Monthly Archives: May 2016

Macro photography

The sun has been shining and the weather has started to warm up so I’ve been spending as much time as I can in the garden.  We’ve just bought some new garden furniture and it has been so nice to just chill out in the sunshine.

Sitting outside on Friday we noticed a damselfly flitting from plant to plant so I grabbed my camera and took a few photos.  Although I have had my macro lens for a while I haven’t really used it but now I think I’m hooked.

Small Red Damselfly side

It is so thrilling to be able to see things in such detail.

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Look at it’s little face :)

Next to cross my path was a little Beetle.

Beetle

I’m trying to learn as much as I can about different types of photography by reading articles in magazines and online, but sometimes just getting out there and practising is the best way.  It’s more enjoyable anyway :)

 

Fantastic Mrs Fox

It’s not unusual for our dog to go running out to the garden, barking as she goes.  It’s also not unlike her to bark in the night when a cheeky fox gets into our garden. She likes everyone to know she’s not to be messed with.  But about ten days ago she ran outside barking, with her nose in the air and had a really good sniff at the back gate. So, of course, we had to investigate. Not only did we discover a beautiful vixen but five bouncy, healthy cubs.

We have been watching them grow ever since.  They come out of their den in the alleyway behind our house every night at dusk.  We originally put some food out for them but since contacting experts at ‘The Fox Project’ we found out that, unless they are in need of help, it’s best to leave them to fend for themselves because apparently they are lazy by nature and by feeding them it will shrink their territory and therefore make them have less opportunities to hunt when they need to.

So, we had to be content with just watching and as our attempts to creep out at dusk to look over our fence was alerting them to our presence, we took drastic action, as any sane people would!

 Eyeholes

So now we have a great view and I can even poke my camera lens through to take photographs without disturbing them.

The cubs are adorable and constantly playing roly-poly and practising their pouncing.

Cub crop

I snapped this photo of the mum looking up as a flock of parakeets flew by.

Mum watching parakeets

Always alert and on the lookout, she is such an attentive mum.

Mum Fox

This photo was taken when the light had completely gone so it’s a bit grainy and so far I haven’t managed to get a shot of all five cubs together.

3Cubs crop

They are growing so fast and probably won’t be playing outside our garden for much longer so I hope to get more photographs of the cubs before they are fully grown, meanwhile you know where to find me.