Every Autumn Ploughing matches are held around the country by various Ploughing Societies, its quite varied and ranges from Horse drawn ploughing to the new multi horse power tractors with rotating ploughs behind them, doing more in an hour than the horses can do in half a day.
Its judged on the way the Soil has been turned over with no turf showing – its quite competitive .
Although i’ve been out a fair bit, i’ve not had much of interest to post, However last week a break in the weather had the hares moving around a bit more , allowing me some fairly close views of them .
Too often i go out with the large prime lens and end up with photos of birds stuffed into a border with no reference to where they were or what they’re doing . I’ve tried in the following to give them a bit more space.
I was lucky to get this set as i only saw this hare coming towards me at the last minute. I caught movement in the corner of my eye and saw this one running straight towards me, because of the speed i found it difficult to keep focus and find putting the focus point on the head results in a sharp focus point back from the head along the body. there we are ! practice makes perfect.
Last weekend i spent a day in Hereford trying to get close to the Hares, the thinking behind this was that the crops had now been cut and the hares , which up to now had plenty of cover to hide in, would be a bit more exposed,
It also made getting close harder. I found the best way , was to stay hidden and rely on luck – it worked in the end . I’m hoping to get back there soon and the plan is to spend some time there in the snow – if it snows this year.Their Hearing is amazing ,this hare was grooming when i saw it , i was sat in a hedge and it altered its position so as its ear was facing me , and carried on grooming , each click of the camera produced a twitching ear.
The Nature of Wales - Mostly !!
Welsh Wild Stuff 