Brown Hares Boxing

Gallery: WildlifePosted April 5, 2011375 views14 comments

I was out this morning looking for brown hares and found quite a few. This pair ere very active through out the morning. They eventually started boxing after nearly four hours of observing them. They just seamed to go from relaxing together to an instant full on boxing match. The female is the one which jumped up about three feet into the air before laying into he male.

Canon 7D, canon 500mm f4 lens + 1.4tc, f6.3, 1/800 sec, ISO 320

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 5, 2011 at 6:12 PM

Hi Ron, I moved these hares to the wildlife forum from the avian forum, although considering they are flying maybe I should have left it in avian

Cool capture, I'd crop a little from the top if this were mine.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on April 5, 2011 at 7:10 PM

This is too funny, perfect timing ! Wonderful DOF !

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Comment posted by Carol Nichols on April 5, 2011 at 7:45 PM

Really great image Ron! I love the thin line of focus. It really shows off this boxing couple.

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on April 5, 2011 at 7:58 PM

Sweet shot. Love to see the behavior. The detail shows well in the large post.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on April 5, 2011 at 10:22 PM

Very cool action shot.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on April 6, 2011 at 1:04 AM

Incredible image Ron

! The hares are perfectly isolated with that green BG and FG as well. The slight diagonal line aids the composition in a subtle, but influential way. My inly suggestion is to crop this a bit tighter (at least for web presentation) to focus the attention where it should be, on the hares.

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Comment posted by Ron McCombe on April 6, 2011 at 3:29 AM

HI Nate

Many thanks, I don't know what I was thinking, it must be an age thing

May thanks all for your comments
Ron

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on April 6, 2011 at 8:23 AM

Hi Ron,

Yep, not birds - definitely!

Simple and effective - really like it. I agree with Vincent's comments, especially re: the subtle effect of the sloping line of in-focus grass - adds a lot to the image for me. I do also agree with going with a little tighter crop all-around for web presentation and I might take just a tad more off the top (than the other sides). But real nice isolation here and you definitely captured the peak of the action very well!

Good shot - thanks for sharing it...

Brad

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on April 6, 2011 at 11:38 AM

Wonderfully timed shot Ron, and the OOF BG really lends well to the image as a whole :^)

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Comment posted by Zaccaria Exhenry on April 6, 2011 at 1:25 PM

Tyson! :D Great catch, the female really look like she's gonna run the male through and through

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on April 6, 2011 at 3:22 PM

This is too funny. Love how you caught her in mid jump. The comp suits me as well, esp that line of in focus grass.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on April 6, 2011 at 5:20 PM

incredible action! I also will bay for a tighter crop

I too dig the diagonal line, it adds to the overall drama.

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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on April 7, 2011 at 1:08 AM

Wow! This HAS to be the image of the week!

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on April 8, 2011 at 11:23 AM

This is a delight. I agree a little tighter would be even better.

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