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    Had it not been for this Sherman's Fox Squirrel leaning down to munch on his acorn, I may well have missed him. He was only a few yards off of a dirt road but nearly undetectable b/c his natural surroundings camouflaged him so well. Normally, they are quite skittish at this State forest b/c of the hunting, so I was pretty excited for this opportunity. Of course the light was bad, it was windy and my equipment was in the trunk. Backed up far enough to retrieve my equipment quietly and proceeded closer and closer (in camo myself), shooting at each interval. For me this capture speaks volumes to how well they have learned to use their environment.

    This was cropped from horizontal probably over 50%. It was tough to post process and I am not too happy with the version after compression. There seem to be some aberrations throughout the BG which are only showing up on this version.

    Canon 40D, Canon 100-400L @ 400mm
    F5.6, 1/250sec, ISO 640, manual mode
    Handheld, Cropped from horizontal

    C & C always welcomed and much appreciated.

    Marina Scarr
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    Marina,

    The light looks good for the subject, with plenty of detail and sharpness. I would crop the right side between the the thicker vert hanging branch and the slimmer one.

    Chas

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    Marina,

    I can understand how awkward this must have been to process, the BG is to say the least a bit of a nuisance. The subject itself is wonderful, as I am not familiar with it I will not comment on the colours , but the detail is good enough for me.

    I am with Charles here re the cropping, here is my try , I also darkened the BG whites a bit.

    I think this is such a good image that it is worth trying out a few more options.

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    Marina - this certainly shows their natural camo very well and I like the way the tail drapes down. It does look tough to process given the bg and I think you did well.

    TFS,
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    Marina you did well under the circumstances, I like it as presented.

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    Hi Marina. I'm looking at this on my laptop, but based on what I'm seeing, I think you're being too hard on yourself. My first reaction was - wow! This is an outstanding squirrel-in-its-environment shot! Excellent sharpness and the difficult lighting was handled well. IMO, all the business of the "non-squirrel" portion of the image just adds to the environmental feel and is a plus in this case. Very well done!

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    Marina,

    I think you did a great job getting to the final result. IQ looks really good. I think is pose is perfect.

    I agree with Chas' crop suggestion.

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    Handsome looking squirrel and a nice sense of habitat. Either crop works for me.

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    Hi Marina, lovely processing and I too like Chas' crop a little better. Nice capture!

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