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Evening Mr Brock

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Posted by Elliott Neep on June 10, 2008 at 7:53 AM
Evening Mr Brock
The cubs have now settled down a bit and have reduced their foraging in the daytime. I think everything is a bit new at first and they are just so eager to get out of the sett. They have been out for several weeks now and I have recently noticed a change in their behaviour, coming out later and later, sometimes in the company of a young adult. I've yet to get the generations framed together, but this is my next aim.

This little chap is always the first to arrive and (for once!) timed it perfectly for the evening light. This is the shot I have had in my head since February when I first started the planning for badgers. :wavey:

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Shutter speed: 1/100 sec
Aperture: f/4
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Evaluative
ISO: 400
Lens: 300mm F/2.8 L IS USM
AF mode: AI Servo AF
Posted by Paul Inglis on June 10, 2008 at 8:21 AM
Hi Elliott,

It's great when you finally capture the mind's eye image! Cracking stuff! Beautiful image!
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Posted by Nick Caddick on June 10, 2008 at 10:55 AM
Brillant like this alot. My favourite so far of your badger series.

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Posted by Alan Woolnough on June 10, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Love the dappled light Elliot.........adds to the open-woodland feel, and a lovely shot of the badger :toast: :toast:

Alan
Posted by Paul Gibbs on June 10, 2008 at 2:22 PM
Fantastic light and subject Elliott. Lovely image of one of my favorite mammals.
Posted by Frederic Desmette on June 10, 2008 at 2:48 PM
Nice Eliott, But have you try to make a small noise....the badger would look at you and you would have eye contact. It would be better in my opinion.
Best wishes and good luck with your badger
:wavey:
Frederic
Posted by Michael Sayles on June 10, 2008 at 3:16 PM
Beautiful light, but I have to agree slightly with Frederic - the pose isn't particularly flattering. Having said that, I'd be well happy with this, as my local badgers never emerge until well after sunset :(
Posted by eric weight on June 11, 2008 at 1:03 AM
That's a lovely shot Elliot. I do find my eye being drawn to those Oof stems top right, but that is a tiny nit.
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Posted by Stephen Kaluski on June 11, 2008 at 5:20 AM
Hi Elliot, nice capture, worth waiting for. Agree with Eric about the OOF stem top right & along the trunk. Also it looks a tad too saturated, perhaps it's me :confused:

Any more?
Steve
Posted by Elliott Neep on June 11, 2008 at 5:23 AM
Cheers for the feedback guys. RE: Pose and eye contact. I have tried noises, quite a lot of noise in fact. But the young badgers are so used to me that, apart from getting up and walking around, they rarely bat an eyelid! :biggrin: I usually have to wait for one of the annoying squirrels to leap in a tree for the fella to look up. :wavey: