One up one down ( Badgers )

One from a series taken last year.

D300
70 - 200mm f2.8 at 200mm 2.8
1/60 sec at f5.6 ISO 200
Tripod SB800 ( now deceased )

Stunning! Would love to have some of these in my files!
Well done!

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Lovely shot Ian

I take it these are cubs and that the shot was taken in day/dusk light rather than with flash, but the one on the right looks particularly light on my monitor?

Thanks for the comments

Jeff they were both cubs and it was taken at dusk with a bit of fill in flash, the one on the right was a much lighter colour then the rest of the set. There was also a almost reddy brown one which was unfortunately found run over.

Thanks Ian - that's very interesting I've read that there can be quite a wide colour variation within a litter. Shame about the reddy brown one

Ian

A cracking shot and the timing is interesting which produced a great result.

A great shot of something I have never had the oportunity to photograph. Have you used PS to get rid of red-eye? The eyes of both animals don't look quite right somehow.

Hi Ian, I once sat in a field from 1am to 4am waiting to photograph Badgers and came away with nothing. So very envious of any Badger shots posted, think I need to brush up on my field craft smart shot by the way.

Andy...

Very beautiful - love it.

Ah yes I remember them well. Nicely captured Mac.
The ones that have been run over do tend to be a reddy brown

Ian a delightful image of the two and flash handled well.

What a great capture. Well done.

Hi Ian, this is great and I love the expression on the one on the left.