Winning the Battle

A couple of photo's from the past.

I got interested in wild animals while I was evacuated to a village in Yorkshire for five years during the 2nd World War. It was a beautiful house on the banks of the river. The man I lived with was a military photographer and he taught me all about photography. I was actually helping in the production of  prints for the war office at the age of five. Foxes used to come into our garden and be fed. being  in the country rats and mice were plentiful and I soon learned that the presence of foxes controlled their numbers. Moving into the house where we now live we soon discovered that rats were a bit of a problem being close to woodland. So I got to work on making friends with the foxes. They are seen often in daylight and the locals love them. We now live free from rats and mice. The foxes are no trouble for the local animals and I have photographed on several occasions the foxes sharing the food with cats, dogs, hedgehogs and badgers. Up to date photo's very soon.

 

My foxey friends

I am still having trouble with the new computer. The foxes have settled down now the workmen have gone. they are back feeding and have brought a friend with them, a hedgehog. They vanished from the garden two years ago after I found a mutilated remains of one in the garden.

These are pictures of  friends that I had while at a nature reserve. I was a regular visitor and volunteer and I got to know some of the creatures quite well.

I often visited out of hours and was able to get many pictures of the undisturbed animals but this all ended 10years ago when we moved. I am expecting some good results from the garden as soon as I get the computer sorted.
 

I'm getting there.

 

I am still learning and improving my skills but I really miss my photoshop. Again this photo is a few years old taken when I lived at a previous address. Everything seems to be going wrong at the moment, my photo lighting is playing up, not turning on when the foxes are about, plus workmen are digging up the road outside the garden which is upsetting them. Still I will keep on improving my skills till I get it right.

Foxes still comming

Struggling on