Squirrel
Squirrel posing for a photo shoot.
Squirrel posing for a photo shoot.
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LarryKohlruss
September 05, 2015
This little one was checking me out. We put peanuts out for them, and I was sitting in the Chair at the end of the Table where the nuts were. Probably checking out the Camera more than me.. lol
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Location
We lived on Mount Buchanan, abouve Kaslo BC. And, we had lots of these guys hanging around our deck.Time
I was spending most of my days, taking shots of everything. This was taken in the early aftrnoon. mid Summer.Lighting
As you can see by the soft shadows, it was a very light overcast day. One of those perfect days, to sit out on the deck, critter watching. Because of the of the light overcast, the shots had very little shadows to worry about.Equipment
I was, at the time, quite new to using a DSLR. I had just upgraded to a Canon T3, from Nikon P100. It was sitting on the bench of our sundeck table, as I was feeding Peanuts to some of my wild critter friends.Inspiration
At the time, I had only owned my Canon T3, for a few Months. So, was still learning. I was taking pictures of everything. This time, I was working on learning the close up abilities of the camera and lense. I had some "stuff" on our deck table, toys, utensils, etc,including some Peanuts, that I was using as subjects. As I had a full bag of Peanuts, I was treating these little beauties to some of them. I had set the Camera on the bench, to scatter a few nuts on the deck. This one guy, decided he wanted to check out the Camera. It was on auto focus, so just reached out to click the shutter. My movements didn't bother him, so he came closer, and this was the best out of about 10 shots. The lense is the Canon 24-105 L.Editing
Post processing, was all done in Aftershot Pro. Edited for sharpness, contrast and vibranceonly. It didn't need anything special, because my subject, knew what he was doing. It was like, it wasn't his first Photo Shoot.In my camera bag
I have more than one camera bag, depending on what I'm doing. My small walk-around bag, has all my memory cards, batties, cloths, rain guards, pens, index cards, gum, etc. Also, it has 2 other lenses. that change, depending on situation. It never has room for the camera. just the equipment that goes with it.Feedback
One of the things I have learned, is patience. For critter Photography, you have to be prepared to sit for long periods of time. With this Photo, I guessed at what he was doing, and wanted him to hurry, so I could get the shot and see how it turned out. But even though he seemed fairly trusting of me and the camera, it still took some time. From the time he climbed onto the bench, till I took the first shot, was about 15 minutes. I was talking to him the whole time, with my finger on the shutter button. As the camera was on the bench, it was not moving, probably giving him a bit less fear of it. It seamed like ages till he got into what I thought would be a usable frame. (The screen was not on, so it was set for me to use the eye piece, and I was sitting up, and nowhere near being able to see through the eye piece.) As I have Arthritis, it was a bit difficult, staying still, with my finger on the shutter button. Because I had been mostly taking semi macro shots, I knew the settings were going to be fairly close to what was needed. So, learn the equipment, and take your time. Because I knew how my setting were set, I didn't have to worry about that. All I had to do, was hold my ground, and wait for the shot to come to me. And, it did.
