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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Carmarthenshire, Wales
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Badgers, Roe Deer and Brown Hares
Have just returned from a fabulous week in Dorset, where I was privileged to spend many happy hours photographing the wild mammals round the area we were staying in
Badgers - I was really pleased with these considering I was shooting through a perspex hide window
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Roe Deer doe...taken while lurking in a hedge full of stinging nettles
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Brown Hares, taken using the car as a hide...these little guys were all over the place on the track up to the farm we were staying at
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Badgers - I was really pleased with these considering I was shooting through a perspex hide window
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Roe Deer doe...taken while lurking in a hedge full of stinging nettles
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Brown Hares, taken using the car as a hide...these little guys were all over the place on the track up to the farm we were staying at
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Join Date: Jun 2008
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Very nice shots I am not surprised you are pleased with them. Do you find you are so busy trying to get good shots you fail to remember to take a look for yourself, I do.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Yes, definitely!. I'm especially guilty of that at kite feeding centres.
With these lot I had plenty of time to just enjoy watching the animals as well though. On the badgerwatch it got too dark for photos fairly quickly so I just watched them for an hour or so after getting a few shots, and the hares and deer were only down the road from the farm, so I watched them every night whether they were close enough for photography or not. One night the hares were actually boxing, which was really special to see
With these lot I had plenty of time to just enjoy watching the animals as well though. On the badgerwatch it got too dark for photos fairly quickly so I just watched them for an hour or so after getting a few shots, and the hares and deer were only down the road from the farm, so I watched them every night whether they were close enough for photography or not. One night the hares were actually boxing, which was really special to see
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well done on capturing some lovely wildlife images.
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: South Wales, UK
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Some lovely shots Nicola - 3's my fave
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Thanks guys!
It's raining here now, so at least it gives me plenty of time to sort through everything else from the holiday...I haven't even started the bird ones yet!
It's raining here now, so at least it gives me plenty of time to sort through everything else from the holiday...I haven't even started the bird ones yet!
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
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These are great wildlife shots, well done, hope you never got too stung with the nettles though!
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Midlands
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Nice!! Like the first Hare shot very much, typical "sitting" pic, lovely!
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Perthshire Scotland
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Some great captures there. Well worth sitting in a hedge.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Insch, Scotland
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Some super shots, love the Badgers especially
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