ways to improve on your post-shooting workflow, as I think you've got the rest pretty much nailed.

Keep them coming

Mike
 
Mike ,how ya doing? Cheers for this, subtle indeed but enlightening too:cool:.

Sorry slow Mike I spent ages last night pondering the two edits and simply folded before putting pen to paper as it were. :oops: :$

Mate I almost can't believe that your final edit is an image is of mine,not saying it's awesome or nowt,tis what it is,ha ha love it though bro thank you:).

I didn't feel the dof covered far enough forwards mate,this was what my first post was eluding too,beyond me rambling on blissfully about me kidz:rolleyes: Image wise, I had two points open covering eye or just behind back wards. Mike i'm becoming aware of what the tools you guys use, can achieve. But sometimes knowing it needed a bit of selective sharp,but not being able to yet execute that technique leave me unsure .Then getting someone so kind to do an edit ,and seeing the results is quite amazing. The head really pops mate, much subtly here,but the head smacks me. Did you have to do much there,still insecure hopeless ain't I:D

Noted on warmth,I've pulled back a bit much, methinks of late !! I like the foreground darkening works well Tis clever Mike, very clever, and as you say subtle I feel i'll see more when not a basket case,or simply with time. Because ,when it gets this subtle your eye will be waaaaayyyy more advanced. It's polished now almost Mike,looks like a finshed pic rather than what I produce now,which never actually feel finished to me really.

Little steps buddy,my ability to asses an image and sharp open to question, hey ho:D but little steps. Very kind bro and VERY clever ,lots to learn I don't feel i'm there yet Mike I mis frame far too much ,I joke about it but work to be done there that's for sure. I'm all over the place really mate,but slowly I'm getting my head around it. Oh mate I push the hell out of DPP sharpness slider,I shan't late when I have the other tools,but for now I do. It's set to nine. it doesn't seem to have any ill effect,do you see anything?.

Mike, little Q can I push iso further did you use the 1Div?

Buddy hope you got the bank holiday have a wicked few days.

Cheers mucker, yes I do WANT this !!!!

rock 'n' roll mate thank you very much indeed

stu
 
Ps Mike thanks again have a rake of frames around the above that are just lovely he was a complete star, some carnage sure but cheers the above will be of great use. all similar techs as I had sort of reached max and all close together so I'll come back to the above as a template ha to aspire too:p

Earlier in the day, brighter !! This is one of the first few frames as I followed blaze up the bank,I'm as high as I dare really and one little Taz approaching OK a big lass now lovely huh. This coming straight at, you ears up, down the barrel type of image I love,but better is the actual rush of the reality of what's happening in the flesh. Tis funny though I always want more of this type of image never tire of hoping to take a better one.

Frankly struggling to do much with this editing wise it's cropped maybe 75% of frame mainly to make her bigger,tricky all round this one as original framing wasn't too bad and the contrast between evrything being bright white rape stems and sky and dark hare has be a bit stumped WB ajdusted slightly. same gear 420mm . Techs a bit of the hip as frankly this happened a bit too quick while i was slowly trying to get high enough ,without sending them into outer space. 1/1250 f7.1 iso 2500 wish it had of stayed this bright lovely warm evening light,around quarter to seven.


_70F6482 by Stuart Philpott, on Flickr

So cool this day ,i won't forget it in a long while,but the best bit,is they are past their first combine.......................................PHEW:)

seeya

stu
 
Janny if you see this........:)The first image is basically unprocessed,it's really only kept for this purpose and pour MOI:rolleyes:



This is the first time (if I recollect correctly,we saw Taz (pretty chilled) and Blaze. on the right very unsure, together. Image no great shakes ,no worries serves a purpose. This might also be my first image of Blaze: it's the first of May. The second and third images are the two ruffians now,well last weekend. blaze first god my framing lol. Next Taz.

They grow pretty quick don't they. At times they look completely adult now,but certain angles bring the kid out still shape wise. The size isn't there yet though, tis always incredibly difficult to assimilate size when distance and memory are involved,plus the adults vary too. There are some big hares here. Anyway mate I really thought you would like this it's fascinating having this image record with all this data attched actually, besides the making images malarky. It's a real shame I had to a get job and go back to the real world,it would have been nice to have got more time in, a more complete record,but man what a blast it's been.

Taz LHS Blaze R..... 1st May

_70F0024 by Stuart Philpott, on Flickr

Blaze 19th Aug

_70F6534 by Stuart Philpott, on Flickr

Taz same day well seconds apart they are both together but I just couldn't grab both either just too far apart to frame or DOF issues, too close never lined up, shame really.


_70F6532 by Stuart Philpott, on Flickr



stu
 
Stu they're lovely. I hope they go on to thrive as adults and I hope you go on watching over them and telling us about them when you can. I hope you are keeping all your images, even the ones you don't show, and you should also keep all your posts on here and any other notes you have. It all hangs together as a story of these animals' lives and even if it's only for yourself, you should keep it all together as a record.
 
Stu they're lovely. I hope they go on to thrive as adults and I hope you go on watching over them and telling us about them when you can. I hope you are keeping all your images, even the ones you don't show, and you should also keep all your posts on here and any other notes you have. It all hangs together as a story of these animals' lives and even if it's only for yourself, you should keep it all together as a record.

Cheers Janny so do I but they are well on their way to that stage now ,so the odds are ever stretching in their favour.

Yes keeping probably too much Jan,what you are seeing here is miniscule,just a tiny tiny snapshot. Two fold really obviously your reasoning above ,which is sound,but also I get so far and then really struggle with knowing what to keep or delete,obviously some frames shine and some are straight in the bin,it's those ones in the middle that befuddle me. But it's thousands of frames now mate, once I have better processing skills and tools I hope I'll feel a bit more secure about deleting,I can't really see a finished pic as yet,unless someone helps me,which makes my evaluation tough.

But simply yes you are right and yes I am:)
 
Mike ,how ya doing? Cheers for this, subtle indeed but enlightening too:cool:.

Sorry slow Mike I spent ages last night pondering the two edits and simply folded before putting pen to paper as it were. :oops: :$

Mate I almost can't believe that your final edit is an image is of mine,not saying it's awesome or nowt,tis what it is,ha ha love it though bro thank you:).

I didn't feel the dof covered far enough forwards mate,this was what my first post was eluding too,beyond me rambling on blissfully about me kidz:rolleyes: Image wise, I had two points open covering eye or just behind back wards. Mike i'm becoming aware of what the tools you guys use, can achieve. But sometimes knowing it needed a bit of selective sharp,but not being able to yet execute that technique leave me unsure .Then getting someone so kind to do an edit ,and seeing the results is quite amazing. The head really pops mate, much subtly here,but the head smacks me. Did you have to do much there,still insecure hopeless ain't I:D

Noted on warmth,I've pulled back a bit much, methinks of late !! I like the foreground darkening works well Tis clever Mike, very clever, and as you say subtle I feel i'll see more when not a basket case,or simply with time. Because ,when it gets this subtle your eye will be waaaaayyyy more advanced. It's polished now almost Mike,looks like a finshed pic rather than what I produce now,which never actually feel finished to me really.

Little steps buddy,my ability to asses an image and sharp open to question, hey ho:D but little steps. Very kind bro and VERY clever ,lots to learn I don't feel i'm there yet Mike I mis frame far too much ,I joke about it but work to be done there that's for sure. I'm all over the place really mate,but slowly I'm getting my head around it. Oh mate I push the hell out of DPP sharpness slider,I shan't late when I have the other tools,but for now I do. It's set to nine. it doesn't seem to have any ill effect,do you see anything?.

Mike, little Q can I push iso further did you use the 1Div?

Buddy hope you got the bank holiday have a wicked few days.

Cheers mucker, yes I do WANT this !!!!

rock 'n' roll mate thank you very much indeed

stu

Cheers Stu, glad you like it.

I never had a 1d4, I've used one briefly but not enough to give any realistic answers on how far you can push it. Andreas is far better placed than me to advise, but in all honesty I'd say ISO 6400 would be the top limit until you get access to more advances software. Always better to have a sharp noisy file than a nice clean but blurred file, but again, to push the ISO to extremes does require the correct software.

I don't know how close you are to getting a new computer, but it really doesn't have to be anything too spectacular providing you get a reasonable screen (I only have a Dell ultrasharp U2414H - £130 on eBay!) and have it calibrated and you can really start to get stuck in to all the good work you've produced this year. IMHO for the work we're doing we don't really need the latest and greatest computer gear

Mike
 
Cheers Stu, glad you like it.

I never had a 1d4, I've used one briefly but not enough to give any realistic answers on how far you can push it. Andreas is far better placed than me to advise, but in all honesty I'd say ISO 6400 would be the top limit until you get access to more advances software. Always better to have a sharp noisy file than a nice clean but blurred file, but again, to push the ISO to extremes does require the correct software.

I don't know how close you are to getting a new computer, but it really doesn't have to be anything too spectacular providing you get a reasonable screen (I only have a Dell ultrasharp U2414H - £130 on eBay!) and have it calibrated and you can really start to get stuck in to all the good work you've produced this year. IMHO for the work we're doing we don't really need the latest and greatest computer gear

Mike

Mike there are around 20 frames all same techs surrounding this,some belters( I erm cough think) in that lot,so yes much appreciation as this will help me hopefully with them too


If things will run for me Mike (they don't often but all I can do is bung in the hours and hope) then I hope soon for new PC,i'n not after latest greatest buddy but want it to do me for a few years and to be much faster than this. I don't game or anything really Mike,so just need the right tool for me photos really and a bit of web browsing. Mate I felt there was a difficulty calibrating these dell ultra sharp monitors what did you use to calibrate. Mate I'm such a numpty with all this technology,I do want to be calibrated......need that level playing field.

I'll stay where I am for the mo regarding iso Mike,cheers for the thoughts on this one taken on board.

It's funny this lark Mike,sunday lovely evening lovely light,couldn't put a foot right had one chance blew it came home head down,so rare to get a chance with a hare in that late evening light here,it's in a valley where these hare images are made,it was really hard for me not even getting one chance in that light. Just to put icing on the cake I left Shaz to go a stalking and a stoat ran right up to her,UGG

Monday ,well ya know the crack if at first,so got me 'ead straight went back and bingo lovely light and hares,just two one very sketchy kidlet whom I don't think I know and another. Ok and a grab at an adult whom appeared out of nowhere right next to me,got him I think mate,itching to have a looksee. Lots of photo bombin' as the two were close and angles limited but what a blast Mike, It really is incredibly infrequent to have them where late sun is shining . We'll see how I got on shortly.

cheers for all the help buddy i'm thrilled with what you achieved above really am

stu
 
Fantastic set of shots Stuart


Martin thank you so much,def a work in progress though, learning so much mate proper blast though.:cool: MR B bless ya for the likes mate cheers:)

Got something rare, for me, for ya lads:) A leveret in late evening light. Silly it's almost an OMG as this is so damn tricky here . It's so rare to get a chance as the lie of the land,not to mention the crops and being low mean the sun is gone way before it sets,to most of my little spot.

Hares are leaving scent marks for each other ,I don't know how it is done yet,but i do know is happens look at the dead cut rape stem ,the kidlet is reacting note ears..... to it rather than approaching. It's a lovely little set for me a real joy to grab only made possible by a 3/4 grown larger hare whom i'd sneaked up on while dozing.:rolleyes: Bloody bad form really what can I say I needed a brake LMAO :D Fella was utterly zonked actually ,so funny watching it wake. got some lovely stretches But it gave the kidlet whom i don't think i know condfidence to come closer this is slightly cropped for comp . But not far away 10 15yards i'm watching distances on the lens trying to stay back a bit ,but get caught. This evening was a complete blast I spent about an hour with them they left with the sun it was wonderful ,but a complete mare for being photobombed.
I have some fun stuff to show if I ever get off this train. They were above me slightly up a gentle bank but I couldn't move left as needed because of a sea of foot or so high rape stems, a real pain !!!! So I have OOF kidlets always as they were all but in line half the time:) That said some frames are quite interesting I quite like them somehow,but a shame in some ways

. Really interesting watching the little one mimic the older though guys , a seriously interesting and somewhat gorgeous thing.I do get how damn lucky I am !! But to get that and the light is a rare special thing it was a proper little dream this evening one stalk gorgeous light two kids and importu grab of a monster that appeared out of nowhere,ha scared both of us:eek: I think i got him only had seconds point blank range tried not to cut anything off:whistle:

Tell ya what though,;) as lovely as all this was and it was seriously special, my god having that soft carpet of seedling rape under the old bones was soooooo coool :banana:,ok the cut stems present probs but compared to the scree bliss

ha ha the little things:D

_70F6832 by Stuart Philpott, on Flickr

sorry not sharing much busy bee at the mo:(

take care folks

stu
 
The larger kidlet stretching ,but had to have a snack half way through,funny as:D. Same techs as before, my apologies 1/2000 f8 iso 3200.

They change shape when close framing is really an art form lordy I find this hard this is just a totter of a few yards towards me after waking up a little bit and evrything is way too tight but the lights lovely and the other ruffian makes me smile more. As I say a proper night for hare trickery and mischief I'm sure they know what they are doing. Oh bkg lower lihgt is a rough area the farmer leaves for cover for the little guys game etc good stuff,lots of wildflowers going to seed here aswell . The dark upper is layland cypruss...... a wind brake to keep a wood that bit warmer not bad thing it's two coats colder than here up there.

It really would have been fab to go left just a few yards and get some separation,still fun though. really intimate this pov isn't it,it#s enhanced by the bank I guess and obviously proximity,but it strikes me alot this of late,probably repeating myself,lol

_70F6849 by Stuart Philpott, on Flickr

stu
 
Some lovely images thereStuart, some of them looks like they were posing for you and very bashful !
 
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