Woody!

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10 replies

Posted by Ian Andrews on March 4, 2008 at 1:51 PM

Not quite the Woody you might have expected.

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!!)

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!

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

, very good capture

Regards

Andy...

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

Posted by Barrie Courtenay on March 5, 2008 at 12:55 PM

Perfect focus on the eyes Ian...........cracker