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Posted by Chris O'Reilly on October 14, 2008 at 6:03 AM
Autumn visitor
Hi All
The discovery of a gnawed hole in the bottom of a bag of peanuts stored in my garage indicated we had rodent guests. I went to a local woodland, gathered some set-building material and constructed a reasonably authentic looking ‘habitat’ in the garage. I rigged up an infrared release with a couple of flashguns and went to bed. Next morning this wood mouse revealed itself to be the nut-nabber – this is a very common piece of behaviour for this animal that can be exploited as an alternative to leaving equipment out over night.


Canon 1Ds2
100 mm macro
1/125 @ f11
LC2 connected to LC3 infrared release
2 x flashguns
Tripod
Full frame
Posted by Jeroen Stel on October 14, 2008 at 6:14 AM
Stunning shot!
Love the story behind it and well done!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Matt Cole on October 14, 2008 at 6:21 AM
that's an excellent shot and I like your ingenuity. Great stuff.

Matt
Posted by IANMASON on October 14, 2008 at 6:25 AM
Superb! I might crop a little from top and bottom. I'd love to try this sometime.
Posted by Brett Lewis on October 14, 2008 at 6:28 AM
Fantastic, I really, really like this shot and would love to set something like this up.. Perhaps you could drop me a few tips by e-mail :wink:.. Thanks for sharing..

Brett.
Posted by Rob Fisher on October 14, 2008 at 6:28 AM
Great Image Chris,

Setup works well.

Rob
Posted by Simon Litten on October 14, 2008 at 7:35 AM
Cracking shot, the set up works well.


Simon
Posted by Drew Mellowship on October 14, 2008 at 8:19 AM
The setup works well and detail is top notch for me.

good stuff !

Drew :smile:
Posted by Barry Southon on October 14, 2008 at 12:38 PM
Chris

What a great shot, like the set up too.

Barry :wink:

Eastbourne / Kansas
Posted by Anthony House on October 14, 2008 at 1:06 PM
Well worked and a great looking set.... Top stuff.
Posted by Major Gilbert on October 14, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Great bit of creativity and an excellent result to reward you with your efforts. :toast: :toast:

Major.
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on October 14, 2008 at 2:03 PM
Congratulations to this shot Chris. :toast: :toast:
Very creative, lovely setup.
:smile: :smile:
Bertl
Posted by keith mitchell on October 14, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Hi Chris.
Ingenious!!!! just reward for your effort,excellent shot of such a relaxed Wood Mouse.

:toast: :toast: :toast: Mitch.
Posted by Chris Jones on October 14, 2008 at 3:08 PM
Hey how cool is that.

Well done, just great

Regards Chris
Posted by Colin Pickett on October 14, 2008 at 4:40 PM
Brilliant image, don't you love it when a plan comes together.

Wish it were mine. :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on October 15, 2008 at 5:08 AM
Excellent Chris. I have a few of these pinching my nuts and have been meaning to have a go at it myself. It's also a great way to be getting a few pictures without the missus complaining about spending time out!
Robert
Posted by PhilH on October 15, 2008 at 6:22 AM
Excellent well planned and executed....

:wavey: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Kim Connolly on October 15, 2008 at 10:21 AM
Just brilliant, wonderfully achieved. :toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on October 16, 2008 at 7:33 AM
What a great idea and brill end result :smile:
Posted by David Taylor on October 16, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Great action shot. Excellent.

:toast: :toast: :jump: