Well there was no teddy bears picnic, in fact the intent with sunshine and showers forecast was to hopefully shoot a timelapse of a rainbow over the hills. However the rainbow never really fired up and was just shy of where I was hoping it would be. I did get a great timelapse of sheep fervently mowing the field in front of me which looked quit exhausting.
Although I was stomping up through the pathless woodland to my proposed timelapse shooting spot with little thought of stealth, it had rained heavily the night before so the crispy, crunchy leaves were now silent and my progress was pretty quiet compared to other forays to this spot. I did find something rather unexpected though.
As I worked my way around fallen trees with there upended root systems, earth and rocks still clinging on, I saw a movement low in the undergrowth, now I was in stealth mode moving slowly and careful of foot placement not wanting to step on any crackly twigs. To my surprise I saw another movement, a furry coat moving through the greenery; a fox cub.
Camera in hand just in case I saw a Roe Deer, I powered it up and checked the settings and changing the focus point to the smallest available in the hopes of being able to focus through the dense foliage.
It was a struggle to keep focus through the stalks of old bracken and tall grass having to refocus regularly as the wee fellow moved in and around his domain, exploring his new world on this warm sunny afternoon. I crept closer behind the 2 metre or so diameter disc of the root system of the fallen tree to get a little closer, trouble was that I was now in a small dip where the roots of the tree had been and now had to almost stand on tiptoe whilest keeping elbows in and braced to reduce camera shake.
So cute to see this tiny beast first hand and what I failed to notice was that there was a sibling that must have been even closer which came scooting into view and on joining up they booth shot off disappearing under a mass of fallen trees and brambles. That was the last I saw of them and although it had only been a few moments it felt like much longer, at which point I remembered to take a breath.
I returned a number of times since that outing but saw now sign of either of them, but the memory of those few magical moments lives on together with a smile on my face. The timelapse failure?, long forgotten