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Groundhog

by Dennis Patrick Lor

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 3, 20061,791 views12 comments
While out shooting birds, this groundhog suddenly walked out in the open and started munching on some grasses.

I thought he looked quite aggressive in this shot, though he was probably just chewing :smile:

btw, for all Europeans that don't know much about groundhogs (myself included :rolleyes: ) They are closely related to the Alpine Marmot...same genus in fact. Only they are solitary.

20D - 300 2.8, 2xII - 1/250" - f/5.6 - ISO400 - Evaluative@0

Comments

12 comments
Comment posted by Barry R. Byrd on May 3, 2006 at 10:00 AM
:jump: :jump:
Registered on December 20, 2005, 136 Posts, 970 Comments
Comment posted by Dave Courtenay on May 3, 2006 at 10:24 AM
Hi Patrick
Great portrait,Love the depth of field and the pastel grass :toast: :toast:
Registered on July 18, 2005, 56 Posts, 462 Comments
Comment posted by Josh Anderson on May 3, 2006 at 10:37 AM
Great shot. I love the low perspective and the oof bg. The groundhog is positioned nicely in the frame and I like how the animal is displayling it's teeth. Well done! :toast:
Registered on June 2, 2005, 493 Posts, 2996 Comments
Comment posted by Juza on May 3, 2006 at 10:41 AM
Really nice!
I like the colors, the great detail, the low angle and the clean BG :toast: :toast:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 374 Posts, 10466 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Archer on May 3, 2006 at 4:38 PM
:cool: Excellent portrait Pat, cool teeth!!!

Ken Archer
Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments
Comment posted by David Chauvin on May 3, 2006 at 6:53 PM
Great image! It looks like he's doing a grizzly imitation! :toast: :toast:
Registered on August 5, 2004, 1007 Posts, 5595 Comments
Comment posted by Duane Rosenkranz on May 3, 2006 at 10:20 PM
Very good, could be the best groundhog shot I've seen. Great BG and DOF.

:toast:
Duane Rosenkranz
Registered on October 13, 2004, 280 Posts, 2661 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Garber on May 3, 2006 at 11:34 PM
Very Nice!
:toast:
Registered on November 17, 2003, 704 Posts, 3535 Comments
Comment posted by David Kjaer on May 8, 2006 at 2:07 PM
Hi Patrick

Love the detail in this imagage and all the soft OOF grass!

David :toast: :toast: :toast:
Registered on January 4, 2006, 128 Posts, 4170 Comments
Comment posted by Doug Benner on May 10, 2006 at 7:45 AM
This is such a great shot. A common creature captured uncommonly. Congratulations.
Registered on December 8, 2003, 482 Posts, 1868 Comments
Comment posted by W. Tracy Parnell on June 1, 2006 at 10:10 PM
Perfect! :eek:
Registered on March 4, 2004, 27 Posts, 1638 Comments
Comment posted by Kathryn Edging on June 28, 2007 at 3:35 PM
Patrick, My name is Kathryn Edging. I work for the Tennessee Wildlife Federation. Please email me when you read this. My email is intern@tnwf.org. Thank you!
Kathryn
Registered on June 28, 2007, 0 Posts, 5 Comments