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Season's greetings, young one

Posted at 20:56:20 on Fri, March 14th 2008 by graham
in: animals barbarism caton countryside d40x desaturated farmanimals lamb lancashire photography sheep spring three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008

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Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 73

Spring is one of the great times to live in the countryside. Lambs are popping up everywhere, gladdening even the flintiest of hearts.

I wanted to call this picture "I has a flavour," but I decided against it.

The only thing about this image that I don't like is that the lamb's tail is tied off near the top. The farmers do this as a means of docking the tail; the tie cuts of the blood supply and eventually the majority of the tail will drop off, having died. Personally I think it's barbaric, but maybe that's just me.

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Handsome Beast

Posted at 18:36:51 on Fri, February 29th 2008 by graham
in: 200mm animals bird crookolune d40x ducks lune mallard photography three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008 wildlife

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Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 59

Female Mallard at Crook o'Lune. I particularly like the beads of water on her underbelly and the blue of her wing feathers.

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Is it mating season yet?

Posted at 23:35:36 on Mon, February 25th 2008 by graham
in: amphibian animals d40x early frog lancashire photography three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008 toad wildlife

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Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 55

My other half's parents' garden is teeming with frogs. And toads. In February. In England, for crying out loud. The pond's full of frog - and toad - spawn, too.

I don't know enough about the order Anura to be able to know what species this is, so anyone who does know, feel free to comment.

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The Stately Gentlebird

Posted at 23:07:37 on Wed, January 23rd 2008 by graham
in: 200mm animals bird d40x eric garden home pheasant photography three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008

Graham Binns posted a photo:

Three-hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 22

This is Eric. Well, he's an Eric. Eric is the generic moniker for all the cock-pheasants (there's about five of them) that roam around our garden, apart from the black ones (of which there are two), which are called Ernie. Eric and Ernie. Geddit?

This isn't the most fantabulous photo ever, but with only a 200mm lens and no monopod it was the best I could do at very short notice. This is the only time that an Eric has let me get close enough to get a decent photo of him. Not that that's a reason to not invest in a 600mm lens at some point in the future...

Colours were tweaked slightly in the Gimp to remove a blueish hue. Also, the image was sharpened a little. Notice also the blackbird in the background trying to get out of frame and failing miserably.

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Graham Binns is a writer, photographer, musician and software developer from Lancaster, England, with far too much hair, a penchant for odd t-shirts and a magnificent hat. He has been making things up for as long as he can remember and has been making code work for long enough to make a living from it.

He has written one novel, which is in the process of composting, and is working remembering how to write before embarking on a second. In the meantime, he photographs things, since it's easier not to have to make the world up in his head all of the time.