The tale of the wild baby bunny

Once upon a time a 365er went to Verulamium Park in St.Albans where, to her delight, she saw a load of wild rabbits hopping around. Some of them were little baby rabbits.
The baby rabbits weren't as wary of the 365er as their Mum and Dad were, so the 365er was able to get one or two photos of them.

The 365er wasn't happy, though, because the closest she could get to a baby rabbit meant that her photos had a bit of a peculiar pov.
It would have been better to lie down in the grass to get a shot. But she couldn't lie down in the grass, she was too old and creaky and would have made too much noise groaning, and frightened the baby bunny away. Then there would have been the problem of getting back up again.
The ground was liberally covered in nasty, vicious, young thistle leaves too, so that would have made it even more painful. Oh, well. The 365er did what she could and went home.

But when she downloaded her shots - what did she see? A screaming-bright yellow buttercup had got in on the act!! It must have snuck into the shot when she was busy lining up the focus on the bunny's eye.
The 365er sighed. She spent the next couple of hours trying every way she could think of in PsElephants10 and Paint.net to send the buttercup packing. But it was all to no avail. The screaming-bright yellow buttercup refused to go away.

Why are buttercups such screaming-bright yellow - and shiny? Why can't they be a quiet, subdued, non-shiny, primrose colour? Because they aren't primroses, that's why.
Why did the little bunny have to stop just there? Couldn't s/he have eaten the screaming-bright yellow buttercup, or sat on it, or something?
The baby bunny wasn't the only creature that was wild!

Never mind, s/he's still cute! And it's the first time I've got near enough to take a photo of a wild rabbit, so I'm not really complaining. :-D
Other album shot for today : http://365project.org/dulciknit/on-the-day-extr/2012-06-09

[Esh]

Hahaha wonderful story and picture!

[Julie Purnell]

What a cutie & great story!

[Kathrin]

Great shot and wonderful story :)
Love the little yellow dot ;)

[ruthspin]

Brilliant! You have really made me smile this evening :-) Lovely story and shot, even with the dastardly buttercup (which this particular 365-er quite likes, but don't tell anyone she said that!).

[Tammie]

Actually like the buttercup addition.

[Brian Baptie]

Wonderful capture and I love the story!!

[Corinne]

Great great story and an adorable little rabbit !

[carol white]

Wonderful story,Alison,I can sympathise with all the agonies of taking photos!! This definitely has the Aah factor!! Lovely shot,never mind the buttercup!!

[elkehochban]

Haha - she's an evil little bunny, just messing with your mind! Actually, I love the shot, including the flower.

[Milanie]

What a perfect setting for the picture! And I didn't even notice the buttercup at first - I was drawn to the little rabbit's eye. Then I went back to read your story. It was a cute as the picture! Made my day.

[Roberta Clark Chalmers]

Aw - so cute! And the yellow adds a nice bit of color. This baby will grow up and eat everything in your garden!

[Robin]

Love your story (including the reference to the creaking joints!); and I agree with @beba8162, the buttercup adds a splash of colour to the otherwise fairly dull greens and browns. Cute little bunny. Of course, in Australia we'd be doing our best to kill this poor creature rather than photograph it because they're some of the worst pests we have. So it's nice to see someone taking a photo of such a delightful creature for the pure joy of it.

[Taephy]

lol.....but i think that (screaming) yellow butter cup added a bit of sunshine into this super cute bunny photo!

[Cindy Hagan]

Cute story and I love the pov! I often think about the belly crawl position for shooting something, but very rarely decide on going that route!

[Dione Giorgio]

How cute! Beautifully captured.

[Jen Hudson]

Ha, ha, great tale. You definitely gives us amusement. Is this the first time a flower has bombe someones shot. Its still a lovely capture of that bunny and the buttercup shows its in its naturally habitat.

[Jennifer C]

hahahahaha
the 365er had a very interesting day and the 365er managed a great bunny image despite not rolling on the ground and despite the buttercup xx

[Carole Imes]

I love your clever narrative and I think it was so cool to get the buttercup in there, too. It adds a pop of color! Actually I think you did a super-duper job of with this shot and I give it a fav!

[Jean Tookey]

I thought it was very clever to get the buttercup in the shot. The bunny posed well. He must have liked the 365er

[Celia Leaberry Gould]

I love your commentary. I didn't notice the buttercup until you mentioned it! I was too focused on the very cute baby rabbit.

[Anita Hoyle]

Like everyone else I love your narrative, and also like most of the rest I love the buttercup. I covered it up and the picture definitely loses a point of interest! I'm sure you could have cloned it out if you'd wanted.Your focus is super and s/he looks wonderfully calm. Fav!

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Goodness - thank you, everyone! :-)

@anitahoyle Thank you, Anita. :-) I tried to clone it out, believe me! And several other treatments besides. Just couldn't get any of them to work.

[Catherine Phillips]

Adorable!

[Hamble]

Closer than I've managed to get! Well done.Why worry about the buttercup!

[Sharon Addison]

what a gorgeous capture, and I love buttercups, so all good !

[Patty]

I'm laughing hysterically over your woes and your story! My creaky old bones understand you completely! Wonderful capture Alison! Fav'd

[GPix]

Great pic and I think the buttercup makes it. On the other hand, as an ex-farmer in NZ, rabbits are the biggest pest of all - or about equal with possums.

[Myrna O'Hara]

well I like the flower, adds a color pop.

[Gareth]

Nice shot Mum. I like it very much. Good work Mum, well done.

[Netkonnexion]

I think you said it all yourself.
The only way to remove that is to clone it out.
Is this what you wanted?
http://365project.org/netkonnexion/number03/2019-04-21

[Ann H. LeFevre]

It's now 2019 and I'm seeing this picture because I saw the "cloned out version" first. All that being said, I think the buttercup adds to the shot not detracts from it. It adds color and a little more to the "story". Although Damon did a great job in getting it out, I think it's just as good with it in.