Let sleeping dogs lie…

….or a leveret in this case.

I have mentioned in previous images that photographing mountain hare leverets can involve a lot of waiting as they do a lot of this.

Always keen to avoid disturbing my subject, particularly a venerable young leveret, I opted to use a focal length of 600mm giving me a 35mm equivalent of 900mm so that I kept me distance and allowed this chap have pleasant dreams.

Once awake, and over a period of time some leverets will become comfortable with my presence and allow me use lenses that give a much wider field of view.

Camera Nikon D500
Lens Nikon 600mm f4
Aperture f/7.1
Shutter Speed 1/1000 sec
ISO 500