Munching Squirrel

Another squirrel shot. We had another blast of snow overnight and so the squirrels were back this morning, digging through the fresh powdery stuff, looking for goodies that were buried.

[Heather]

Great fluffy fur to match the snow (and nice dof) Fav

[Velina]

Amazing capture and details. Maybe the squirrel would stand out even better with a bit darker tones in the background

[KoalaGardens🐨]

I never tire of those little hands

[tony gig]

Beautiful...

[Joanne Diochon]

@velina You may be right but given a bright sun and a scene full of snow, finding a darker background wasn't so easy. I did have one possibility but it was a background of cedar trees with clumps of snow which,I have learned, in bright sun, creates a very strongly textured background that is quite distracting. Originally the squirrel was the darkest thing in the picture but I lightened him a bit to bring out detail in his fur.

[Sue Cooper]

I absolutely love this shot and I really don’t agree with Velina @velina that it needs a darker background. It’s perfect just as it is. Fav

[Velina]

@gardencat I know we can not change the scene. I meant if it was me, I would edit the bokeh in the background a little bit darker via Curves or Levels. Of course it is always very subjective :)

[Joanne Diochon]

@velina Something like this ?
https://365project.org/gardencat/photoshop-madne/2022-02-18

[Walks @ 7]

This is lovely, the brighter area with bokeh grabed me at first then I gravitated to that lovely little Muncher.

[Velina]

@gardencat
More like this: https://usaupload.com/5XxR/IMG_20220220_004139.jpg