With all these exotic...

[Ric Grupe]

....creatures, I'll bet what you really wanted to see was a rodent, up close and personal!;)



Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark II N
Shutter speed: 1/500 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Exposure mode: Av
Metering mode: Partial
Drive mode: Continuous (low)
ISO: 400
Lens: EF400mm f/4 DO IS USM +1.4x
Focal length: 560mm
AF mode: AI Servo AF

[Steve Canuel]

Wow!!! Where'd you find one of those! :) Nice clean, creamy BG and detail in the fur. I like the way you anchored the right side with the tree trunk and have him leaning into the frame. Maybe a tiny bit more room in front? If available, I think a tiny bit of detail in the mouth would be nice.

Steve

[Vincent Grafhorst]

Maybe not exotic Ric, but a fantastic image of this lovely creature. Well done.

[D. Robert Franz]

Very nece portrait here. Just a bit more room would have been nice.....

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Ric For these little guys I like stopping down a bit Having dof is important Not sure if flash would have been possible but a little detail around the mouth area would have been nice !!! I like the image a lot !!!

[Ric Grupe]

I appreciate the input.

I can easily see that I should have brought out the shadow detail around the mouth and am confident I can do so. Sometimes, I think, that I only see what's right with an image and concentrate on that.

As far as the tight crop is concerned...I do have a better crop that gives a bit more room bottom and left...I guess I wanted to show off the detail with the size constraints of posting here.

[Grady Weed]

The triangular pose and the fine fur details make this one for me.

[Ric Grupe]

I tried to incorporate the suggested revisions in this edit.

http://rickay.smugmug.com/photos/265640087_GfQRR-L.jpg

[D. Robert Franz]

Looks great!

[Nonda Surratt]

Super job Ric like the repost a bunch!

[Steve Canuel]

Repost looks good.

[Ric Grupe]

...D.Robert, Nonda, and Steve. :)