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Wildlife Image of the Week for the week ending Sept. 6th, 2013: Markus Jais - Young alpine marmot looking at camera
Congratulations Markus!
Young Alpine Marmot looking at me (or the camera).
They are soooo cute!
EOS 1DX, EF 4/200-400L IS 1.4x, at 400mm, handheld.
slight crop at the loft and top for a better composition.
1/640, ISO 500, f5.6
The 200-400 worked great. Perfect lens for those tame marmots. Sharpness is beyond any criticism with that lens.
With a prime (I was there a few weeks ago with the 4/300L IS) I would have missed many shots!
The freedom you have with the EOS 1DX and high ISO is fantastic. I go up to 6400 without thinking if I have too. There is some noise then but that can be dealt with in Lightroom.
This was shot with rear focus and AI Servo. Focused on the eye, then recompose. I couldn't live without rear focus anymore (I just started using it last Friday with those marmots).
Sharpening done only in LR 5.
I like those animals a lot. Very interesting ecology and behavior. Only Golden Eagles like them even more :-)
