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A wild living Ziesel (ground squirrel) reaching for its breakfast!

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Canon EOS 7D

settings

Aperture f/4.5 ISO 250 Shutter 1/2500 Focal Length 420/1

upload_date

May, 2015

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Awards

Zenith Award

Top Shot Award 22

Contest Finalist in Image of the Year Photo Contest by Snapfish

Contest Finalist in Cuteness Overload Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in Photographer Of The Month Photo Contest Vol 10

Peer Award

+575

Absolute Masterpiece

+500

Superb Composition

+325

Top Choice

+318

Outstanding Creativity

+227

Magnificent Capture

+158

All Star

+97

Superior Skill

+60

Genius

+16

Virtuoso

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Emotions

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Categories

Awesome capture! Awarded.

wow!

magnificant awarded

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Stunning!

Totally awesome photo

Stunning and great shot!

Congratulations. Great capture and frame. Love the Pop of red!

Awww .... so cute! Adorable little fellow!

Just wonderful!

great find.

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awesome!!!

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awesome!!!

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This has got to be one of the most adorable things I've seen in a long time! The perfect timing and capture!! Just wonderful!

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This is a bit of a special shot. A really stunner for sure. Beautiful.

A fantastic shot!

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Amazing shot! Congratulations!

Awesome capture....love it!

This is insane. Unbelievably perfect.

Absolutely precious...great capture!

Wow! What an interesting shot!

Unbelievable.

Grand shot, it reminds me of the work of Leopold Kanzler.

Voted ...Celebrating Nature...!

Voted ...Covers...!

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Wow how did you capture this fabulous well done I love view bug so much to aspire too.

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all-time favorite,gorgeous shot

Voted ...Monthly Pro...!

Fabulous!!!

Congratulations on your image of the Year Finalist!!!! Well done!

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Thanks so much Akire :)

cool!

Special photo, i would be very proud of one like this :D

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Thank you Linda :)!

They don't get better than this!!!!!!!!!

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Thanks a lot! :)

beauty!

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Thank you!

Excellent capture! Perfect timing.

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Thanks a lot! :)

Well done. and especially poetic capture!!!!!!!

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Thanks a lot Keith!

This is really very, very special - what a delightful image !

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Thank you Rainer!

Wonderful Image congratulations

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Thank you Andy!

Perfection

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Thanks a lot!

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unbelievable success.......................
fantastic shot..........
congrats and regards...

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Thanks a lot Lucy!

So cute!

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Thanks a lot!

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Brilliant capture. This is gold, mate!

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Thanks a lot Lindie!

Wow!
Speechless!

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Thank you Khin Zaw!

Amazing!!

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Thank you Henryk!

SUPER SHOT!...

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Thank you Amancio!

Best squirrel photo - EVER!

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Thank you Brett!

Love this!

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Glad you like it - thank you!

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enviable shot. congrats

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Thanks a lot!

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You have created some stunning art work here! Awsome capture

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Thanks a lot Stephen!

A beautiful capture, I love it

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Glad you love it - thank you :)

Superbly Done...!!!!

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Thanks so much!

Incredible!

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Thank you!

Awesome capture! Congratulations!

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Thank you Cheryl!

wow!

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Thanks a lot!

Premium

sweet as photo.

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Thank you Richard!

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Voted in 'we love animals' contest.

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Thank you Eileen!

Is this real or edited?

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Real - I even have videos of such scenes.

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Incredible....

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Thank you Carol!

Awwwe!

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Thank you Gerry! :)

Wow

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Amazing.

Wow awesome shot

Great capture!

amazing shot

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Awesome capture!

Amazing

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Stunning! Great shot!

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What a heartwarming photo! Love it.

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I have been looking at your photos-wow I love the composition,creativity,everything.

So adorable! Crisp subjects telling a story. Great contrast between the story and the background. Love this photo.

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Too precious for words!

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Thank you Sue!

WOW!

Love this

This has got to be THE most beautiful photo ever...................what an incredible capture!

Wow, this is so precious! Love it!

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Congratulations!

Love this!!!!

This is so neat!!!

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Am amazing shot

Incredible ❤️🎥

I really love this image!

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Awesome

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Adorable!!!

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo near Vienna in Austria.

Time

This photo was taken later in the morning.

Lighting

The slowly brightening sun was covered by shreds of clouds so it was still possible to get a well exposed picture.

Equipment

I've used a Canon 7d, Sigma 120-300/2.8 and my Velbon Sherpa Pro tripod with a Sirui gimbal head which has a great stability and flexibility to catch situations like this.

Inspiration

I always wanted to take a photo of a European Ziesel (ground squirrel) interacting with a flower and was so happy to get this shot done.

Editing

I've used some post processing in Photoshop to optimize contrast, did some tonal correction and increased the crispyness of the image.

In my camera bag

Canon 5d Mk II Canon 7D Canon 16-35/4 L IS Canon 50/1.4 Canon 70-200/4 L IS Canon 85/1.8 Sigma 120-300/2.8 OS Tamron 150-600 Tripod ND Filters, gradient filters, polarization filter

Feedback

In nature photography - especially when doing wild life shots - you need patience, but you need to be on guard to use situations like this for a photo. Practice using your tele lenses in fast action situations. Doing a lot of water ski slalom photos in the past helped a lot to take this photo and don't miss the opportunity.

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