Not bad for a phone camera eh! Still not in the league of those "professional" photographers over in the Insect of the Day thread :P
I haven't been on that thread for a while, but it's why I stopped looking at it, as I feel too intimidated by the professionalism of the photos to want to post a blurry phone photo of a caterpillar/moth/etc that I've been excited to spot!
Not bad for a phone camera eh! Still not in the league of those "professional" photographers over in the Insect of the Day thread :P
I haven't been on that thread for a while, but it's why I stopped looking at it, as I feel too intimidated by the professionalism of the photos to want to post a blurry phone photo of a caterpillar/moth/etc that I've been excited to spot!
We have to create a separate place where anyone having a "daily wildlife moment" feels welcome One day when we are old we might be able to afford the special cameras of those on the Insect of the Day thread. In the meantime we should not feel intimidated by aged persons who have been a forum members for a long time.
The pic of the doe isn't on my lawn. It's on the lawn of the empty house next door that they want to pull down and put 45 houses on instead. Someone has been cutting the lawn, but all of the borders are being allowed to just grow. Hence the huge docks in flower. It is not even my photo. One of the neighbours overlooking the lawn area took it, (using a phone)but says I can use it to get publicity if necessary. When she visited my garden, we just got a black and white on the trailcam. She has walked across the lawn a couple of times in broad daylight, but due to the old orchard next door now 6ft deep in thistles etc, she vanishes like houdini. No crashing through the undergrowth. No breaking down a trail like the foxes. We want to try and relocate her back to her herd before the builders move in, but no one is interested unless she is injured (RSPCA) or causes an accident(police). the group of neighbours have even offered to have a whipround for funds for someone with a tranquilliser gun, but still no joy. If I tell you we are less than 500 yards as the crow flies from Junction 25 M1 /A52, and on a main road, you see the problem. We took this video with a trailcam after we discovered slot shaped foot prints in a newly dug flowerbed. This is on my garden, by the pond area. We thought she might be coming to drink.
My friend who lived in California in her 20's says we have a totally different attitude to wealth than the Americans. In USA, they see someone with a nice car, and they think, "if I work hard, I can get that for myself." Aspiration. In UK we have too many of the "why should they have that when I haven't? If I can't have it , I will spoil it for them" Hence why when my dad got a brand new car for the first time, in his 50's, and he parked it in the works car park, where only other people who work with him could go, some git went down the side of it and keyed it. It had to be someone who knew him, knew that for years he drove an old transit van while he worked overtime to bring up four kids on a busdrivers wages. I also had a car keyed half an hour after I picked it up from the showroom. It still had the paper seat covers on. It totally spoilt that pride I had in something that I had worked hard for. Now I just ignore all the dings from the supermarket car park. We have the politics of envy in this country. I was brought up to believe that you could do anything you wanted if you put your mind to it, focussed on the goal, and worked hard. Lucky maybe. The harder I work, the luckier I get. I was lucky to see whale sharks swimming round us in the water off Christmas Island. We planned it like a military operation, timing was key, a lot of research to get the best site and best time. In the end it paid off.
@fidgetbones - agree completely. Work, save, decide how you want to spend your well-earned gains. That might be a new car or a fancy camera or loads of rare plants for the garden. Personal choice and nobody else's business.
I hope you manage to get that roe hind home soon.
@algonia - no idea how old you are but as you go thru life incomes and spending priorities change depending on many things. Make the best of what you have, save for what you want, share what you can and don't be negative about people with bigger, better toys than yours. They may have given up holidays, drinking, smoking, whatever to get something they deem more rewarding and better value.
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Took this a couple of weeks ago, it flew into my conservatory.
Wouldn't post first time.
I haven't been on that thread for a while, but it's why I stopped looking at it, as I feel too intimidated by the professionalism of the photos to want to post a blurry phone photo of a caterpillar/moth/etc that I've been excited to spot!
We have to create a separate place where anyone having a "daily wildlife moment" feels welcome
I hope you manage to get that roe hind home soon.
@algonia - no idea how old you are but as you go thru life incomes and spending priorities change depending on many things. Make the best of what you have, save for what you want, share what you can and don't be negative about people with bigger, better toys than yours. They may have given up holidays, drinking, smoking, whatever to get something they deem more rewarding and better value.