The eastern chipmunks emerged from hibernation a few days ago and are understandably hungry after a long winter. This one is busy packing in sunflower seeds at one of my feeders. Its cheeks are only about half full here!! 40D, 500 f/4, 1/160, f/8, ISO 400. Removed a few distracting items with quick mask. Comments are welcome.
Hey Steve,
Love these guys.......looks like he's going to explode! Your going to hear more room behind tail.....I won't say to crop it tighter all around it then (since I'm know to love tight crops!).......but do add some space behind. I just saved a bunch of people some extra typing. Everything else.............right on and well done,
Roman
Great looking image. I like how his paw is at his mouth. Agree with the behind room but not bottom. If you crop at the bottom, you will put the image edge to close to the knots in the log.
Thanks for the suggestions Roman, Alfred, and Robert. I do have space to add back onto the left so that will not be a problem. My original thought was that I didn't want to push the animal too far to the right in the frame. I'm OK with Alfred's crop off the bottom. :)
The crops have been covered in above comments so I'll just say that I find this photo enormously appealing and entertaining. I love the subtle gradations of browns and warm colors and the background is perfect.
I actually like both crops. I wouldn't add more room at left, I like it as is. These guys just came out a few days ago here too...went straight to the seed bag that I had unexcusably left outside overnight!!