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    Dear Friends,

    Thought I'd post some cuties tonight, albeit not as pretty as Keith's little mice

    Image captured in 2015 in the Kalahari Transfrontier Park. Time was 16:00 so light still quite harsh, the Sun sets late in the summer months.

    Those two were foraging about and occasionally fighting on bits and bobs, unfortunately I missed out a number of fun shots because they are incredibly fast

    Nikon D4
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    1/3200s ( those little chaps are super fast!)

    It took a fairly large crop to get closer to the squirrels, so this is about 30% of the original. Processed in LR and PSCC.

    Let me know what you think - I would appreciate any comments, be it of a technical nature or otherwise.

    Kind regards,
    Gabriela Plesea

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    A cute moment indeed Gabriela, love the symmetry in the pose here, looks like they have a family to look after, surprised their sunhats weren't up

    Love the low POV & clean BG, were you @ ground level?, quality has held up reasonably well for the crop.

    TFS


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    I think you have plenty of quality from your rather large crop.
    You managed well to freeze the pair then.
    Light might be harsh for your liking, but it is not too bad for me.
    I would have taken the shot myself, :)
    Thanks for sharing! Wonderful image IMHO.

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    HI Gabriela -- I too feel the quality is quite good enough against the crop that you have mentioned. Also you have handled the light pretty well. These must be real fast creatures and considering that you have done quite well in capturing the moment . A fun image indeed. TFS !

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    Gabriela all looks very good to me even with your crop and I can see that light does look a bit strong,nice having male and female and you have some nice detail and colours on them both,all sitting on a good Bg what more can you ask for?
    Nice work.
    Keith.

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    Hi Gabriela, good to get down & dusty, it pays off with the POV. Love the bushy tail and the 'hand' positions. Yes they are super fast, so perhaps going to 1/4000 may have been better, plenty of ISO for the body. Maybe reduce the Blacks, but the light being harsh hasn't perhaps helped, creating strong shadows and filling in the finer detail especially in the eyes? Think in Glenns posting a while back, we discussed the coarseness of the coat.

    TFS
    Steve

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    Thank you so much friends,

    Yes Marc, I was lying on the ground to get a better POV.

    And I agree, more SS would have been great. My main problem is, I cannot follow them easily because they jump up and down and run in zig-zag all the time, LOL.

    I shall try reduce the blacks Steve, thought I'd get away with this one but I see you don't miss anything

    Kind regards,
    Gabriela Plesea

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    Hi Gabriela - Excellent low pov and you have frozen these quick movers very well. Sharpness looks good. IQ has held up fairly well for the large crop at this size and web viewing. The male certainly has some large nuts . (sorry, couldn't resist).

    TFS,
    Rachel

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    Rachel, thank you so much my friend...I am sure you are referring to the nuts in his little paws?

    Warmest regards,
    Gabriela Plesea

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