Bank Vole ( title changed )

Canon 1D MK 1V, Sigma 300-800mm, 1/128ss, f8, iso 400, tripod.

This little fellow as been coming to my feeding station now for some time, and I though its about time he earned is keep with some pictures.

I have started to push some sun flower seed into the moss just in front of the mouse which he as now found. This seemed to be the only way to slow him down to get a picture, as the ones the birds drop on top of the moss were just grabed and he was gone as fast has he came.

Very good small mammal image and particularly when it is not in a vivarium.Would have been nice to see the whole tail or at least room for where the end of the tail should be.And good thinking in order to slow him/her down.

I see that you can ignore my nit regarding the tail now that it has been renamed.I wasn't sure and that's why I called it a small mammal.So no nits from me and we've gone from very good to excellent.

Phil.

A lovely shot, nice detail and pose.

Cute little critter - it's a Bank Vole by the way. A mouse has more prominent eyes and ears, more pointy shaped nose, is greyer and has a longer hairless tail. We've several voles and wood mice living in a drystone wall in the garden, and they're little characters - the Voles especially can be quite brazzen if you're quiet. Seeing them side-by-side the differences are pretty obvious, but it's harder if you're not so familiar with them .

I must remember that tip for getting small mammals to site still. Good shot btw.

David

Hello Nick.

Thanks for the info and to be honest I was not sure and new someone would put me right if I was wrong.

A lovely shot Guy and an excellent tip.

Brilliant.. a project I have on my list and can only hope to get anything as good !

Brett

A lovely shot of this cute little critter

Well captured Guy. Good detail and nice setting too.

Lovely portrait Guy and in an excellent setting

Good stuff Guy - not easy subjects to captrue without some planning and trial and error.

Cheers,
Chris

cracking shot, shame re the tail, but doesnt detract all that much to me :)

A really nice image of a difficult subject. No nits here

Nice!

Ian

Hi Guy, beautiful capture.