While at the British Bird Fair we stay at the Greetham Valley Golf Club and Convention Center about 12 miles up the hill and over into the next valley from Rutland Water. As you might expect the landscape is rather on the manicured (not to say manufactured) side…it is, after all, a golf course. Still, of an English morning, or evening, before or after the golfers, it has its charm. Especially when capped by an outrageous midlands sky.

And, since the landscape is already sculpted to please the eye (and the nine-iron), all a photographer has to do is frame and expose.

Nikon Coolpix P500 at 23mm equivalent field of view, f5.6 @ 1/1000th @ ISO 160. Program with Active D-Lighting.

Processed in Lightroom for Clarity, Sharpness, and impact.

And, you only have to turn around to catch the Brown Hare bounding. (I cheated here. The Hare is a shot from the evening before…but they were out behind me on the morning too!) You might imagine, if you like, that the Hare is in charge of the manicure.

P500 at 810mm equivalent field of View, f5.7 @ 1/500th @ ISO 160. Program with Active D-Lighting.

Processed in Lightroom for Clarity and Sharpness.