(Field?) Mouse

[Anubis]

Taken today in my back garden.

 

[Alison]

Love the composition and colors on this one! Great catch

 

[skiboarder72]

nice shot :thumbup:

 

[Fer!]

Interesting casual shot.

 

[walter23]

I'm pretty sure that's a deer mouse.

 

[Scurra]

Is that a bird feeder he's sitting on? If it is full marks for ingenuity! How on earth did he get up there... great pic as well, I believe the key to a good animal portrait is keeping the eye sharp and it certainly looks it, good job.

 

[angelikmermaid]

aww its so cute!!!

 

[Anubis]

Cheers people!

Scurra, it is the bird feeder its sitting on, but what you can't tell from the shot is that the feeder is 5 feet above ground nailed to the top of my fence.

I started at my back door with my SLR and slowly moved forward, after about five minutes I was close enough that it took up the full view finder. After taking 15 shots on slr i switched to my Fujipix A303.

It was not bothered about my presence at all. The shot you see is from the A303 and I am so close I could grab the mouse without extending my arm. (I didn't btw! )

I was out in the snow in shorts, a vest and wellington boots... bloody freezing, but i couldn't pass up the opportunity to photograph it.

Bryan.