Posted by Geoffrey Baker on September 30, 2010 at 4:54 PM
Taken from the hide out in my yard.
Some people see these as vermin but I reckon they're beautiful creatures, ok, they damage my feeders etc and on one occasion even stole a full peanut feeder, I found it under some trees by following a trail of peanuts, needless to say it had been totally emptied but that's a small price to pay.
I was taking some shots of birds in the snow when suddenly, this Grey Squirrel appeared from nowhere and started to eat the bird food.
I was only about 8 or 9 feet away with my lens poking through some camo netting, it knew I was there and it looked at me a few times as I took a few photos.
I got 11 single shots before it decided to leave.
I like the snow on it's tail in this photo
Sony A350
Sigma 50-500 EX
1/200th second
f7.1
ISO 400
140mm
+0.3 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
Tripod
Just a slight crop off the left hand side
Posted by Neil Burton on September 30, 2010 at 4:58 PM
I hope to get some in Canada later this year, just glad they have not arrived here in Bavaria yet...the reds rule. But yes, a welcome change from blue tits ;)
Posted by David Taylor on September 30, 2010 at 5:11 PM
Vermin they may be, but you can't help but be amused by their antics. Excellent.
Posted by Lee fisher on September 30, 2010 at 5:26 PM
A nice natural looking shot,
Lee
Posted by Ian Haskell on September 30, 2010 at 5:37 PM
The thing that make this for me is the snow encrusted tail...a little different I suppose. So what if its a grey squirrel, Ive been seeing 'red' for too long!
Ian
Posted by David Kjaer on September 30, 2010 at 7:10 PM
Hi Geoffrey
I like it he really does look cold - minor nit a little tight in the frame for me.
I really like this - how can you not empathise with a creature that looks so cold and so forlorn irrespective of a misguided public opinion. A very expressive image - is he a youngster?
Thanks everyone for the comments
I don't know Andy, I know we have a male and a female visiting the feeders but not sure what this is.
Not long after I took this there was one dead on the road only about 20 yds away, so I don't know if this one is still here or not.
Posted by Simon Litten on October 1, 2010 at 1:13 PM
Very nice shot - good to see a grey for a change.
Simon
Posted by Guy Rogers on October 1, 2010 at 2:26 PM
Hello Geoff.
Very nice capture and the setting with all the snow as really helped.
I love gery squirrels and I havent got any good images of them, but it is a project I will be doing in the winter.
Discussion
9 repliesSome people see these as vermin but I reckon they're beautiful creatures, ok, they damage my feeders etc and on one occasion even stole a full peanut feeder, I found it under some trees by following a trail of peanuts, needless to say it had been totally emptied but that's a small price to pay.
I was taking some shots of birds in the snow when suddenly, this Grey Squirrel appeared from nowhere and started to eat the bird food.
I was only about 8 or 9 feet away with my lens poking through some camo netting, it knew I was there and it looked at me a few times as I took a few photos.
I got 11 single shots before it decided to leave.
I like the snow on it's tail in this photo
Sony A350
Sigma 50-500 EX
1/200th second
f7.1
ISO 400
140mm
+0.3 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
Tripod
Just a slight crop off the left hand side
Lee
Ian
I like it he really does look cold - minor nit a little tight in the frame for me.
David
I really like this - how can you not empathise with a creature that looks so cold and so forlorn irrespective of a misguided public opinion. A very expressive image - is he a youngster?
Andy
I don't know Andy, I know we have a male and a female visiting the feeders but not sure what this is.
Not long after I took this there was one dead on the road only about 20 yds away, so I don't know if this one is still here or not.
Simon
Very nice capture and the setting with all the snow as really helped.
I love gery squirrels and I havent got any good images of them, but it is a project I will be doing in the winter.