Thank you all for your continued support for my squirrel photography. Many of you are doing a month of black and white -- and I'm doing a month of squirrel photography! All are taken in my backyard, and because of the amount of snow we have, most are taken from just outside my back door. In fact for this one, I was standing just inside my backdoor (trying to stay warm) and used my zoom lens straight out. I had dug a narrow trench from the backdoor to the library door and the squirrels race back and forth through this trench. That's why you see those sides. I keep this area shoveled but this last snowstorm brought a big dump that I just couldn't clear. So while it seems he is in an ice box (doesn't that term mean refrigerators of the past?), he is actually standing in the middle of the runway. You'll have to put up with another couple of weeks of squirrel photography but maybe by March, the snow will melt and there will be other photography.
@rickster549 -- always. And I've got them trained. I toss a peanut, they eat and pose. They look up to see if there's another peanut being tossed their way. I click again. Then I toss another peanut as a reward. @777margo@gardenfolk@kvphoto - thanks for your encouragement to keep the squirrel photo coming. Because February is Squirrels in the Snow month! I stand at the back door and photograph squirrels without even having to put on a coat or go outside! After all, the shoveling takes all the energy I have.
February 22nd, 2021
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Thank you all for your continued support for my squirrel photography. Many of you are doing a month of black and white -- and I'm doing a month of squirrel photography! All are taken in my backyard, and because of the amount of snow we have, most are taken from just outside my back door. In fact for this one, I was standing just inside my backdoor (trying to stay warm) and used my zoom lens straight out. I had dug a narrow trench from the backdoor to the library door and the squirrels race back and forth through this trench. That's why you see those sides. I keep this area shoveled but this last snowstorm brought a big dump that I just couldn't clear. So while it seems he is in an ice box (doesn't that term mean refrigerators of the past?), he is actually standing in the middle of the runway. You'll have to put up with another couple of weeks of squirrel photography but maybe by March, the snow will melt and there will be other photography.
@777margo @gardenfolk @kvphoto - thanks for your encouragement to keep the squirrel photo coming. Because February is Squirrels in the Snow month! I stand at the back door and photograph squirrels without even having to put on a coat or go outside! After all, the shoveling takes all the energy I have.