I arose from the dinner table last evening, took a look out the front door and noticed that we had a suppertime visitor.
This “fellow” was rooting around for supper in the leaves on the inside of the stone wall down by the road; I am unsure as to what it is eating.
Of course, I took the camera and headed out the door. Porcupines are pretty easy to photograph. Their sight is not particularly keen so if one moves slowly on can get pretty close. I stopped and set up the camera/tripod about twenty or thirty feet away.
I made eleven exposures before I was noticed. At this point the critter ambled down across the road and into the woods.
I do not believe that concept of “hurry” exists in the porcupine universe!
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Excellent photos. I’ve seen porcupines twice in recent memory and each time I didn’t have my camera with me.
Comment by New Hampshire Gardener — 30 April 2015 @ 7:46 PM