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This is nice Jon with this Squirrel caught in it's molt,from winter to spring I guess ,ear tufts look splendid even showing the banding ,are they close colour wise to our's?as this one looks more yellow to me,smashing alert capture.
Keith.
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Hi Jonathan -- Such a lovely specimen, loved those raised tuft's ! I liked the tones with slight scope of opening the midtones, appears a bit dark to me. But have that gloomy feel in the image , might be cloudy out there ? Nicely perched with some nice details coming through. Slightly tight at foot especially where its tail is ending , but over all it is working for me as presented . This is very nicely done , one of the loveliest squirrel image i have ever seen .
TFS !
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Thanks Keith Haseeb glad you liked it. The lighting was on the whole rather dull and then when we left beautiful clear blue skies with a few wispy white clouds! I think the colours are pretty close though I am expecting a couple of people to tell me the log has a strange colour cast, if so I agree but I can't decide what it is!! I have tried magenta and blue - hey maybe it's purple??
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might be slightest of magenta creeping in the log , but looks good to me .
Last edited by haseeb badar; 06-13-2017 at 04:45 AM.
Reason: typo
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Neat looking squirrel really like the ears, good background.
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Story Sequences Moderator and Wildlife Moderator
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I find the colours really interesting on this one Jon, I like it. Nice alert pose and those are some impressive ear tufts!
Mike
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Wildlife Moderator
Hi Jon, nice to see a different squirrel.
Any more below, I just find it a tad tight. Hard to tell on the MB pro, but I wonder if there is a slight colour shift??? Good detail although I think going to the full extension of the zoom is always better. Nice alert pose and I like the front paw placement and the slight bend of the tail. Some minor clipping in the blacks and I think you meant f/7.1. The set-up being on a slant adds to the strong comp.
TFS
Steve
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Macro and Flora Moderator
Thanks for he feedback everyone, the 1.4TC was used so I had the flexibility to photograph the squirrel in differing locations and also to photograph birds. I did initially have the 500mm on but it became unwieldy.
Last edited by Jonathan Ashton; 06-15-2017 at 02:51 AM.
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Amazing detail and sharpness. The pose and BG are perfect.
I would just try a CCW rotation, that is what my mind is telling me when I look at the image. I am not saying its scew I just feel the rotation might give the image more balance.
Very nice image....
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These molting animals are strange to look at Jon it reminds me so much of the roe I posted,the old fur plays with one,I'm utterly sure that it's a wonderful capture though and just how they are at the time one catches them. I find no conflict here betwixt log and beastie jon,I would like a touch more at the base. I find the colours work for me,although I am utterly unaware of what a Finish red should look like. Maybe being super picky I'd clone out that front blade/stem below and slightly left of front paws,beyond that a corker !!
stu
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BPN Member
Hi Jon cool looking squirrel from the color variation POV ..very different to the usual posted ones .
I like the pose and then surroundings , well captured . Lovely detail and sharpness looks spot on as posted .
I personally think the blacks are a bit on the heavy side ....look at the histogram
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I am with Steve regarding the overall color, somethings does look not " correct " . Having the expected boreal forest in mind ....i might go overall cooler by changing the WB and drop the magenta in color balance for example .
Just my thoughts .....TFS Andreas