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    At last a Badger

    Hi All,

    On and off I have been watching this Badger sett for 3 years, finally I saw some cubs in daylight, unfortunately there is masses of vegetation around the holes, left deliberately by the Drainage people who look after the drains which criss cross the fens, I just could not get a clean shot, as I am sure people can tell I have had to clone out various bits of green stuff from across the body, being my first ever I am still happy.


    1 by Paul Elliott, on Flickr


    Paul

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    Re: At last a Badger

    Well caught Paul, wouldn't worry about the vegetation - shows the animal in it's natural environment.
    I would be extremely pleased if I had captured a shot like this.

    Bill.
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      Paul, what a great shot, a natural looking shot of a sow badger in its normal environment. Shots like this are not easy to get, I've got a Sett in my woods that I no longer bother to photograph - Why, because it would be the same type of shot every time, badgers emerging from sett, having a good scratch, bit of in-fighting before trotting off for the nights foraging (they will come out to my call knowing there are peanuts waiting for them) I know there are people who just love that type of shot - badger sitting on a mound (Spoil heap) nice clean OOF background and every hair on its body pin sharp, nothing else to clutter the image - what I term the 'Field Guide Image' the same can be said of some bird shots, bird sitting on top of twig with blue sky BG, I appreciate with birds its the only option you got. Pictures such as these don't tell a story in my opinion. Your's does, over the yeas I spent thousands of hours studying badgers and also trying to get decent shots of them foraging away from the sett - like yours - it takes a lot of the three P's to achieve.
      Trev

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        Well seen and captured. Great shot
        Regards,

        Jeff

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          #5
          Re: At last a Badger

          Great shot Paul, well taken, I don't worry about cloning stuff out, as Bill said, nature at it's best
          Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way

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            #6
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            Thanks for looking and the kind comments, especially the shared experiences, much appreciated

            Paul

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