Posted by Elliott Neep on June 2, 2008 at 12:31 PM
Now that I have joined UKNP officially - yep finally paid up - I can post an image every day I promise I won't.
A bit of a grab shot this one. It was taken about two weeks ago but had left it on another card so it was almost formatted! Glad I always check the contents before formatting. This was such an amazing encounter too.
This is the runt of the clan and he really is tiny. On my break-through day, he caught my scent and decided to follow it to the source. We came face-to-face for the first time. He really had to crane his neck up to see me. He just gave me a big sniff from about 18inches away and decided that I was OK. What a relief!? He hung around for a couple of minutes before moving along through the undergrowth. My heart was pounding. It was then I took the card out and put it in my pocket for safe-keeping! C&C Welcomed...
Camera Model: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Shutter speed: 1/25 sec
Aperture: f/4
Exposure mode: Av
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Evaluative
ISO: 200
Lens: 300mm f/2.8
Focal length: 420mm
Tripod, Gimbal, Remote lead
Edit: It appears that one of the 4 cubs that I have photographed has not made it. I found it dead outside a sett a couple of nights ago. By all appearances, it was the runt, this badger in the photo above. I could not help but be upset. I am not sure how it died. Form what I can gather it died in the sett and dragged out side. I fear, it was due to the lousy weather and pneumonia, but there is such a high mortality rate with young badgers that it could have been anything.
Thanks or the comments. It has been a little rough lately with the loss of one of the cubs. I had a good night last night having spent most of the day at the sett making sure the other cubs have survived.
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11 repliesA bit of a grab shot this one. It was taken about two weeks ago but had left it on another card so it was almost formatted!
This is the runt of the clan and he really is tiny. On my break-through day, he caught my scent and decided to follow it to the source. We came face-to-face for the first time. He really had to crane his neck up to see me. He just gave me a big sniff from about 18inches away and decided that I was OK. What a relief!? He hung around for a couple of minutes before moving along through the undergrowth. My heart was pounding. It was then I took the card out and put it in my pocket for safe-keeping! C&C Welcomed...
Camera Model: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Shutter speed: 1/25 sec
Aperture: f/4
Exposure mode: Av
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Evaluative
ISO: 200
Lens: 300mm f/2.8
Focal length: 420mm
Tripod, Gimbal, Remote lead
Edit: It appears that one of the 4 cubs that I have photographed has not made it. I found it dead outside a sett a couple of nights ago. By all appearances, it was the runt, this badger in the photo above. I could not help but be upset. I am not sure how it died. Form what I can gather it died in the sett and dragged out side. I fear, it was due to the lousy weather and pneumonia, but there is such a high mortality rate with young badgers that it could have been anything.
Your having fun with this sett aren't you?!
mark
Tim
Alan
Very nice indeed. I was planning on doing some Badger shots this year but it has been birds ever since:)
Hope to see more.
Edwin Kats
JR
Ian
A lovely image, great eye contact and a very pleasant setting.
Matt
Awesome capture! Lovely story!
Well done!
greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Paul