I See You!

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 21, 2011255 views5 comments

We had several families of marmots right next to our campsite up in the San Juan mountains in Colorado back in July. They were fairly tame and we had a lot of fun shooting them. This is one of the little ones peeking over "his rock".

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Canon 5D MKII, 70-200mm + 2x (Shot at 400mm), 1/100 sec @ f/8, ISO 800, polarizer, hand held.

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5 comments

Comment posted by Sally King on August 21, 2011 at 8:14 PM

I love the bugs on his nose. Nice details and I like the peeking pose.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on August 22, 2011 at 12:42 PM

Hi Phillip, you have nice detail here on the marmot and a clear eye with catchlight. The flies (or bugs) on the nose are a nice detail. On the one hand I quite like the diagonal juxtaposition of the marmot and the green grasses in the BRC, but at the same time I wonder how this would like cropped a bit tighter, getting rid off that green grass.

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Comment posted by John Blumenkamp on August 24, 2011 at 11:37 AM

I love these guys, and this is a classic image of their curious pose. The marmot looks awesome against that nice background. I'm wondering about a tighter crop too as suggested by Vincent.

Registered on February 26, 2011, 58 Posts, 313 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on August 26, 2011 at 2:07 PM

Interesting comp and technically well done, details subject look great Phillip.
BTW - I visited your website..You do outstanding work, a pleasure to view

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Comment posted by Phillip Noll on September 23, 2011 at 2:53 PM

Been a while since I checked on this image. Thank you for the compliment Howard!

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