Mountain Hare (Leveret) - Lepus timidus
Canon 300mm f5 for 1/250th @ iso800
The sun was setting rapidly and we were preparing for home along the single track mountain road - the sun all but gone suddenly lit up the hillside to a "blood red" colour. It was quite an unbelievable sight one of those moments that stick in the mind for years to come. A Mountain Hare leveret raised it's head from the heather allowing literally the last couple of clicks of the day. De-saturation was the order of the day for this shot as the colour red was so intense as captured by the camera.
We left the leveret to whatever nocturnal rambles it had planned, climbed into the car to the sounds of the Red Grouse calling and also somewhere out on the now darkening moor a Curlew called signalling the end of the day.
The sun was setting rapidly and we were preparing for home along the single track mountain road - the sun all but gone suddenly lit up the hillside to a "blood red" colour. It was quite an unbelievable sight one of those moments that stick in the mind for years to come. A Mountain Hare leveret raised it's head from the heather allowing literally the last couple of clicks of the day. De-saturation was the order of the day for this shot as the colour red was so intense as captured by the camera.
We left the leveret to whatever nocturnal rambles it had planned, climbed into the car to the sounds of the Red Grouse calling and also somewhere out on the now darkening moor a Curlew called signalling the end of the day.