thephotosocietyのインスタグラム(thephotosociety) - 4月19日 22時28分

Photograph by @andyparkinsonphoto // Brown hare in mid-air – As wildlife photographers we of course strive to produce the very best images that any given opportunity can allow. Ultimately we can possess all of the technical know-how, have invested in all of the most sophisticated and responsive equipment, learnt all that we can about a species and found a site where photographing them is possible. It’s then a matter of working a location tirelessly, honestly and with respect until such time as one of those opportunities comes along. From there it’s a matter of using our knowledge and our field-craft to try and position ourselves in the best location, often making tiny adjustments to factor in the fall of the light, the usefulness of the background and the expected or anticipated behaviour. And then I’m afraid it is all down to good old fashioned luck. If the hare jumps will she jump towards me, or away from me. Buggar! That’s just the way it goes! It’d been an arduous crawl and initially I was just sliding toward what I thought was a single hare, chillin’ in the middle of a snow-covered field. All of the signs were good and as it turns out he was completely unbothered by my approach, largely it turned out because of the female in oestrus that was hiding in a nearby snow-hole, a female that he was dutifully guarding. Whilst he and I had to endure the biting wind and blowing spindrift she, as Homer Simpson would say was ‘like a toastie cinnamon bun’. I only got to realise that she was even there when she poked her inquisitorial nose out during a lull in the gales. From that point on I knew that this was now a completely different opportunity, this was now a very realistic chance at capturing some backlit boxing. As it turns out, when the male did decide to tentatively approach the hole he made the mistake of being a little too forthright and overly enthusiastic in his approach, his chivalrous and respectful wait undone in a moment by a rather clumsy attempt to mate with her where she lay. Turns out her response was a little less boxy and a little more leapy, leaving him with a very disappointed look on his face! #followme at @andyparkinsonphoto

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