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Peekaboo

by Neven Dries

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 19, 201056 views5 comments
Just a chippy hiding and squeaking at me to go away. too cute to resist a picture. C&C welcome.

canon 7D, tamron 200-400 @ 380mm, F5.6, 1/60 sec, flash set @ -2 stops, ISO 200, manual focus

cropped to about 80% of original. Minor adjustments for lighting compensation in cs5 camera raw.

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Buck Ward on September 19, 2010 at 10:04 PM
A cute critter picture. Looks like you got the plane of sharpest focus fight on his eyes. Wish the leaf weren't hiding part of his face.
Registered on December 8, 2003, 96 Posts, 1917 Comments
Comment posted by Richard Teller on September 19, 2010 at 10:26 PM
Cute picture, but the eye looks a little soft to me.
Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments
Comment posted by Brad Hill on September 20, 2010 at 9:48 AM
Hi Neven,

Cute subject! I like how the chipmunk is "hiding" in the litter (and your title helps support this element of the image). I think there may be a tad too much foreground "clutter" here - if the image were mine I'd experiment with cropping out some of that foreground to "clean up" the image a little.

Cheers...and thanks for sharing this...

Brad
Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 20, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Cool perspective. It seems the focus zone is a little in front of his face, which is too bad. Notice the crisp focus on the leaves near the lower left side... Your use of surroundings to create a balanced composition feels just right.
Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments
Comment posted by Steve Canuel on September 21, 2010 at 12:05 AM
Nice, intimate look at the door to this guys house. Wish for a clear shot of the nose but it doesn't soundlike he was in the mood to pose for you.
Registered on September 12, 2010, 53 Posts, 660 Comments