Rabbits

Cottontail Rabbit With A Tick

By |2023-01-25T10:41:50-06:00May 23, 2021|Categories: Rabbits|Tags: , , |

The Baby Cottontail Rabbit that I have posted about (Baby Cottontail Rabbit) and (Baby Cottontail Rabbit Visiting) has picked up a large tick. I wished it would let me get that tick off. That tick should be dropping off soon, as full as it looks.

Cottontail Rabbit With Tick
Cottontail Rabbit With Tick

How I Got The Shot: Cottontail Rabbit With A Tick

I sat on the ground hand-holding my camera and lens.

Gear Used:

  • Camera: Canon EOS R5                            
  • Lens: Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II 

Technical:

  • Location: Lavaca (Arkansas)
  • Date and Time Taken: May 22, 2021 (08:33 A. M.)
  • Aperture: f7.1
  • Shutter speed: 1/500
  • ISO: 1600
  • White Balance: Kelvin 6100
  • Exposure Mode: Manual
  • Metering Mode: Evaluative
  • Back-button Focus
  • Animal Eye Auto Focus
  • Exposure Compensation: 0
  • Focal Length: 400 mm
  • Processed With Luminar 4

Baby Cottontail Rabbit Visiting

By |2023-01-26T03:53:09-06:00May 20, 2021|Categories: Rabbits|Tags: , , |

This is the same baby Cottontail Rabbit that I wrote about a few days ago (Baby Cottontail Rabbit). It is still living under my deck and will come out to visit when I am outside.

Baby Cottontail Rabbit In My Yard
Baby Cottontail Rabbit In My Yard

Gear Used:

  • Camera: Canon EOS R5
  • Lens: Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS II

Technical:

I got close while hand-holding my camera and lens.

  • Location: Lavaca (Arkansas)
  • Date and Time Taken: May 17, 2021 (02:01 P. M.)
  • Exposure Mode: Manual
  • Aperture: f5.6
  • Shutter speed: 1/250
  • ISO: 640
  • White Balance: Auto
  • Metering Mode: Evaluative
  • Back-button Focus
  • Animal Eye Focus
  • Exposure Compensation: 0
  • Focal Length: 400 mm
  • Processed With Luminar 4

Related Posts:

  1. Cottontail Rabbit Reaching
  2. Eastern Cottontail Rabbit In The Open
  3. Cottontail Rabbit Relaxing

Baby Cottontail Rabbit

By |2023-01-27T13:55:02-06:00May 10, 2021|Categories: Rabbits|Tags: , |

I was doing yard work when this baby Cottontail Rabbit ran out from under my deck. It got against a pine tree and was difficult to see.

Baby Cottontail Rabbit
Baby Cottontail Rabbit

How I Got The Shot: Baby Cottontail Rabbit

When the rabbit stopped and got against the tree I went into my house and got my camera. I photographed the rabbit while hand-holding my camera and lens.

Gear Used:

  • Camera: Fujifilm X-T3
  • Lens: Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS II (attached with a Fringer EF-FX Pro)

Technical:

  • Location: Lavaca (Arkansas)
  • Date and Time Taken: April 30, 2021 (03:40 P. M.)
  • Aperture Priority
  • Aperture: f8
  • Shutter speed: 1/300 (as determined by the camera)
  • ISO: 1600
  • White Balance: Auto
  • Metering Mode: Multi
  • Back-button Focus
  • Single Point Auto Focus
  • Exposure Compensation: 0
  • Focal Length: 400 mm
  • Processed With Luminar 4

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  • Eastern Cottontail Rabbit In The Open

    By |2022-12-28T14:21:55-06:00February 28, 2020|Categories: Rabbits|

    I am beginning to see the Eastern Cottontail Rabbit out in the open here in my area. I see them year around, but in the winter I only get glimpses of them.

    This Rabbit has appeared in the same area for the past several days. It allows me to get close and I have also been seeing another one in this same spot.

    Eastern Cottontail Rabbit In The Open
    Eastern Cottontail Rabbit In The Open

    How I Got The Shot – Eastern Cottontail Rabbit In The Open

    I saw this Rabbit near my place in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas.

    I was hand holding a Canon EOS 7D Mark II camera with a EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens attached.

    Camera Settings

    • AV Mode
    • Back-button Focus
    • Aperture f5.6
    • ISO 640
    • Shutter speed – 1/1600 of a second
    • Auto White Balance
    • Single Point, Continuous Auto Focus
    • Multi Metering
    • Focal Length – 400 mm

    Swamp Rabbit With Deer Fly

    By |2019-07-10T12:40:58-05:00July 3, 2019|Categories: Rabbits|

    I photographed this Swamp Rabbit with a Deer Fly on its nose near my cabin in the Ouachita Mountains here in Arkansas. These Deer Flies seem extra terrible this year for animals and humans. They lay eggs near water or dampness and it has been a wet year here in Arkansas so far. I had one trying to bite me on the face while I was photographing this rabbit.

    Swamp Rabbit With Deer Fly
    This Swamp Rabbit has a Deer Fly on its nose.

    How I Got The Shot

    I was hand holding my Fujifilm X-T3 with a Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II lens attached with a Fringer EF-FX Pro. I was shooting in aperture priority mode (AV) with a shutter speed of 1/1100 of a second at f7.1 and the ISO at 2500. I also had a -0.3 exposure value. White Balance on auto.

    Swamp Rabbit Facts

    • Swamp Rabbits are large cottontail rabbits found in the swamps and wetlands of the southern United States.
    • These rabbits like wet areas, and will take to water and swim.
    • Swamp rabbits spend a great deal of their time in depressions that they dig in tall grass or leaves, providing cover while they wait until the nighttime to forage.

    Deer Fly Facts

    Cottontail Rabbit Reaching

    By |2019-07-10T12:53:17-05:00June 22, 2019|Categories: Rabbits|

    I photographed this Cottontail Rabbit reaching for a plant to eat near the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge office in Oklahoma. This was back on May 15th before the flood. The office area flooded, and the employees moved to a space at the Vian, Oklahoma School. Most of the Refuge was completely under water.

    I read on Facebook that most of the refuge is back open and that they have worked hard on cleanup.

    Here is a link to some flood damage posted on Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge Facebook page: Damage Report

    Cottontail Rabbit Reaching
    Cottontail Rabbit Reaching for Food at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

    How I Got The Shot

    I was leaving the refuge when I spotted this Cottontail near the restroom. I was able to park and photograph this Rabbit from my pickup.

    I had my Fujifilm X-T3 camera resting on a bean bag draped over the open window of my pickup with a Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II lens attached with a Fringer EF-FX Pro. I was shooting in aperture priority mode (AV) with a shutter speed of 1/320 of a second at f5.6 and the ISO at 800. I also had a -0.3 exposure value. White Balance was set on auto.

    Cottontail Rabbit Facts