UglyJake

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Canon PowerShot SX30 IS

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Aperture f/5.8 ISO 100 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 150500/1000

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Jul, 2015

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On the Gulf Coast of Florida, the sunset can give you the "Etruscan Vase" effect; this optical illusion is very striking.

My youngest son was best man at his best friends wedding - a superzoom got this, and I applied a sepia cast with solo color effect on the ring.

This rhododendron plant was given to us on our 25th wedding anniversary - now, on our 42nd, it is mature and thriving!

Since my wife and I had no pets, she adopted a chipmunk, andI built him a picnic table for when we dined al fresco with him.

These birds (a flock of about 50 animals) were about 1,000 miles outside their normal range, it was exciting to see and photograph them.

An old film print, scanned in. These are the old steam engines, coal-fired, on Mt Washington, in NH.

My first grandchild was visiting from Texas, so we went to the beach, in Ogunquit, Maine. While she was napping, I saw some jetsam with interesting te

Visiting the zoo in Tyler, Texas He had his eye on me !

Walkabout at lunchtime with the camera, I chased this little bugger around a tree for several minutes and several shots before catching him in an open

Riding up the Cog Railroad, we paused at a siding to let the descending train pass by.

We go to the beach at 3 PM - a mile-long beach shared with 6 other people !!

Behind The Lens

Location

We have chipmunks and squirrels that we feed on black oil sunflower seeds on the deck beside our house in rural Vermont. I built a large flower stand accent, and the wild fur babies hop up to claim their bounty. This grey squirrel sat in the open for some time, until the seeds were gone.

Time

This was taken in the evening in March, the sun had just gone down behind the ridge to the camera's right, giving soft, even light.

Lighting

If you pixel peep his eye, you can see our house reflected.

Equipment

I put my super zoom Canon SX-30 on a tripod, just to get as sharp an image as possible . The lawn background came out very smooth.

Inspiration

This is the best part of owning a super zoom, a safari right on your deck! The subject was completely at ease, and I got this close en camera.

Editing

No, maybe slight sharpening and contrast.

In my camera bag

The super zoom and a Canon Rebel T5 with the 70-300 Sigma. I have a 50mm Canon for portraits/ landscapes and a kit lens.

Feedback

Wait for the light, use good seed, let the animals get used to you. Chipmunks eat out of my wife's hand . Another useful feature of the super zoom is that you can turn off the shutter "sound" to not spook wildlife.

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