I may look cute but....

Come any closer and I'll bite yer ankles!

One of the Red Squirrels that frequent my bit of woodland (taken earlier this year). They have a habit of just staring at you sometimes and stay motionless for a few minutes which is quite strange when they are usually racing around at 100 miles an hour.

Couldn't feel much after being sat in the snow for three hours as I recall but should be cosier this year as I'm building a permanent hide.

1D3 500mm ISO:400 f/5.0 1/200 sec about 15% off full frame for web purposes.

Thanks for looking

Simon

Wonderful contrast and excellent job keeping those whites intact!

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

An excellent image, exposure is spot on
Well done.

Geoff.

At the risk of sounding anthromorphic I love the slight sideways look of the eye and the two paws coming together as if it is nervously making up its mind whether to run or not.

Beautiful colour and detail Simon, great to see them with the ear tuffs, sadly the one's I shot the other week had not developed them yet. They certainly seem to suit the snow setting.

Curious on f/5?

TFS
Steve

Winter is coming, can't wait to get my hide out proper, -18° and a thermos and no ticks!

Wonderful winter scene simon!

Steve: f/5 just to make sure those ears were in focus as well as the nose (I was quite close)


Thanks for the comments all

Thanks Simon, I was trying to work out the distance/f and might have gone for 5.6, a nats in it but might have slightly compromised the SS

A lovely cute image

Echo the above comments, very nice!
Paul Rosser.

Very nice love the 'cheeky chappy' face on the RS here makes the image for me

Can't beat a Red in the snow. Tremendous

Hello Simon.

Lovely portrait and like your composition with keeping all the squirrel in the white area of the background.

What a beautiful portrait, Simon. Well done.