Gallery: WildlifePosted December 9, 2009242 views6 comments
This is the Siberian sub-species of the Euraisan red squirrel. Very active and curious animals.
Canon Rebel XTi 55-250mm lens
!/80 @ f-5.6 ISO 400
fill flash.
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6 comments
Comment posted by Sally King on December 9, 2009 at 9:43 PM
I love the colors. Those long tufted ears look like our local Abert's squirrel but ours are grey. You have captured a cute penetrating gaze.
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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on December 10, 2009 at 6:36 AM
What a beautiful squirrel this is Tobias. Those tufts are extremely long. I also like the lighting, the colors and the cute pose you have captured him in. Unfortunately the image does look a bit soft, but that could be partly a sharpening issue. Also the eyes look very dark and unfortunately do not have a catchlight.
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Comment posted by Brad Hill on December 10, 2009 at 9:50 AM
Hi John,
So where did you shoot this? Were you in Siberia? LIke the others, I quite like the colours here and those ear tufts are fantastic. I do think the softness (focus-wise) in the image does detract a little from it (especially in the nose region), but it's still a very eye-catching shot!
Cheers...thanks for sharing this...
Brad
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Comment posted by John Tobias on December 10, 2009 at 10:41 AM
I see I forgot to mention this was in the Miller Park Zoo. The zoo had obtained these squirrels to help develop protocol if and when the Mt. Graham red squirrel project ever came to be.
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Comment posted by Dan Walters on December 12, 2009 at 3:07 PM
The ver crop really emphasizes the size of the ears. Really nice color as well.
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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on January 7, 2011 at 2:30 PM
What a great shot, wonderful find!
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Comments
6 commentsSo where did you shoot this? Were you in Siberia? LIke the others, I quite like the colours here and those ear tufts are fantastic. I do think the softness (focus-wise) in the image does detract a little from it (especially in the nose region), but it's still a very eye-catching shot!
Cheers...thanks for sharing this...
Brad