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Fields and Foxes

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I'm going to start today's blog with a couple of landscapes. The first was taken around 8.15 this morning at Seven Sisters, looking towards Seaford. The town is hidden by the Downs, but a lone seagull has drifted into the lower part of the shot.


The second is taken locally, at around 17.30 this afternoon.


And then I spotted the foxes. They were a long way off and there's the field are fenced off, but once again I was able to see six of them out in the evening sunshine.






From what I could see, it appeared as though one of the adults had returned with some food. Which would explain this next little grouping.


A day with foxes is always a good day; but there one further (and very welcome) sighting when I got home. Shutterbug appeared in the garden just around dusk. The light was poor, just at the point where it's a toss up between using flash or ramping up the ISO and using what little natural light there is. I opted for the latter.

He's quite skinny at the moment, and his coat is a bit patchy. It hasn't got any worse since my last sighting, and looking like this he reminds me of my early photos of the 'old dog fox'.




Oh, and late last night (through the window) we saw the cub skipping about the garden. He obviously knew I was inside!
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens, except the final two which were taken with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens.

Field Birds, and an inquisitive garden fox

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There are often pheasants out in the local fields. Usually at some absurd distance that makes them nearly impossible to photograph even with a 400mm lens. So I'm not sure who was more surprised when I came across a pair early this morning. They soon scuttled off into the cover of the woods, but not before I'd taken a few quick photos.
The second pheasant is in the top right of the image

Scuttling away

The one bird I can guarantee to see is a robin which dominates the prime site at the corner of the road and path. He was singing brightly again today.
Robin

A jay flew past, as did a sparrowhawk (that was a 'missed opportunity' as I was putting the camera away). The goldfinches were also out in force, sitting in small clouds of insects looking for easy pickings.
Goldfinch

Back home, Bold caught me out and was in garden when I went to set up the trail cam. I'm not sure whether any of this will be on camera but she was very curious to see what I'd left on the ground and spent a minute or so investigating the torch and cam.
The Bold Vixen Investigates
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Camera note: all shots taken withthe Canon 40D. The birds were all captured with the EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens. The vixen was photographed with the EF70-300mm 4.5-5.6 DO IS lens and Canon 430EX flash unit.

Sussex Farming

The landscape is going through its annual harvesting cycle, with large bales sitting out in the shorn fields. This shot is fairly heavily processed (I used high levels of noise reduction which creates the flattening of detail). Somehow though I feel it sums up the beauty of the countryside rather better than the properly processed image. An alternative shot (properly processed) is today's 365 entry.