Squirrel Steals The Show
The original is at National Geographic. This is an 800kB PNG file rather than the 20KB JPGs in the newspaper sites
There are arguments both ways:
The squirrel is in focus so an autofocus would have focus on the squirrel during the timer delay.
The couple are laughing whereas I would have though surprised or shocked.
The squirrel looks rather large but looking at it in detail things such as the whiskers appear "correct" although the top of the head looks "odd"
There is no EXIF data on any of the images - which would give focussing distance.
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I think we are placing too much of an emphasis on what 'we' would have done in that situation, which is a bit of a flawed approach - better to look at the technicalities of the pic rather than question their reaction as supporting the belief it might be faked or genuine.
I consider myself to be pretty good at spotting a fake, and I have to say I'm of the thinking it's genuine.
I also dont think the top of the head looks odd at all.
Thanks for sharing this here Snootchies.
david
The park website shows a Columbian Ground Squirrel, one of the 29 mammals in the park and are they similar?
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