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Crater Lake Chipmunk

Crater Lake Chipmunk
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cameraCOOLPIX P100

settings Aperture 5/1 ISO 160 Shutter 10/1683 Focal Length 120/1 

upload_dateMar, 2019

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4 Comments |
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catherinethompson July 04, 2019
Beautiful. Well done.
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chuckmyer July 09, 2019
Thank you Catherine for your nice comment
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chuckmyer July 09, 2019
Thank you DoninHudson!!
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chuckmyer July 09, 2019
Thanks for the congrats rosefosterhunt!!!
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chuckmyer July 09, 2019
Thank you so much for the congrats petervanlonderseele!!

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#ground #rock #mammal #animal #chipmunk
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Behind The Lens

Location

Crater Lake National Park in Southern Oregon, USA from the Old Hotel porch.

Time

I was sharing the internationally famous beautiful Crater Lake National Park with some out of state friends. We were in front of the old 1915 lodge ( https://www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x54cf62cf0ed3f72f%3A0x137381de99936692!2m22!2m2!1i80!2i80!3m1!2i20!16m16!1b1!2m2!1m1!1e1!2m2!1m1!1e3!2m2!1m1!1e5!2m2!1m1!1e4!2m2!1m1!1e6!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotels.com%2Fho492920%3Frffrid%3Dsem.hcom.xx.156.020.localuniversal.02.!5sCrater%20Lake%20Lodge%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCAQ&imagekey=!1e1!2shttps%3A%2F%2Fimages.trvl-media.com%2Fhotels%2F10000000%2F9670000%2F9667700%2F9667636%2F9f095d64_z.jpg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx1LrF4aTiAhWJw1QKHfkOC1wQoiowEnoECAsQBg ) visiting together about 4:30 PM.

Lighting

I wanted to capture the chipmunk near the red leaf and the 7000 foot elevation plant growth. The lighting was diffused by some cloud cover.

Equipment

I have a fairly old COOLPIX P100 Nikon which has a 4.6-120 mm (1:2.8-5.0) lens. No tripod, flash or any filters were used. The fixed mounted lens will not take any filters that I know of.

Inspiration

I've been to the Crater Lake National Park a few times and the chipmunks seemed to be really healthy and beautiful at the cool/cold 7000 foot elevation. So I really wanted to capture one of those gorgeous creatures.

Editing

I use a 2010 I-Mac and do limited processing in its iPhoto progam. I use the lighten/darken features along with the contrast feature. I'm 77 years old and am not very computer savvy, so I have no Photo-Shop programs.

In my camera bag

I carry no bag, just my trusty little Nikon COOLPIX P100. I do very much wish for a camera which would take a polarizing filter though.

Feedback

Just lots of patience. the chipmunks are fast little creatures, constantly darting here and there!

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