Mountain Hare

Gallery: WildlifePosted December 26, 2010133 views8 comments

The mountain hare was digging around in the snow looking for food and seemed quite oblivious to me as it went about its business. I managed to get quite close before having retreating because of the insane cold. There was a wind blowing and with the windchill it was in the region of -10°c.

Canon 7D canon 300mm f2.8 lens, f5.6, 1/640sec, ISO 100

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8 comments

Comment posted by Sally King on December 26, 2010 at 9:15 PM

The snow crusted to the fur really brings throught the feeling of extreme cold. Nice detail in the fur. I might crop some of the bright snow on the bottom to bring him out of center.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on December 26, 2010 at 10:45 PM

Ha! Fun shot--he looks like hes saying 'leave me alone to freeze in peace!'

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on December 27, 2010 at 12:06 AM

Looks fine as posted Ron. You have really captured the feeling of cold. Love the front lighting and range of light temperature. Minus 10, hmmmm time to do up that top shirt button in case it gets chilly....

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on December 27, 2010 at 11:18 AM

I really, really like the snow crusted on his fur and the feeling engendered by that squinting eye, that he is a little grumpy or suspicious!

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on December 27, 2010 at 12:40 PM

Burrrrrr! Beautiful winter image Ron

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on December 27, 2010 at 4:03 PM

Great image. Sweet light, good eye contact, great comp. I can feel the cold looking at this little guy.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on December 27, 2010 at 4:28 PM

Ron, your a brave man to be out in that temperature! This shot really says winter and cold. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on December 27, 2010 at 4:36 PM

Hi Ron,

Boy...this image really says "cold"!! I really like the lighting here - and you did a great job on the exposure (and/or post-processing) - very nice balance on the shaded and sunlit portions of the image. I'm a bit ambivalent on the positioning of the subject in the frame - seems a little too centred (vertically) for me...but not sure what to suggest to strengthen the image - perhaps cropping a thin strip off the bottom of the frame and effectively lowering the subject within the frame? Just a thought...

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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