Badger

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 20, 2014297 views6 comments

Olympus E5, ZD300 2.8, 1.4xTC, ISO200, f7.1, 1/1000 resting on vehicle window

Found this guy catching some warm sun this evening on a short drive. Wish the grass wasn't in front of him, but was just happy to get a good shot or two. This was cropped some.

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6 comments

Comment posted by Martin Dunn on May 21, 2014 at 5:09 AM

Great to see one in daylight (and alive) He looks pretty relaxed

Registered on February 20, 2013, 198 Posts, 1011 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 21, 2014 at 11:02 AM

David,

This is great, the grass has little in the way of "distraction" for me, perhaps a little more sharpening

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on May 21, 2014 at 8:39 PM

Very nice light and detail in the fur, nice catch light in the eyes, and terrific that he stopped digging long enough to look right at you.

Registered on November 11, 2011, 404 Posts, 1639 Comments

Comment posted by William Bickle on May 23, 2014 at 8:59 AM

Hello David

Great to see another Mammal. Never have seen these guys in the wild yet. Enjoy the Image with his busy work excavating in view.

The Horizontal Light OOF in foregroung is distracting. But I find the Image Sharp with detail.

Thanks for sharing

Bill

Registered on June 13, 2011, 183 Posts, 1702 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 23, 2014 at 4:12 PM

Bill wrote my critique!

Everything is fine for me here, except that horizontal line. What it that, anyway?

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

Comment posted by David Williams on May 24, 2014 at 11:27 PM

Thanks for the comments. I didn't like the foreground either, but this is the best shot of a badger I have gotten, so I'll live with it. Phil, that horizontal line is an out-of-focus line of barbed wire. I had to shoot through the fence line, and at least I was able to get the badger itself in the clear.

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