Ground Squirrel III

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi folks ... a different approach this time , was kinda difficult to get this done without too much distractions in the BG . As the location is quite close to human settlement ...
I tried all sorts of angles and views , thanks to the Squirrels, patience I got some funny stuff .... but lots of rubbish as well . Me and my kit got badly thrown dirt onto ... with the 16 - 35 mm being half filled with it on the front . But I got everything cleaned up afterwards ....

Hope you like it somehow , really pushed the sky as the sky was so boring in terms of color and tone .


Canon EOS 1Dx III
EF 16 - 35 IS L at 16 mm
HH

F 10 ; Iso 2500 ; 1/2500

Processed with DPP 4 and PSCC 2023 ; recropped and canvas added with the latest fancy Adobe tools ....

Thanks for watching and commenting

Cheers Andreas

[Gabriela Plesea]

This works for me Andreas,

Great perspective and it was worth getting some dirt on your gear, nice DoF too, techs 100%.

Sharp with good detail and nice colours and tones. Did you add canvas at the bottom, looks good.

I might have cropped a tad more from the left but not a big issue, just my thoughts as I am viewing your frame.

Overall this looks great, I like the image design and it's just something different than what we see every day - nice work!

Kind regards,

[Steve Kaluski]

When you get subjects habituated to humans, it really does help and allows you to get super close and getting the lens to do a good job. A circular polariser would have worked wonders here, blue a little pushed. Might remove the blade of grass just clipping the nose.

TFS
Steve

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Andreas, looks like you were really close. I like the image, the techs look good. Neat looking little bugger. Thank you for sharing.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Yup this works for me too, I like the presentation, the sky maybe a little too blue but otherwise tickety boo.

[Morkel Erasmus]

I love me some wide-angle wildlife images. This works a treat.
Agree about the sky, but otherwise it ticks the box for me, Andreas!

[Marc Mol]

A nice change for you here Andreas, like the low profile wide angle and he's got you in that eyeball I'm sure, agree on the sky saturation & grass across the nose, both an easy fix of course.

TFS

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks so much folks for your various comments , much appreciated .

The grass blade over the nose does not bother me that much as does it for you ....

But I do agree that the blue sky is a but overcooked .... just wanted to go picture postcard

Heeres Andreas

[William Dickson]

I'm loving this one Andreas....What a pose and the BG/FG fit the image perfectly. Very well captured .

Will

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Will , glad you like it