nig2000

Harvest Mouse

Harvest Mouse

I photographed this tiny harvest mouse at Slimbridge WWT. The mouse was behind glass so I had to ensure that there were no reflections from the glass pane whils...
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I photographed this tiny harvest mouse at Slimbridge WWT. The mouse was behind glass so I had to ensure that there were no reflections from the glass pane whilst getting close enough to achieve the image I was after. I took a lot of shots of the mouse in different positions around it's enclosure before capturing this one. The shot was taken using my 100mm Macro lens set at f2.8 to ensure that the background was blurred.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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Aperture f/2.8 ISO 1000 Shutter 1/160 Focal Length 100/1

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Apr, 2015

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