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squirrel standing on moss and mushrooms

squirrel standing on moss and mushrooms
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cameraNIKON D7100

settings Aperture f/7.1 ISO 800 Shutter 1/100 

upload_dateAug, 2014

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46 Comments |
RuwanFonseka PRO
 
RuwanFonseka August 27, 2014
Excellent composition focus and lighting.
kathymuhle PRO+
 
kathymuhle August 29, 2014
Fantastic - voted
pat-rice440
 
pat-rice440 September 01, 2014
voted:)
KesPhotography Ultimate
 
KesPhotography September 08, 2014
Nice! Voted
Chelanamo
 
Chelanamo September 10, 2014
Congratulations on your win. Super great focus and a subject that OOOOOZES CUTE. You had to win!
birdlover54
 
birdlover54 September 10, 2014
Congrats on the win! what an excellent capture, the different colors of mushrooms really sets it off.
zeppo
 
zeppo September 10, 2014
congrats on the win well deserved
rmr731 Platinum
 
rmr731 September 10, 2014
Congratulations on your win! Love this! Great capture!
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots September 10, 2014
Awesome capture! Congrats on your win!
UnkleFrank
 
UnkleFrank September 10, 2014
Great win!!! Congratulations on a win, well deserved.
onyanita PRO+
 
onyanita September 10, 2014
congrats Gert!!! Outstanding achievement and a superb capture.
Rl1956
 
Rl1956 September 10, 2014
amazing image, congrats on your win
Cbries
 
Cbries September 10, 2014
Great Photo! Congrats on your win!!
Miss_Kitty PRO+
 
Miss_Kitty September 10, 2014
Really great capture. color pops
gondmagdi Premium
 
gondmagdi September 10, 2014
CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tell her she is famous !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RanSen
 
RanSen September 10, 2014
super shot
geertweggen
 
geertweggen September 10, 2014
thanks for all the votes!
p_eileenbaltz Platinum
 
p_eileenbaltz September 11, 2014
No surprise here.:) Well-deserved! Congratulations.
lizziemellis Platinum
 
lizziemellis September 11, 2014
Excellent.. No surprise, well deserved win congratulations:-)
vbpbeetschen1305821
 
vbpbeetschen1305821 September 11, 2014
Congrats !
mariaserrano PRO+
 
mariaserrano September 13, 2014
Congratulations!!!
docnicolasrao
 
docnicolasrao September 15, 2014
Excellent in all ways..Depth of field is beautifully controlled as is lighting and acutance.
KristinaOers PRO+
 
KristinaOers September 15, 2014
Congratulations :D
beachdazed
 
beachdazed September 18, 2014
just awesome on everything!
smsunshine
 
smsunshine September 20, 2014
Precious =)
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta September 23, 2014
Brilliant capture. Congratulations on being the PC Winner.
tropicala
 
tropicala September 23, 2014
Voted ! Comme toujours c'est un ravissement de voir la qualité et l'émotion transmise par vos photos!
noosha
 
noosha September 25, 2014
Congratulations !!!
morriskleyman
 
morriskleyman October 22, 2014
Great shot,magnificent composition!!!!!! Voted!!!
YvonneJeaK
 
YvonneJeaK October 22, 2014
Superb
florenceK
 
florenceK October 27, 2014
Auguri!
rmr731 Platinum
 
rmr731 October 27, 2014
Love it! Congrats on being a finalist!
sweetpea72
 
sweetpea72 October 27, 2014
Congrats ")
KeithBannerman Ultimate
 
KeithBannerman October 27, 2014
Nice shot
amandajanebuncott PRO+
 
amandajanebuncott October 27, 2014
Congratulations, brilliant!
kathymuhle PRO+
 
kathymuhle October 28, 2014
Congratulations on another win! You and your squirrel's, timeless subject - hope they get lots of seeds for being such good models! :)
sunflowergirl
 
sunflowergirl October 28, 2014
Love this shot! Squirrel is SO cute!!
spacenut
 
spacenut November 03, 2014
Well done on been a finalist in the ground level contest
janland PRO+
 
janland November 03, 2014
Great capture! congrats!
DebbieKMiller81 Platinum
 
DebbieKMiller81 November 18, 2014
Congrats on you award. Well done.
morriskleyman
 
morriskleyman November 29, 2014
Super!!! Voted IMAGE OF THE YEAR!!
pat-rice440
 
pat-rice440 February 01, 2015
Beautiful..Voted Solo Animals
Vince542
 
Vince542 February 08, 2015
Fabulous composition, brilliant detail!!!! Well done again!!!!
MIchellephotobox
 
MIchellephotobox March 07, 2020
Absolutely stunning 😁
MIchellephotobox
 
MIchellephotobox March 07, 2020
Absolutely beautiful 😁
Durham_Photography PRO+
 
Durham_Photography November 11, 2023
I would like to invite you to participate in my challenge!
#fungus&mushrooms

Tags

#squirrel; mammal; animal; nature; rodent; mushroom; plant; toadstool; moss; red; look; ground; fungus
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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken on my balcony in Sweden. From my kitchen window I hope and wait for animals to come on my compositions

Time

Light is always a challenge. There is not much day hours to shoot. The animals have to come on the right time. I have to be home and there must be the right light. In this case 2014-08-17 14:51:38.003

Lighting

Because the position of my composition is there almost always backlight I have different lights in between me and the composition to balance it and to shoot at max iso 640

Equipment

The often low light on my balcony force me to have a tripod. With the 500 mm sigma and nikon d7100 I shot this. This is for me a extreme shot. In this case I was lucky that the squirrel just did not move. with the 800 iso and 100 exposure am I on the max of a good quality photo with the camera I have

Inspiration

In the most photos I take I want to create a kind of magic realism. Seeing something and thinking is that realy possible. My love for nature and art comes often back in my photos

Editing

There is always some processing in my work. I shoot in RAW, bring it to lightroom for sharpening and lens correction there after in photoshop RAW to gife it some vignette and lower highlights

In my camera bag

Often a small bag with a tripod, filters,remote,cleaning stuf, battery, and macro tubes.

Feedback

It took me months of work to create contact with the animals. Every time they came I opend my window. Worked with food and clicking of the camera and getting used to me. This takes alot of investment. After that is is getting easier. Back focusing help me alot in making shots of animals and all my extra lamps has a remote control so I can turn them on from my possition.

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