Mountain Hare - Lepus timidus
Canon 100-400 for 1/2500th @ iso400
The "one eyed" hare his lack of an eye in no way held him back when on running across the snow and ice covered slopes of the hills.
After a trip to the woods which had given us some views of Red Squirrels we had made our way the ten miles or so down the valley and wandered across the snow covered fields towards the mountain slopes. The sun now low in the sky was turning the ice a blue colour.
The hare was sitting up on a small rise and taken a few in-situ type shots it was initially apparent that his eye was missing - the hare got up and ran towards us - giving an opportunity to try out the autofocus of the 1DX MK2 and 100-400mm combination on a fast moving subject. The lens held up to the task and the capability of the Mk2 to allow continuous shooting without buffering is pretty spectacular.
Equally spectacular is the ability for the Mountain Hares to clear those snow and ice covered slopes and to run at full speed up almost vertical slopes in such a seemingly effortless manner.
The "one eyed" hare his lack of an eye in no way held him back when on running across the snow and ice covered slopes of the hills.
After a trip to the woods which had given us some views of Red Squirrels we had made our way the ten miles or so down the valley and wandered across the snow covered fields towards the mountain slopes. The sun now low in the sky was turning the ice a blue colour.
The hare was sitting up on a small rise and taken a few in-situ type shots it was initially apparent that his eye was missing - the hare got up and ran towards us - giving an opportunity to try out the autofocus of the 1DX MK2 and 100-400mm combination on a fast moving subject. The lens held up to the task and the capability of the Mk2 to allow continuous shooting without buffering is pretty spectacular.
Equally spectacular is the ability for the Mountain Hares to clear those snow and ice covered slopes and to run at full speed up almost vertical slopes in such a seemingly effortless manner.