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Woody!

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Posted by Ian Andrews on March 4, 2008 at 1:51 PM
Woody!
Not quite the Woody you might have expected. :wink:
Found this one (Apodemus sylvaticus) as I went to one of our feeding stations this afternoon. He saw me and scarpered, but took a wrong turning and ended out on a limb. Here he's trying to decide whether the jump is worth it or not! (He changed his mind and went back!!) :jump:

D300
Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 Macro HSM
f/8 at 1/250sec HH

Thanks for looking.
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 4, 2008 at 1:55 PM
Hi Ian,

Cracking spur of the moment capture!
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Posted by Major Gilbert on March 4, 2008 at 4:25 PM
Great chance shot and funnily enough those OOF branches that radiate in a star like fashion seem to set it of. :toast:

Major.
Posted by tony flashman on March 5, 2008 at 3:01 AM
Great find Ian.
Focus is right where it should be, I agree with the major re. the branches.

Tony :toast: :toast:
Posted by PhilH on March 5, 2008 at 3:43 AM
Nice one Ian... not something that you get the opportunity to photograph in the wild very often... can't say I blame it for scarpering :biggrin:

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Posted by Paul Gibbs on March 5, 2008 at 5:45 AM
Good shot, its great when something unexpected occures!
Posted by Matt Cole on March 5, 2008 at 5:53 AM
A very unusual shot that works really well, I like that a lot.

Matt
Posted by Ian Andrews on March 5, 2008 at 6:03 AM
Thanks everyone. :smile:
I did wonder about the 'star' effect. I liked it and therefore didn't touch it save for a small crop off the left of the frame where a stray one went vertical!

thanks for your kind comments.

Ian :smile:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 5, 2008 at 7:47 AM
Hi Ian,

Super eyes and ears , I must admit I was expecting a pecker :biggrin: , very good capture
:toast:

Regards

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Andy Astbury on March 5, 2008 at 8:02 AM
Well, when I see 'woody', being of a funny age, I expect Woodpigeon - so this came as one hell of a surprise - nice capture Ian :toast:
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on March 5, 2008 at 12:55 PM
Perfect focus on the eyes Ian...........cracker

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