My OperaColours
Monday, September 21, 2009 10:59:03 PM
It turned into a beautiful autumnal day today, with vibrant colours at sunset. The sky was shot with grey clouds which glowed gold and pink. These moments are all too brief. Within a couple of minutes the colour had washed away.
Sunset - click to enlarge
Those colours reminded me of a shot I'd taken earlier in the day. It was also a colourscape, but this time formed of the fish in one of the ornamental ponds at work.
Goldfish
Back at home the vixen's nap was disturbed by what we think was a badger coming in from a neighbouring garden. It was certainly something large, and the noise it made as it entered the garden goes some way to discounting a cat (I'm certain it wasn't another fox). In any event, Bold shot up the garden on three legs and high alert. It's been over a week that she's been limping. She is now willing to place the foot gingerly on the ground which is a good sign that her injury is slowly healing. Here she is resting shortly before the intruder startled her.
The Bold Vixen
Finally, because I know there's a huge cuteness factor in the shot and I'm shamelessly willing to exploit it, here's tonight's hedgehog portrait...
Hedgehog
Camera note: All taken with the 400D (I'm missing the ease of the 40D, but hopefully will get that back from being repaired in the next week to 10 days), and: Sunset - EF17-40mm f/4L USM; Goldfish - EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM; The Bold Vixen - EF200mm f/2.8L USM; and finally the hedgehog - EF70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM.
Sunset - click to enlargeThose colours reminded me of a shot I'd taken earlier in the day. It was also a colourscape, but this time formed of the fish in one of the ornamental ponds at work.
GoldfishBack at home the vixen's nap was disturbed by what we think was a badger coming in from a neighbouring garden. It was certainly something large, and the noise it made as it entered the garden goes some way to discounting a cat (I'm certain it wasn't another fox). In any event, Bold shot up the garden on three legs and high alert. It's been over a week that she's been limping. She is now willing to place the foot gingerly on the ground which is a good sign that her injury is slowly healing. Here she is resting shortly before the intruder startled her.
The Bold VixenFinally, because I know there's a huge cuteness factor in the shot and I'm shamelessly willing to exploit it, here's tonight's hedgehog portrait...
HedgehogCamera note: All taken with the 400D (I'm missing the ease of the 40D, but hopefully will get that back from being repaired in the next week to 10 days), and: Sunset - EF17-40mm f/4L USM; Goldfish - EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM; The Bold Vixen - EF200mm f/2.8L USM; and finally the hedgehog - EF70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM.
Andy WilsonDudley # Tuesday, September 22, 2009 2:19:41 AM
The clouds really give the sunset a nice touch.
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Adele BrandSittingFox # Tuesday, September 22, 2009 6:03:38 PM
And the hedgehog...yes: cute
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