Up The Tree

[Julie Kenward]

I caught one on his way down the tree. :D I love it when that happens!

Canon 40D, EF 70-200mm f/4L
f5.6 @ 1/125th, ISO 400
Manual mode, natural light, AWB
Handheld, Pattern metering

[denise ippolito]

Jules, Nice composition and that is one surprised face!!

[Harold Davis]

i like the compo too. the oof branches in the bg frame the squirrel nicely!!

[Alfred Forns]

Does look surprised by the capture !!!! I like the off side placement !!!

[David Thomasson]

Great capture, Julie! I played around with brightening the subject a little and adding a slight tint to the sky.

[Cheryl Flory]

was this originally a vertical shot? I know the squirrel looks right side up now, but the image "feels" strange to me with the tree horizontal.

I like the head angle and the face, and very nice job getting the bg to frame the subject.

[Julie Kenward]

No, Cheryl, this image is me looking straight up at a branch that runs diagonally from the tree. It is literally at the exact angle of what I saw. They tend to use this branch to drop down from higher branches and this is the last one they are on before descending the main tree trunk.

Dave, I played with lightening it up a bit, too, but was afraid of going too far. I think you did a great job on the repost.

[Nonda Surratt]

Julie since I read sq minds, sq is wanting to know when you will be providing pecans:D;)

Cute image!