Squirrel from today

nolimit · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:06

I thought these guys live on trees and gardens.

but this family was on 3rd floor apartment.

nearly half of my body was outside the window to thake this shot.

They look like rats on steroids.

themask70 · 25 Apr 2006 at 16:24

Wow, nice. Great composition and colours, you must be pretty brave to lean out of a 3rd floor window

Richard T · 25 Apr 2006 at 16:30

cheeky little monkeys aint they!!!

and be carefull hanging outta that window :eek:

danza · 25 Apr 2006 at 19:23

In the first pic, that squirrel looks totally out of place. In a good way! It beats most of the normal squirrel shots you see. Nicely taken too.

seaviewuk · 25 Apr 2006 at 19:58

Nice captures

Cute things

Zheka · 25 Apr 2006 at 20:02

^agree

nolimit · 26 Apr 2006 at 18:44

This pic was taken with the Sigma 70-200 + 1.4 TC @ 280mm.

Raider · 26 Apr 2006 at 19:13

Great pictures!

What shutter speed / ISO?

Richard T · 26 Apr 2006 at 19:19

Raider said:
Great pictures!

What shutter speed / ISO?

checkout the exif info

brummie · 26 Apr 2006 at 19:19

Raider said:
Great pictures!

What shutter speed / ISO?

Save the pic to your HDD and then look at its properties

nolimit · 26 Apr 2006 at 19:54

iso @ 200, shutter 200 and checked the focal length it is actually 240mm

penski · 26 Apr 2006 at 20:15

This is my new favourite forum...

...If only for the pics of REALLYCUTELITTLETHINGS!

*n

Lostkat · 26 Apr 2006 at 20:29

I know they're vermin, but they're so cute! Really nice pics there. My need for a telephoto zoom is slowly growing, damnit!

mrgubby · 26 Apr 2006 at 20:50

Lostkat said:
I know they're vermin, but they're so cute! Really nice pics there. My need for a telephoto zoom is slowly growing, damnit!

Hahahaaha , all these years of taking superb macro stuff is beginning to get to you

Lostkat · 26 Apr 2006 at 20:55

mrgubby said:
Hahahaaha , all these years of taking superb macro stuff is beginning to get to you

I want to take photos of fluffy things, damn it :mad:

It's the thread mentioning that Canon 70-200 IS USM yesterday that did it.

Hey, thanks for the compliment though

DRZ · 26 Apr 2006 at 21:08

First shot is fantastic - I dont usually like saying that because it is far too easily dished out by some people but that is a really nice shot. DoF isolates the subject from the BG well, strong composition and really good detail / sharpness. My only gripe is the relection of you in its eye, but that really is only a minor distraction.

Im not a fan of the second.

Third shot would have been the best of the bunch if you had nailed the focussing bang on the eye with the same DoF as you have in that shot. Whether that was you aiming to focus on the ear or a gust of wind or movement from the squirrel I dont know but it spoils it for me. Everything else is there for a superb image but for the focussing to let it down

It is also a bit noisy in the bokeh, something that I find really distracting...

Great captures in all

Pho · 26 Apr 2006 at 21:28

Raider said:
Great pictures!

What shutter speed / ISO?

If you use firefox install http://ted.mielczarek.org/code/mozilla/fxif/ - then you can right click an image -> properties and view its exif.

For example, the last picture:

Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D70
Image Date: 2006:04:26 18:01:04
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 240.0mm (35mm equivalent: 360mm)
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture: f/4.0
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual

nolimit · 26 Apr 2006 at 21:40

thanks for the comments DRZ.

Im bit dissappionted with 3rd photo. But the way I had to compose myself out of the window and keep the gear steady at shutter speed of 200 @ 240mm was not bad.
I thought F4 would give me good crisp quality of the 1st squirrel.

I think there are 4 squirrels living in that hole. I'l try get better photo next time.