I was driving down off the Lammermuir Hills,looking across the fields to the distant hillside to see if the short eared owls were out hunting.They weren’t but my eye was drawn to the drystone wall alongside the road.A meadow pipit was sat in the glow of the last of the evening light and so I eased up alongside,shut off the engine,positioned the camera on the window beanbag and focused in on the bird.Surprise,surprise,it didn’t fly off!
Here are some of the images that I got,in some really lovely light.
Evening song.
Preening.
All fluffed up.
And some more preening.
A final fluff out and shake.
Hope you like them as much as I do. Bye bye.
Wow! Absolutely love these images…the colours are amazing…just shows the results you can get if the light is right (and you have the birds well trained so they don’t fly off!) You make it look so easy!
Thanks alot Viv.
Beautiful lighting, they say Cornwall has the best lighting, but your shots prove otherwise !!
Thanks Lee.Looking out the window at the moment.Cornwalls’ reputation is well safe!
And the Pipit is nature at its best. The light is fantastic. You sure you don’t camp out all hours to get these perfect pictures???
Thanks Sandra.It’s all luck.And Ollie’s advice of course!