A squirrel to critique

Lepospondyl · Dec 13, 2004

Hi all, this will be my first submission for critique. Hope it goes OK...

JonMikal · Dec 13, 2004

nice composition and DOF! would love to have seen a bit more face but very good as is!

Lepospondyl · Dec 13, 2004

I was happy with the DOF too. It's funny to me to see the leaves on the trees behind him like that, because I see them every morning looking out my front window. Well, actually, now they're bare branches, but you know what I mean.

JonMikal · Dec 13, 2004

Lepospondyl said:
I was happy with the DOF too. It's funny to me to see the leaves on the trees behind him like that, because I see them every morning looking out my front window. Well, actually, now they're bare branches, but you know what I mean.

thats the beauty of photography; the ability to blur the background. don't be afraid to shot something against an undesirable background with a wide f/stop. more than likely it will blur into very pleasing colors making for a beautiful backdrop. again, nice work.

Trig · Dec 14, 2004

I love it, i really think it's a great shot.

mrphil · Dec 14, 2004

Nice stuff. Would love it if he/she had turned around to face the camera. It is so hard to find well trained squirrel model these days

spiralout · Dec 14, 2004

Aww man, you shoulda told me before you took this shot. I speak squirrel.

Love the shot, though. I have a thing for squirrels, and they're in no short supply on campus.

Fullpower · Dec 14, 2004

nice rodent. makes ya wonder what that little dude is thinkin. good work.

Lepospondyl · Dec 14, 2004

Actually, this squirrel is a female. My wife and I watched her come to our squirrel feeder every day. She wasn't huge at this point, but I think we have pictures of her somewhere laying on her side, belly all extended, just ready to pop.