Once in a blue moon, I get a shot that I am very pleased with. It does not happen often but it happened this week and was a complete accident. I will post it at the end, but first the dross.
I finally managed to get a half way decent hare shot. This guy was in the field next door right by our fence. The light was not good - late evening with no sun, but beggars can't be choosers. It is better than no shot at all. It was also quite a long way off and this is a heavy crop.
Next, a warning. These shots are not pretty!
I found a dead pheasant in the woods and decided to put it on my lawn to tempt the buzzards and/or red kites down for a feast. Imagine my surprise when I found another pheasant attacking and trying to eat it
He was in a complete frenzy and I took dozens of photos, but narrowed it down to these three which summarise what happened.
Horrible! He could not actually manage to eat it but he did his best to pull it apart.
The kites and buzzards did not come down probably because I had put it too close to the house. I took it in each evening so that the foxes would not get it and put it back again each day. But, after 3 days the BOPs had still not taken it so I left it out over night. I set up my stealthcam to try to get a photo of the fox, but last night it shot off 3 shots at 11.45 pm with nothing on! It had obviously managed to avoid the motion detector
I was out most of the day on Saturday so no opportunity for photos but planned on getting some flower shots on Sunday. Well, the weather was awful. It rained most of the day and by 4pm I was tearing my hair out. So, I went out and picked a flower to shoot indoors.
Indoor photography is not really my thing but I was desparate. I could not find a suitable coloured background so I used black. I did not want to get soaked going outdoors and picking a branch of a fir tree as a backdrop, which would have been better IMO. This is what I managed.
Finally, by 8pm on Sunday the rain had stopped and I took a walk around the garden. Coming back I nearly stepped on this fellow and decided I really needed to photograph him. I took quite a few shots which I was not particularly happy with and then my battery ran out. While replacing the battery I must have accidentally caught the dial and changed the aperture to f2.8. I know I did not select this knowingly because I was trying to get as much as possible in focus and was experimenting between 5.6 and 11. As it turns out 2.8 worked really well and I am very pleased with this. Very little PP.
You may think that snails are slow enough to photograph easily, but that is not the case. This guy was headed somewhere and it was very difficult trying to keep up with him. I wanted a face to face shot, but this one came out much better. The only niggle I have is that the focus should have been very slightly further forward.
These things are very subjective and it is probably not everyone's cup of tea, but I feel quite happy this week for a change
C&C very welcome.
Jenny