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Sciurus caroliniensis

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10 replies
Posted by Daniel Read on November 20, 2007 at 2:56 PM
OK, not the most exciting animal, but with the bad weather at the moment, I'm finding it hard to get out of the city to find some more inspiring subjects. Mind you, with the number of dogs running around the park, these squirrels are surprisingly hard targets with only a 300 mm lens!


Nikon D50
1/125
f/5.6
ISO 800
Sigma 70-300 @ 170mm
Posted by Paul Thomas on November 20, 2007 at 3:26 PM
Nice shot. I like the pose and the eye contact. Could maybe stand a little more USM.

:toast:

Paul
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on November 20, 2007 at 3:36 PM
No gimmicks, just a pleasing image. Nice one. :smile:

Steve
Posted by Graeme Lee on November 20, 2007 at 4:05 PM
Looks good to me. Like the BG especially :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on November 20, 2007 at 4:07 PM
Hi Daniel

Good detail, BG and eye contact. I'm not keen on the crop - I feel it would have worked better either tighter or with the whole animal!

David :toast:
Posted by David Clapp on November 20, 2007 at 4:10 PM
What character, a great portrait. Excellent.
Posted by Andy Astbury on November 20, 2007 at 4:44 PM
Nice capture Daniel :toast:

I too am not too keen on the crop though - would love to have seen a lot more of the whole animal in this pose :wavey:
Posted by Mark Sisson on November 21, 2007 at 3:43 AM
Lovely pose and well captured - tighter crop would work better as a landscape image imo. Goes to prove it's always worth getting out there though!

Mark
Posted by Craig Nash on November 21, 2007 at 6:42 AM
It even looks quite cute.
Posted by Daniel Read on November 21, 2007 at 10:32 AM
Thanks for the comments everyone. I agree, a tighter crop might work better. This was the only shot i got this close, as it spent most of it's time moving cautiously just out of range. It jumped onto the tree near me, as a dog came from the other direction, and this was the only shot i got before it ran away. A vertical framing including the whole body would have been much better.

Cheers,

Dan.
Posted by Mark Fellowes on November 23, 2007 at 11:00 AM
I think this works really well - lots of character, good eye contact and the bushy tail filling the bottom right. Good stuff.
:toast:
Mark