Pardon my dirty hands... digging, you know! (Pic for me) by vera365

Pardon my dirty hands... digging, you know! (Pic for me)

Just because I am proud of myself - usually focusing is not my strength, so today in the park, I practiced with this very compliant, but horribly quick squirrel and actually got a couple of shots that I am happy about. But, to sum up - the squirrels are still much faster than my camera and my reaction :)
well done you and I love his ears
April 28th, 2015  
Lovely shot!
April 28th, 2015  
It is nice and clear, and a great capture. Love the ears on this squirrel.
April 28th, 2015  
Wow look at that tail... fav
April 28th, 2015  
Great capture of such a speedy little creature. Looks like he was enjoying his photo session.
April 28th, 2015  
Oh, so sweet, Vera! Great capture and POV.
April 28th, 2015  
Great capture, clarity
April 28th, 2015  
A wonderful capture. Fav!! 😃
April 28th, 2015  
wonderful
April 28th, 2015  
It has hands/fingers hope it minds the nettles,....
April 28th, 2015  
Fab focus, and I like the title
April 28th, 2015  
Хорошо сфокусировали. Это кроп или оригинальный размер?
April 28th, 2015  
@roulin Процентов 15-20 отрезано сверху и слева - там много ненужного места оказалось. Я не ожидала, что так хорошо сфокусируется - везде пишут, что для хорошего фокуса не нужно выкручивать zoom до предела. Спасибо!
April 28th, 2015  
Phantastic
April 28th, 2015  
What a wonderful pic. I love the wispiness and colours of his bushy tail.
April 28th, 2015  
@vera365 я тоже удивился, что на 300мм по всему полю фокус.
April 28th, 2015  
@vera365 но теперь понял, что это центр кадра был
April 28th, 2015  
@roulin Я вообще пока этот объектив не всегда понимаю - то он больше затемняет, чем ожидаешь, то искривляет горизонтали (посередине уже, а по краям расширяются) и с DOF я еще не все поняла. Почти как маленький ЛОМО-фотик, который у меня когда-то был - не знаешь, что получится.
April 28th, 2015  
Interesting squirrel.
April 29th, 2015  
I love those tufts of hair on his ears, standing straight up. So cute.
April 29th, 2015  
Great focus! They can be hard to photograph - I have tried many times with limited success. Love the colouring too.
April 29th, 2015  
Beautiful red squirrel . Just like tuffty if you remember him
April 29th, 2015  
Love the photo, love the caption! Fav
April 29th, 2015  
I want one of those!! He's too cute!
April 29th, 2015  
Hahah...great shot. Love the color and his expression is priceless! FAV
May 1st, 2015  
Dear all, thank you so much - I completely forgot to check on and than you all for the comments the dirty-hands-squirrel since it was not in my main album! I didn't expect it to get so much positive attention! I am glad you all enjoyed it, thank you for your comments and favs! It was also a pleasure to photograph her/him, with all those fluffy ears and the bright red color coming back after the grey winter. A couple or two more of session like this and my squirrel-focus might not be a mostly random thing anymore! :) Thanks!

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May 2nd, 2015  
Kim
Great action shot!
May 4th, 2015  
Lovely shot :)
May 4th, 2015  
@kimdavis @zdenka Thank you so much, Kim and Zdenka!
May 5th, 2015  
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