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Challenge: Free Study 2008-06 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
Location: Escanaba, Michigan
Date: Jun 1, 2008
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/400s
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2008

 This was taken in the back yard of my Great Aunt Sandy and Uncle Eric. They raise baby squirrels that don't have parents. They also have a 9 year old ferret, two parakeets, and a dog named Jacques. Anyway, after the squirrels they raise come of age, they let them go. They said this little guy was probably one they raised about 3 years ago. He's a red squirrel, and he was very curious. I got surprisingly close to him, and he actually crawled down the tree to the feeder he is sitting on in this picture. The tip of my lens was probably only about 2 feet away from him. Despite seeming okay with my presence there, he was still a little skittish. If you've ever seen Lilo & Stitch the movie, this guy moved up and down the tree a lot like stitch. Only a ton faster. So fast in fact, that even with my camera taking 1/800th of a second exposures, by the time the shutter black out went away after taking a picture, he was often out of frame. It was a very odd experience. I ended up getting about 40 pictures perfectly in focus, and they were all taken at ISO 800. In the end, I like this one best because he seems genuinely interested in the viewer. He has the cutest expression.

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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/07/2008 11:29:48 PM
Cute little beady eyes.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L IS USM
 07/05/2008 03:06:49 PM
haha, squirrel, i like the colors in the background, and he's a cutie pie
Nikon D40
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 07/02/2008 09:13:07 PM
Great DoF
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 07/02/2008 07:18:19 PM
nice composition and colors
Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM
 07/01/2008 04:54:21 PM
Nice eye contact, with great focus. Beautiful color pallette.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 07/01/2008 07:07:08 AM
Very cute...Bit more sharpness needed over the face and less on the out of focus area to remove the grain.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 07/01/2008 12:42:05 AM
beautiful colours and bokeh...a tad oversharp in some areas, but minor...7
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