close encounter with....

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Posted by Mike Smith on May 2, 2013 at 2:46 PM

a marmot whilst walking in the Austrian mountains

One from lat year I have got round to processing

Olympus E-3, 14-54mm at 54mm (108mm FoV) so 200, 1/250 at F5.6. Compositional crop from 4/3rds format

Posted by Jeroen Stel on May 2, 2013 at 3:45 PM

Lovelu shot with the Marmot sticking out of it's burrow.
Might be tempted to crop a little tighter and loose the gras in the BG.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Posted by Phil Ellard on May 2, 2013 at 6:00 PM

a really like that

Posted by John Robinson on May 2, 2013 at 6:10 PM

Great little fellas !! Love the rocks !!

Posted by David Sewell on May 2, 2013 at 9:52 PM

I think it could do with being a tad lighter and having a slight increase in contrast, but it may just be my iPad.

David

Posted by Neil Burton on May 3, 2013 at 2:31 AM

One day I will get around to finding some of these fellas. Like it.

Posted by Mike Smith on May 3, 2013 at 5:03 AM

Neil

They can be frustrating big fluffy things, easy to hear, but can be surprisngly difficult to pin down, my experience is they usually found at about 2,000m and above ie the Alpen Rose belts and above

Posted by Tom Smit on May 3, 2013 at 5:11 AM

Nice shot of this Marmot looking out for some danger.
Wel done.

Posted by keith mitchell on May 3, 2013 at 7:36 AM

Mike the whole scene looks great to me.

Keith.

Posted by Nick Mckeown on May 4, 2013 at 2:53 AM

Never seen one Mike and they would look great in the Scottish mountains! Cracking image and pose. Top shot.

Nick.

Posted by Barry Southon on May 4, 2013 at 4:13 PM

Mike

Not an easy find, and excellent result.