“Eye shine” is a major problem when photographing wildlife at night. Sometimes, I retouch eyes so they aren’t so distracting. In these shots, Rabbit #2 looks demonic or like he’s internally illuminated. A furry nightlight! During the thaw, I found him beyond the edge of his usual territory (north of the Fire Station) snooping under the leaf litter for green things to eat. It’s not a problem this winter. Grass is still slightly green in most areas instead of its characteristic dried tan.
Since the millpond trail brings plenty of humans through his territory, he’s not particularly disturbed by our presence. Yet, as a prey species, he’s hardwired to never let his guard down entirely. As I moved closer, he evaluated his escape strategies and finally bolted to seek the safety of an evergreen tree on his own turf.
positively spooky!
How delightful! While you were looking at my blog, I was looking at yours, Christine. I was reading about the heat you have experienced and then went to WeatherUnderground to read more about it. Wow. You can read about it here: http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2323
Felt sorry for that flushable frog. Cute little guy. And those incredible pelicans swimming in synch with each other. Beautiful!
Thanks, Doug and Christine. This site really spells out what you’ve been enduring down under! How strange, seeing opposite sides of the earth simultaneously!
Christine, I have not been able to comment – trying to set up new ID and pass – hasn’t worked yet. Have enjoyed everything anyway.