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Published: 2009-05-05 09:11:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 1336; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 48
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This is a photo I took of a suirrel during my attempts at birding. It was with a bunch of old photos from March that I finally got round to sorting through yesterday, and this is one of the best there. I love the B&W.Comments and Faves welcome. Critique encouraged.
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Impressive shot. I love the pose - and you're right, the shot does work exceptionally well in black and white. As to that, though, you might want to consider making this monochrome instead of straight b/w (I'm not so much thinking sepia as perhaps a subtle red). I like the DOF - I'm impressed that you managed to get this at 1/50. My own attempts to shoot squirrels have yielded rather dismal results, but then, I don't have a telephoto lens. I've been reading some of the comments on this, and I have to disagree with the one about the tail being out of focus. Yes, it's slightly blurry, but I think that almost adds to it (and the shutter speed, incidentally, has nothing to do with the DOF). Do not go to ISO 400 on shots like this. You're in broad daylight, and this one is bright enough. If you needed to, you could increase the brightness digitally without adding the graininess of a higher ISO. Composition-wise, it doesn't quite conform to the rule of thirds, but that's easy enough to fix with a simple crop.
Very nice photo.
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thanks so much for the great critique! I really appreciate it
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You're very welcome - hope you find it helpful
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This is very well composed! Excellent composition! The b/w looks amazing. Tiny, tiny bit more contrast? Not sure.
Anyway, it could probably have been sharper (as someone before me also pointed out). At least his face should've been. Tiny adjustment in ps and you're there.
His nose blends a little bit with the background though, but what can one do? And it doesn't matter at all. My critiques are all just details. Overall, this is a great photograph and I really like it! Well done! (:
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Wow this is amazing, looks like a very rare pose to capture, very suspicious and spy-like, very much like the squirrels true nature, goodjob here!
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haha i love squirrels. i love how its just peering over the fence.
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he heh,its really cute...and very well-compisition too...I love it..
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Interesting to see in monochrome 
Great pose has a story
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Really superb picture, it's really sharp, and the details comes out really well. BW was a good choice of course ^-^
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thanks 
Thanks again for the kind words
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Great photo man sharp image where the face is concerned but theres also a slight blur on the tail. I recommend using a smaller F/ point and using a higher shutter speed. Because 1/50 is still quite slow and can cause a blur at times especially with animals. I'd recommend even jumping up to 1/100 and kicking the iso to 400 if you have to. Depends if you don't mind a bit of noise or not.
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thanks
Anyway, thanks for the crit and the fave
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At the end of the day it is down to personal opinion but I think that when it comes to wildlife shots no matter what they may be a sharp image of the animal is best. Soft focus sometimes to me looks like there trying to cover up blurred patches even if that may not be the case.
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yeah, I know what you mean - though in some cases soft focus can give a nice look.
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Nice picture of that squirrel.
That the squirrel didn't moved is almost impossible xD.
Or did it moved?
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eh... I can't remember. Though I do remember it staying completely motionless for several minutes in a different pose, a bit further away from me.
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Squirrels, common they may be, are on my list of favorite animals. So cute and curious.
I like this one a lot. The focus and the grayscale are a lovely feature. Great job!
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yeah, I know. It's really sweet
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heh, mischevious squirrels - gotta love em
great job on catching it as well as you did !
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yeah - up untill now, I've hated this squirrel - it steals all the food I put out for birds in a couple of minutes. I've been chasing it awaty with a long stick from my garden, but now I feel guilty, 'cos it's given me one of my best photos. I think I'll stop trying to kill it :/
Oh, and thanks
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