Post your best Squirrel shots

[Steve U]

We call them possums over here in Australia. This took place a few yards from my back yard. It is a picture of a python magican. He is making a possum disappear. I had to re-locate the snake towards the end of this performance as I have little dogs about the same size as the possum. I rang a vet before I shifted the snake as I was concerned about the health and safety of the snake and for myself. The vet said it is very hard to get bitten by a snake with a possum hanging out of its mouth. Nature ya gotta love it.





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The possum body was about fifteen inches long. The blanket is what I rolled the snake on to to move him to another part of the yard.


Cheers,


Steve

[Bill W]

I'll agree....when I'm bored and need a prop....the squirrel is a willing subject.


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[neuroanatomist]

Here's one from earlier this year:




EOS 7D, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6<span style="color: #ff0000;"]L IS USM @ 400mm, 1/1000 s, f/6.3, ISO 3200

[Bill W]

Nice red squirrel John....but what did you do in PP to make the 3200 ISO look this good? I rarely go above 1200 w/my 7D......

[ddt0725]

Nice red squirrel John....but what did you do in PP to make the 3200 ISO look this good? I rarely go above 1200 w/my 7D......

I've noticed that a few times with your 7D, John! I would never be able to shoot at 3200 ISO and expect to get a keeper!

[neuroanatomist]

Nice red squirrel John....but what did you do in PP to make the 3200 ISO look this good? I rarely go above 1200 w/my 7D......

Well, I did...literally nothing. [:P]


The shot was from the days when I was still shooting JPG, and except for cropping to an 8x10 ratio for printing, it's straight from the camera. I think the shot works partly because of the (lack of) background color. But, usually ISO 3200 is noisier because when you 'need' to go there, lighting is already poor. In this case, though, lighting was not too bad. Iwas standing on that bridge waiting to shoot birds flying by, so I had it set to M mode with 1/1000 s, f/6.3, and Auto ISO, and I looked down to see the red squirrel running across the railing and grabbed a couple of shots without changing the settings. Shot noise was (unintentionally) minimized because the shutter speed was pretty high, which I think mostly accounts for why this shot looks better than you'd expect for a 7D at ISO 3200.

[Bill W]

Thanks John....I

[DavidEccleston]

chippy - 24-105mm f/4L @ 105mm, 1/320s, f/5.6, ISO 100





red munch - 85mm f/1.8 @ 85mm, 1/250s, f/2.5, ISO 1600





red munch2- 24-105mm f/4L @ 105mm, 1/640s, f/5.6, ISO 800





red surprised- 24-105mm f/4L @ 105mm, 1/250s, f/5.6, ISO 800





red female - 85mm f/1.8 @ 85mm, 1/320s, f/5.0, ISO 400





black pole- 24-105mm f/4L @ 105mm, 1/125s, f/5.6, ISO 800





black oaties- 24-105mm f/4L @ 105mm, 1/160s, f/4.0, ISO 1600





black watching together- 85mm f/1.8 @ 85mm, 1/400s, f/5.6, ISO 800

[Bill W]

.......and I'll abuse chipmunks when given the opportunity.


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[ddt0725]

Hey, Steve - Out of curiousity, what do you call what we consider "possum" then in your neck of the woods???

Squirrels ...and chipmunks are always a great standby when there is nothing else available to shoot ...










Denise