Tag: woods

Woodland moods

If you go down to the woods today ……

I spent some time in the woods on the North Downs in Surrey near Caterham yesterday to enjoy a rare sunny day with Toffee Dog and my cameras, trying to capture the mood of the woods in the midst of winter.  The creepers entwine themselves around the trees in tight spindly embraces which constrict and smother.  A touch of green promises warmer times to come.

These images are available individually in 40 x 16 inch (1.0 x 0.4m) panels or as a set of 4 panels in either Acrylic or Blockmounts.  Contact Len Abrams for details.

A ‘skulk’ of fox pups – Putting in the time to capture wildlife images

Fox pup
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In April a ‘skulk’ of four fox pups and their parents appeared in a den in woodlands not far from my home on the North Downs in Surrey.  I came across them by accident on a walk with my Labrador pup – there in a field were a frolic of pups playing in the sun who scampered when they saw us but then could not resist peeking back at us.  I took Toffee dog home and returned with my camera to start a series of watches which were each about 3 – 4 hours long – I did eight or nine watches over a period of 2 weeks and captured a great set of images.  These images won the “Editor’s Choice” award in Amateur Photographer Magazine – see the Blog entry. Continue reading “A ‘skulk’ of fox pups – Putting in the time to capture wildlife images”