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Once you plop you cant stop!

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Posted by Paul Gibbs on July 29, 2007 at 6:31 PM
D200 Sigma 500mm @f4.5 ISO 320

I'm not sure what it is about these little furry creatures but i find Water Voles almost addictive!

Posted by writepic on July 29, 2007 at 6:41 PM

superb. absolute cracker. the pose makes him/her look very masterly, like he could take down a mink with one swipe.

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Posted by Andy Astbury on July 30, 2007 at 3:15 AM
Now there's an image with the Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh factor :biggrin:

Nice one Paul :toast:
Posted by PhilH on July 30, 2007 at 3:49 AM
Nice one Paul, perhaps just a slight crop from the top.

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Paul Gibbs on July 30, 2007 at 3:53 AM
Hi guys, Thanks,
Mark, i'd prefer there to be no mink about to begin with, but there are few creatures i hate more than mink.

Thanks Andy,

Phil, Thanks, you think cropping it to 3:2? This is a 4:3 crop, from the original...
Posted by PhilH on July 30, 2007 at 4:11 AM
Hi Paul,

Yes... just to lose the OOF highlights at the top...

All the best

Posted by Vincent Jones on July 30, 2007 at 9:03 AM
Hi Paul :wavey:

I just had to log in to comment on this shot, this is just brilliant :biggrin:

Off back to work now with a smile :jump:

Vince :toast: :toast:
Posted by Malcolm Muir on July 30, 2007 at 2:14 PM
Brilliant Paul - wish we still had these critters here.

Malcolm :toast: :toast:
Posted by Alan Bryant on July 30, 2007 at 3:17 PM
Great shot :cool:

It must be hard to capture these guys.

:toast:
Posted by Paula Graham on July 30, 2007 at 6:05 PM
Ahhhh, just gorgeous!
Never seen one of these creatures in my life.
How do you find them?
Posted by Philip Kirkham on July 30, 2007 at 6:23 PM
A refreshing chage to se one of these guys out of water. My focus is drawn straight to the subject, so the BG really isn't a problem.Super image.
Best wishes
Phil :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Paul Gibbs on July 31, 2007 at 4:31 AM
Thanks for the comments everyone, glad people like it. I'll post a link to an improved image soon, been busy processing images from a friends wedding.

Alan, oddly, as a prey species, they seem to have little fear of humans, but they dont like people speaking very loudly. I pretty much shuffled my way to this one, and was on my focus limiter!

Paula, canals are the best place to look, your local wildlife trust should have info on where they are. If you need anymore info, pop on my site and drop me a line.