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First Hare + repost

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Posted by Robert Lawrence on January 11, 2012 at 3:10 PM
First Hare + repost
Back in the summer I had a weekend in the Brecon Beacons. Having put up a hare whilst walking one evening I went back the following evening in the hope of seeing it again. Having spotted it from the car I had to make a stalk of some 150 yards over open, sheep cropped turf interspersed with small clumps of rushes. 45 mins later I was at my target site wondering how I could possibly slip the lens under a tight wire fence without being seen in order to get my shots. Whilst pondering this, the hare calmly got up, stretched and wandered off!! To say I was gutted was an understatement as there are no hares where I live. I stood up to ease the tension in my back and there, about 50 yards away was another. Ducking back down and with the light fading rapidly I managed to get within shooting distance and get my first ever hare images.
This is cropped a bit as I was at the limit of any cover with just open ground in front of me. Dark blobs are the numerous sheep droppings (in which I was covered).
1/500th @ F5.6 iso 800
500mm
Posted by PhilH on January 11, 2012 at 3:26 PM
A great narrative to an image I find very endearing, rules of composition are being broken and maybe a touch of a blue cast... but for your first Hare I think you have captured the character superbly...

:toast: :toast: :wavey: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Neil Burton on January 11, 2012 at 3:27 PM
Slightly magenta/blue but expression says it all really.
Posted by Robert Lawrence on January 11, 2012 at 4:09 PM
thanks for the comments. Here is a repost with a slightly warmer look.
Posted by Bob Johnson on January 12, 2012 at 2:47 AM
You have captured the essence of the hare in both your picture and your yarn :wink:

Bob :smile:
Posted by Cliff Young on January 12, 2012 at 3:17 AM
Great story to set the scene and nice opportunist shot, just a pity about the oof green - guess that's the price you had to pay, along with the sheep droppings ....... :smile:
Cliff
Posted by keith mitchell on January 12, 2012 at 4:11 AM
Hi Robert .
Pleased you got your reward for your hard work,i like the second one the best ,all in all a very good image.

Keith.
Posted by Ian Haskell on January 12, 2012 at 3:11 PM
Hares are great. The second shot is very nice....let hope we get some snow in the next few weeks and then we'll have a few in the snow too!

Ian
Posted by Ian Mason on January 12, 2012 at 4:53 PM
Love the eye contact. I would guess he didn't hang around much longer.
Posted by Nick Mckeown on January 12, 2012 at 5:34 PM
Prefer the second image and my preference would be to have more hare visible but it is still a great image.

Nick. :toast: :toast: :toast: :smile: :wavey:
Posted by Paul Whippey on January 15, 2012 at 5:47 PM
Very nice image. Love the back story to this one too. :toast: :toast: :toast: