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Easter Hare


Easter Hare
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Copyright: Ivan Kruys (Argus) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3748 W: 186 N: 11161] (34473)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-04-02
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Canon 400D, Canon EF 300 f4L + Canon 1.4 converter
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/800 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-04-05 7:09
Viewed: 1120
Points: 80
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I 'm not keen on combining anything to do with religion on TN, but I also realise that many people are off work during Easter and that symbols are used to mark the occasion. We have had a number of rabbits of various species on TN, but I haven't seen many hares.

This individual suddenly popped up about 30 meters away while I was looking for new bird arrivals in a nature reserve just out of town.

This is the Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) that was introduced into Sweden during the latter half of the nineteenth century. It is now found on agricultural and open land in Southern Sweden.

It is fairly common and widespread in the whole of Europe except the far north.

This is my first mammal post on TN. It is also my last post before Ulla and I travel to Cyprus on Easter Monday for a week.

I use this hare as a symbol for the Easter Holidays and with it I wish those celebrating Easter and others with extra time off a happy holiday and those not on holiday a good weekend!

jmp, cicindela, fiyo, MommaMiaX3, vanderschelden, jcoowanitwong, ramthakur, anel, Alex99, scottevers7, Tamrock, iris, gannu, pvb, scharan1, peter_stoeckl, cedryk, horia, Debz, alenka has marked this note useful
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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1168 W: 261 N: 3035] (13835)
  • [2007-04-05 7:28]

Hi Ivan,

A great capture with good exposure,colors and details,I see them as well quite often ,but never managed to get a descent shot,anyway have a nice holiday in Cypres,at the moment we are in Augusta (sicily) and have nice sunny weather,we will sail tomorrow morning to Algiers (Algeria).

Regards,
Paul

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  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1740 W: 95 N: 2273] (8411)
  • [2007-04-05 7:43]

Hi Ivan,
Excellen capture very sharp, detailed and with a great light. Pose and composition are really good.
Have a good holiday in Cyprus!
TFS, José M.

Bellissima foto, Ivan!
Ottima messa a fuoco della lepre.

Ciao e grazie.
Franco

bonjour ivan
et bravo car ce n'est pas chose facile de surprendre un lievre et surtout de reussir un si bon cliché,le 1.4x a du etre bien utile.
laurent

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2252 W: 10 N: 2594] (15451)
  • [2007-04-05 8:53]

Hola Ivan,
magnífica captura,
original y excelente imagen.
la luz es perfecta y bg.
saludos TFS.

Hello Ivan!
Bravo! Really bravo! Not only for nice and interesting note but (or maybe mainly) because of:
1.your first mammal photo on TN (I belive you should add it to the theme "Mammals of Europe" :>)
2.Great timing (in a few days Easter will be!) - and there is no religion context :>
3. or maybe 1 as you wish, this is really nice picture (and a little funny for me - mailny because this species makes me laught :>).
Have a nice Eastern on Cyprus and best greetings for you and Ulla! :>
Radomir

Hi Ivan,
Happy to see your Easter Bunny.Good shot, good Dof and good details.
Regards,
Smitha.

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  • fiyo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 986 W: 5 N: 2715] (10472)
  • [2007-04-05 9:11]

Hello Ivan,
Great shot, very good POV and pose. Sharpness,details and colors are excellent.
Very well done .TFS..

Hej Ivan
Really cool shot of this little one :)
TFS
Ralf

...Glad påsk till dig och Ulla :) Vi hörs.

Hello Ivan,

Such a beautiful capture of this hare. Fantastic sharpness, and great POV. Love the detail in this hare's hair (sorry couldn't resist :) Excellent lighting and well composed. Thanks so much for sharing!

Ange

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2007-04-05 10:06]

Hi Ivan,

Fine capture of this hare. He looks as if he is ready to take off. I love the look on his face. Wonderful colors, details, and natural setting. Oh to have grass instead of the rocks we have here!

Jane

Hi Ivan,
Good image; well composed. Excellent fore- and background.
TFS
Annick

Hello Ivan,
I love the pose and detail that you recorded. This is a fine example of hare. Like a thoroughbred:) TFS this fine picture.
JC

Hello Ivan,
The hare is well captured!
I like the attitude of total awareness, and focus is exact and appropriate...
Good colour & details in the fur coat!
Greetings & Happy Easter,
Pablo -

Hej Ivan,
very nice "påskhare", it standout well from the BG.
Good details, well composed and nice colours.
Well done, mf

Hoppas att ni får en skön och trevlig resa till Cypern.

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  • Zeno Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 451 W: 0 N: 975] (8383)
  • [2007-04-05 11:39]

Hi Ivan,

This hare looks very alert and is ready to run. Nice clear and crispy shot. Natural colors and very sharp eye.
TFS.

regards,
Zeno.

Nice picture of this cute little thing, Ivan.
Reminds me of story of The Hare and the Tortoise I used to hear in my childhood and wonder why a slogger is a winner in this fable :-)!
You have captured the subject just at the moment when its steps seem to have been arrested momentarily by a sense of sudden fear. It is visible in the eye.
Have a great Easter holiday in Cyprus!
Ram

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  • GLEM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 526 W: 87 N: 697] (6099)
  • [2007-04-05 15:02]

hi Ivan
fantastique prise de vue, l'affût devait être bien préparé. Très bonne netteté, éclairage subtile.

tfs

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1689 W: 0 N: 3811] (15342)
  • [2007-04-05 15:52]

Hello Ivan,
Yes it is amazing to see a mammal from you. Good composition and beautiful natural colours for this hare-picture. I would like to wish you and Ulla a nice travel to Cyprus (may be once you will come and see the Alps )
Best regards
Anne

Good Ivan. Nice shot. Very good tones and crop, excellent patient to wait for him. Well done. tfs. Stev

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3318 W: 149 N: 6113] (18646)
  • [2007-04-05 22:24]

Thanks Ivan for your Easter hare!! He should be able to carry more Easter eggs than the Easter bunny!!
He's posing very uprightly for you, and from his expression I'm sure he knows you're there too.
TFS
Janice

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 1 N: 5207] (17607)
  • [2007-04-05 23:18]

Hello Ivan,
A very fiting posting, this image is sharp and colorful, with a great point of view, you should consider more mammals Ivan.
Rick

hi ivan,
very nice shot, liked the pose very much, well composed shot with fine pov, nice eye contact,
tfs ®ards
pankaj

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3551 W: 143 N: 5621] (18399)
  • [2007-04-06 11:59]

Hi Ivan.
Your shot is simply outstanding. Bravo, my friend. Excellent job. Great expressiveness of the scene and skillfulness of the photographer. My congratulations.

Amazing composition and details of the animal. Great DOf and BG. Perfect lighting and exposure, etc., etc. My best wishes and TFS.
Alexei.

Hi Ivan,
An excellent capture on this Brown Hare. The light quality was really nice here. The exposure looks spot on. Nice colors and very sharp detail. I really like the isolation with the shallow DOF. All the attention stays on the Hare. Nice shot!
Scott

hej ivan!
beautiful picture on this
very fine animal
sharp with perfect pov and dof
nice bg and good composition too
great shot!

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  • Ken52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 640 W: 98 N: 1241] (4189)
  • [2007-04-06 19:50]

Nice job capturing this one. They are difficult to photograph. Great details, colors and depth of field. The eye is outstanding! (much better than the rabbit I just posted)

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-04-06 20:42]

Hello Ivan

Nicely captured and very seasonally appropriate post.The bunny is at high alert.Very good details and colours,wonderful eye detail.Don't worry the rabbit was a pagan symbol and represents birth as part of the rites of Spring.The pagans were nature lovers,so very TN politically correct ;)TFS

Rob

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  • iris Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 469 W: 60 N: 947] (3016)
  • [2007-04-07 9:58]

Hello Ivan
First of all a Happy Easter to U and Ulla.

LOve the way you got the hare standing up quite alert.The focus on the eye is quite nice and BG nicely blurred gives the bunny full attention.Good PoV & sharpness.
TFS & Cheers

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 4 N: 3260] (14687)
  • [2007-04-07 22:56]

Dear Ivan,
Wonderful shot and the framing of the Hare and its standing is classic. Moreover the color of the object and the background is great. Good shot and thanks for sharing.
Ganesh

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  • pvb Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 376 W: 16 N: 495] (1861)
  • [2007-04-08 6:09]

Hi Ivan.
Great to see him from so close. Here they are far away in the field and very fast.
Great composition, sharpness and details.
I also like the light.
Have a nice week in Cyprus and I am looking forward to see some pictures from there.
TFS Paula

Olá Ivan

Bonita esta foto, imagem excelente e muito interessante.
Cores muito bonitas também. Boa captura, parabéns!

Abraços,
Vera.

Hello Ivan,
a monumental hare in all its wildness and alertness - a perfect presentation for the time of the year on a site dealing with wildlife! While most of us are just seeing rabbits, and most of them are even made of chocolate these days. Great sharpness from very long distance, wonderful natureal colours, a strictly made perfect composition. Thank you!
With best regards,
Peter

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  • OzBY Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 182 W: 2 N: 312] (1085)
  • [2007-04-16 4:26]

Hi Ivan,

Great picture of this hare.
Great color, position, sharpness, lighting and background.

Oz

Hello Ivan,
Very nice Easter bunny :-) I like this very clear composition. Perfect POV and nice spring colours too.
Best greetings,
Michal

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2167 W: 218 N: 4377] (14870)
  • [2007-04-18 8:04]

Hi Ivan

I somehow missed this one when it was originally posted and i'm sorry! It's a splendid shot and so very fitting for Easter :)
The pose of this charming hare is excellent and the composition you managed here is outstanding!
The lighting and details are also superb and i love to see that big eye so clearly.
The low POV is also great and the shallow DOF does well to focus all the attention on it and to blurr the BG so nicely.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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  • Debz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 516 W: 0 N: 846] (3307)
  • [2007-04-22 7:41]

Hi Ivan, a real beauty here! Lovely Hare, I have never managed to catch one. Nice POV and good light, with good sharpness on the hare. Lovely composition.
tfs
deba

Very nice rabbit shot. Sharp with cool fuzzy background. Well done.

hI Ivan
Excellent capture wiht very nice light and compo.
Regards.
Jorge

Hi Ivan,

What a great pose this hare striked for you! Lovely warm colour combination with his coat tip colour coming close to the dry bits of grass, against nicely blured background. Very nice, thanks.

Alenka

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