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Weasel PoP

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted September 2, 201167 views4 comments

Was watching a yellow-bellied marmot when a little weasel popped out with a squeek. This fellow was after the marmot as well. Here you see it eyeing the marmot. I got one more of it as it stared at me (my fav of the two, posted earlier on the wildlife forum).

It needed barely a couple of seconds to loose interest in both me and the marmot and in the next frame disappeared.

Long-tailed Weasel, Sequoia Natl Park, California
Nikon D5000,70-300 VR @ 195mm, f5.6, 1/125, iso 800, -1/3 ev

Anand

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4 comments

Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on September 2, 2011 at 5:39 PM

Here it is fleeing the scene

Sorry for the small dimensions, hope its viewable. A quick conversion using viewnx (compression is not one of its strengths, had to make the pic small to get it under 300kb).

Registered on October 25, 2009, 110 Posts, 835 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 2, 2011 at 8:49 PM

A good portrait within a busy BG, but that's what it gave you. It appears a little bright on my monitor, although nothing is blown out. Perhaps more contrast, or darkening the midtones?

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by RL Potts on September 4, 2011 at 12:54 AM

I like your first version here. Some judicious cropping and this should make a nice print. Weasels are neat little characters. The ones around my area have very different coloration.

Registered on November 24, 2003, 188 Posts, 985 Comments

Comment posted by Varina Patel on September 4, 2011 at 4:13 PM

He's gorgeous! What a beautiful creature! A tighter crop would help here - and I might add some vignetting to darken up the corners. A subtle darkening of the outer edges would help bring the attention of the viewer to the weasel by reducing the brightness of the distractions. I love those awesome back-lit whiskers!

Registered on August 22, 2008, 45 Posts, 1578 Comments