Red Squirrel

[denise ippolito]

Canon 5D
100-400mm
ISO 200
1/800sec.at f/5.6
HH

Shot taken on the Plains of Six Glaciers Trail in Banff NP

[José Rodríguez]

Really beautiful. The eye reflection is wonderful . To critisize something, I think I would like more room to the left and the bottom, though not really sure. Congrats

[Gus Cobos]

Lady Denise,
I like the composition as presented...Its well composed and executed. The details are sharp and the color rendition is very good. The eye contact is dead on...I can see you...:DThe background compliments this little guy...good show...looking forward to your next one...:cool:

[Dave Mills]

Nice Denise! Tack sharp, nicely muted backround. To my eye it's nicely cropped. A tiny nit would be to clone out the small white area behind the squirrel's back. Good job!

[Gail Spitler]

Denise - I am sure that Nonda will give us the straight goods; I think your squirrel is a Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel that has lovely bits of red. It is a lovely image. I find these guys very wary, so good on you for getting the image. The tight crop is super.
Cheers
gail

[Nonda Surratt]

Really very, very nice image of a ground squirrel! Really well done Denise, they aren't easy. I think it is a Golden-mantled GS (winter coat) AKA 'Copperhead' quite the cool little guy.

Our posts crossed Gail:)

[Alfred Forns]

Just fine Denise Love the tight composition Lots of detail, sharp and so sweet !!!!

[Harold Davis]

awesome denise!! love the pose!

[denise ippolito]

Thanks for the correct ID. I just went by my guide book-I have another one I'll post that will probably be the wrong ID also!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

As good as it is D, I probably would have gone even tighter on the crop. Great eye contact and sharp as a tack. Congrats

[Kerry Perkins]

Denise, nice image! Very pleasing colors, nice details and just too cute (sorry, that's not technical...). Interesting that you got one suggestion to crop tighter and one to open it up. It feels right to me as presented.

[Stefan Minnig]

Denise,

Very nice image. I like the eye-level feel of it all. Looks like you could be looking from another squirrel's perspective.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Denise - lovely - no nits here - like it just as it is :)

well done :)

[Nonda Surratt]

Denise, these little guys can be really tough to ID! Side stripes (two or more) are either a chip or GS and it gets rough from there..Tons of them.

Douglas and Reds have a single dark line separating top fur from tummy fur, not always real prominent.
Have seen a field guide here and there as well as websites that have wrong ID's;)

[denise ippolito]

Nonda, Thanks that will help for future reference!