Richard Bell's Wild West Yorkshire Nature Diary, Saturday, 20th March 2010
FROGS
AREN'T good at taking direction. They insist on going out of frame as I attempt
to film my first wildlife movie. I set up my new Olympus Tough
camera on a tripod by our back garden pond and leave it running for 10 minutes.
Hopefully I can find a suitable clip from their sporadic tussles for a 5 minute
film I'm making for Wakefield Naturalists' Society members'
night next month.
Gusts of wind riffle the surface of the pond, confusing my little camera, which
can't decide whether to focus on the froggy action or the reflection of the
bare branches of the Golden Hornet crab apple that keeps appearing when the
water settles again.
The
Chinese basketwork puppy and the fungus model were drawn at Barbara's sister
Susan's. At least they stay still as I focus on them.