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Andy the squirrel
Andy the squirrel
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Challenge: Everyday Objects (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Fort Wayne, IN
Date: Jul 25, 2004
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Animals, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jul 26, 2004

 Was at my wife's grandparent's house and this little guy just sat there and let me take a bunch of pictures. Used my Sigma 70-300mm.

Cropped, curves, contrast, converted to Bronze quadtone (thanks Pedro), levels, resize, USM.

Not sure how people will accept a squirrel as an object, but we'll see. He is eating a piece of corn (object). I like it! :-)

If you've seen Funny Farm with Chevy Chase, you should know where "Andy" comes from.

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Votes: 256
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Olympus C-740UZ
 08/01/2004 09:41:58 AM
I don't think of an animal as an "object." Good photo if entered in an appropriate category.
Nikon D200
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 08/01/2004 07:21:54 AM
I like this photo but I don't see any everyday object in it !?
Photo : <5>; Challenge : <3>
Canon EOS-10D
 07/30/2004 08:51:10 PM
good focus..nice picture.
Canon PowerShot SX260 HS
 07/30/2004 01:10:06 PM
Real or stuffed?
Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS II USM
 07/30/2004 06:50:03 AM
Great shot
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 07/30/2004 03:47:56 AM
Fabulous photo. Perfect focus, the eyes are nice and sharp. Cute pose. Nice shallow DOF. Unfortunately, I don't count people or animals as objects. So to me, as great as the photo is, it doesn't meet the challenge of "Everyday Objects". (Maybe if the title were "Andy the Acorn gets eaten", then the squirrel wouldn't be the subject and thereby the 'object', but by the title, I assume your subject is the squirrel.)
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35
07/29/2004 11:03:22 PM
You captured such a crisp detail and even improved on it with the B & W!
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Samsung Digimax V4
 07/29/2004 09:05:05 PM
how cute o cute .. 10 NOT!

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Fujifilm FinePix S5000 Z
 07/29/2004 06:39:49 AM
I think this is not an everyday object :)
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 07/28/2004 11:40:31 PM
You know... I'm not big on squirrel photos but this is one of the best I've seen. 8
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Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 07/28/2004 09:26:29 PM
now THAT is a great animal portrait. notice, the NOSE is IN FOCUS...i'll give you points for that! as to the everyday aspect of the picture, i guess andy is a pet?
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Nokia 7650 Phone Cam
 07/28/2004 11:39:25 AM
I'm not sure I'd call a squirrel an everyday object, but it's a lovely shot.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/28/2004 11:37:17 AM
is andy eating an everyday object? great photo.
Olympus E-1
 07/28/2004 12:44:52 AM
Wow. great focus... howyoudothat?
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