Late nights and loads of peanuts were needed to get these badger pics. This is a youngster who allowed me to take his portrait. He was totally obsessed by the nuts I put out for him and left the sett early to be first there, except when it rained. He did not like the rain at all. The sound of him crunching the nuts was sooooo loud. I felt really chuffed to be allowed to come so close to a superb animal as this in his own environment. Long live fieldcraft.
For the teccies amonst you, the photos were taken using a 105mm macro lens, Nikon D2Xs and SB800 flash. He was not bothered in the slightest by the flash but I had to keep still. Any sideways movement or sharp sound was a no-no but he took no notice of the camera shutter.
