California Ground Squirrel

[Chris Hansen]

Caught this ground squirrel feeding on grass stems and plants on a bluff above the ocean at McKerricher State Park in Northern California. Lighting conditions were a little too sunny

Canon 50D
Canon 100-400 IS @ 250mm
ISO 400
f5.0 @ 1/2,000 sec

All CC are appreciated.

God's precious light to all,

chris

[Alfred Forns]

Does look like the light was harsh and that little critter is saying ... are you doing a portrait of me now :)

Love the facial expression. As presented would crop form the top and add to the right and bottom if you have it. Would reduce saturation on the blue just a bit and sharpen the face a bit. (did all in re post ) Still like the extra room up front I like it !!!

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Chris,
I like the capture...agree with Mr. Forns on the techs...I like the pano crop on the repost...looking forward to more...good show...:cool:

[Chris Hansen]

Nice job Alfred. I really like the pano crop. I don't quite what to do with the sharpening. I though i had it down this time. As soon as it was posted I could see it wasn't sharp enough. It's like it magically softens as soon as post it! I'll keep at it.

God bless all,

chris

[Alfred Forns]

Chris I did the sharpening with PhotoKit Sharpener Might want to check it out ... you can do selective sharpening to the full tiff file but the final is done at the posting resolution !!

If you don't use the program just sharpen a layer then brush the effect to the area you want. By sharpening the head area only you can get away with a little more, going after the entire image will look over sharpened !!!