Today I visited Formby pinewoods, Merseyside. My goal was to photograph a red squirrel, my third visit in about 12 months. I parked at Southport and cycled the 10 miles to Formby which was a very pleasant ride along the dedicated coastal cycle path. After about an hour of wandering around, with no sign of any red's I sat on a bench under a dence number of pine trees and there rummaging around the fallen pine cones was this tiny squirrel. It was very dark in there with dapples of sunlight breaking through illuminating small areas, so I waited patiently and was reward when the squirrel stepped into a small patch of light. I found it quite frustrating really, I could see the squirrel, but it was so dark under the trees that my camera just kept hunting. So, I got one shot that turned out and this is it.
And a great shot it is too!
Last time I was there I saw just one red squirrel running about right at the top of a tree, I think they must all come out when everyone has gone home!
Love the light in this - caught him in the spotlight. Great timing!
You might be interested in Peter Trimming's work : https://www.flickr.com/photos/peter-trimming/
My husband's acquainted with him through their shared interest in folk music and that's how I know about his photography. Peter has devoted a lot of time to studying and photographing red squirrels and has published a book about a particular colony, centering it around one squirrel who survived an epidemic of disease that virtually wiped out the colony.
Last time I was there I saw just one red squirrel running about right at the top of a tree, I think they must all come out when everyone has gone home!
You might be interested in Peter Trimming's work : https://www.flickr.com/photos/peter-trimming/
My husband's acquainted with him through their shared interest in folk music and that's how I know about his photography. Peter has devoted a lot of time to studying and photographing red squirrels and has published a book about a particular colony, centering it around one squirrel who survived an epidemic of disease that virtually wiped out the colony.