A shift in position, after the young "look-out" marmot(post below) was spooked by passing ramblers, to an up-wind location overlooking a burrow in the rock crevices.
A typical marmot post burrow emergence stance, and the camouflage effect here was quite remarkeable. I think this is an adult male. (more to be explained in the sequence to follow)After the initial whistling contact calls it recognised something wasn't quite how it should have been, but after a ten minute motionless staring competition between the one eyed tripod and itself it soon settled down to do some sunbathing.
Cropped for presentation and lightened around the chin to give a bit more separation from the rocks. Same lightweight travel kit details as before.
I like the fact that the animal is shown in its habitat - it illustrates the animals camouflage nicely. The pattern in the rock directly behind and above the animals head seems to mimic the subjects face but I can't make up my mind if it is too distracting or not.
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1 repliesA typical marmot post burrow emergence stance, and the camouflage effect here was quite remarkeable. I think this is an adult male. (more to be explained in the sequence to follow)After the initial whistling contact calls it recognised something wasn't quite how it should have been, but after a ten minute motionless staring competition between the one eyed tripod and itself it soon settled down to do some sunbathing.
Cropped for presentation and lightened around the chin to give a bit more separation from the rocks. Same lightweight travel kit details as before.
I like the fact that the animal is shown in its habitat - it illustrates the animals camouflage nicely. The pattern in the rock directly behind and above the animals head seems to mimic the subjects face but I can't make up my mind if it is too distracting or not.
Cheers,
Chris