Posted by John Robinson on February 22, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Prompted by a comment by DK on his visit here last week to post this shot .
He said how nice it was to be able to have the possibility to photograph small, mammals in the wild as we watched these through the room window, feeding under a nut bag.
Probably a family of five living in a stone wall around one of my ponds. Starting to get stroppy now though and this was taken just before a set to. The right one looks younger.Bank Voles have been one of my favourite small mammals for a long time.
D200
Sigma 150 macro. On camera flash. 350 ISO f9( or something like that )
One image out of at least 90 shots. Very flicky animals and this was through an open window . They were beating the shutter and flash !but I suppose they were quite near at about 6 foot.
Small bits of white nut particles removed.
JR
Posted by Joe Tanner on February 22, 2009 at 2:05 PM
I think the composition works very well, and really shows off the character of these little fellas!
Posted by jack chapman on February 22, 2009 at 3:07 PM
very nice shot, a lovely setting and well lit, good to get two in the shot and both sharp too
Posted by John Robinson on February 22, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Thanks
I've been messing with the on camera flash quite a lot lately and I think its under rated.As a fill in it can make all the difference in cases like this. There was hardly any of the daylight alone ones any good. Just had to drop the exposure to cut out most of the daylight image.
Must play a bit more .
Cheers
JR
Posted by Ian Macdermott on February 22, 2009 at 3:31 PM
Lovely creatures and a nice image. I very much like the setting and two of them within the same frame is the icing on the cake.
Posted by Brian Davis on February 22, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Another corker John well done.
Posted by John Robinson on February 22, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Appreciate you taking the time to look and comment.
Cheers
JR
Posted by eric weight on February 23, 2009 at 1:29 AM
That's a nice shot indeed John. Flash always strikes me a bit as a two-edged sword. It clearly enables you to get excellent shots that can't otherwise be taken, but it has the unhappy ability to make a wild shot look like an indoor set-up. I've never got to grips with it myself at all, so this isn't a criticism just a comment born out of personal frustration! Eric
Posted by David Sewell on February 23, 2009 at 4:06 AM
That's a cracker, John, with the flash handled very well indeed.
Discussion
14 repliesHe said how nice it was to be able to have the possibility to photograph small, mammals in the wild as we watched these through the room window, feeding under a nut bag.
Probably a family of five living in a stone wall around one of my ponds. Starting to get stroppy now though and this was taken just before a set to. The right one looks younger.Bank Voles have been one of my favourite small mammals for a long time.
D200
Sigma 150 macro. On camera flash. 350 ISO f9( or something like that )
One image out of at least 90 shots. Very flicky animals and this was through an open window . They were beating the shutter and flash !but I suppose they were quite near at about 6 foot.
Small bits of white nut particles removed.
JR
I've been messing with the on camera flash quite a lot lately and I think its under rated.As a fill in it can make all the difference in cases like this. There was hardly any of the daylight alone ones any good. Just had to drop the exposure to cut out most of the daylight image.
Must play a bit more .
Cheers
JR
Regards
Ian
Cheers
JR
David
Is there anything that doesn't live in and around your garden?!
Lee
Super image - the second Vole was a real bonus!
David