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Hare spots rival male.

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Posted by Simon Litten on June 18, 2008 at 10:50 AM
Hare spots rival male.
Hi all

Went out playing with my local hare's yesterday morning and, after a fruitless two hours of lying in the mud, finally had this fella come over to check me out. After a few minutes he decided I wasn't that interesting and returned to the rest of his gang.
Compositionally I was probably about two foot too close - thems the breaks :rolleyes:

Canon 1d3 500mm with 1.4x, f7.1 @ 1/1000,iso 250, full frame, gitzo tripod, wimberley head, under camo netting, granny smith for snack :biggrin:
Posted by PhilH on June 18, 2008 at 10:54 AM
Nice, great eye contact and love that tongue :biggrin:

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Andy Bate on June 18, 2008 at 10:55 AM
great shot, love the tongue, just a thought i may be wrong but if 2feet to close could you not remove the 1.4x???
Posted by Elliott Neep on June 18, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Always nice to have a bit of tongue... :biggrin: Fabulous image of one of my favourite animals. I like the close compact composition of this photograph. Its all about the face and the expression. I think, turning the camera would have given you more room, but like this as is. :toast:
Posted by Simon Litten on June 18, 2008 at 11:23 AM
You're right Andy, taking of the 1.4x would have made for a better picture, but with my sausage fingers there's no way I could've done it without scaring the bejesus out of him!!!

Simon
Posted by Craig Nash on June 18, 2008 at 11:29 AM
I reckon he had could smell your granny smith and was licking his lips!!
Posted by Alan Bryant on June 18, 2008 at 11:30 AM
lol thats great :biggrin:
Posted by Mark Green on June 18, 2008 at 12:01 PM
LOL,, thats a great face. !!! :jump:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 18, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Instant smile on the face-cool image

Dave :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on June 18, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Great !
JR
Posted by Des Ong on June 18, 2008 at 1:01 PM
It's the expression that does it for me :toast:
Posted by Alan Woolnough on June 18, 2008 at 1:40 PM
Thats a fine Hare shot Simon,

Great stuff :toast:

Alan
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on June 18, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Big grin :smile:
Bertl
Posted by Robert Lawrence on June 18, 2008 at 3:06 PM
Very amusing. I've never seen a picture of a hare showing its tongue before. Even without it the shot would be a good one, though on my screen it looks as if it could do with a little more sharpening.
Robert
Posted by Ian Macdermott on June 18, 2008 at 6:07 PM
well thats cheered me up a bit, excellent shot Simon and looks sharp enough to me .



Ian
Posted by Justin on June 19, 2008 at 7:18 AM
Love it :biggrin: :biggrin:
Posted by Adam Seward on June 19, 2008 at 1:05 PM
I love it! The closeness is fine by me as its all about the expression.

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Posted by Matt Cole on June 19, 2008 at 3:57 PM
a very nice image, I like that a lot. Well taken.

Matt