Autumn colour

Badgers

I have spent some long nights watching Badgers and trying to get good photos of them.

Battle scarred Badger

Wet Badger. After bothering to set everything up a little rain doesn't bother me or the badger.

The Badger set
There are a number of problems trying to photograph Badgers. One of the hardest is focusing in the low level of artificial light you set up. A fast lens is needed. The Badgers don't bother about flash units going off and even get used to the noise of the shutter. They will tolerate a certain level of artificial light but soon vanish if they see movement or pick up a scent.

Posing Squirrel

This guy takes a look at the camera but continues the more interesting task of eating

Birds

Room for three

Pied Wagtail

I caught these shots of a Pied Wagtail near a local stream.

Tamron SP 300mm on Pentax K10D

Bright Eyes

Chicks

And another Summer Sight.

Too Close

I set up a simple hide and had a 400mm lens on the camera. Then the deer came right up close and this is all I could see.

Swan trouble

Our Swan gets angry about other visitors to the lake
This is what is heading your way

The reason he is being so nasty