Timid Squirrels

Hello

I have been trying on and off over the last few years to get a resonable close up of a squirrel at or near to Ty Mawr Country park - at last I have one I am almost happy with

There are parks within say 30 miles where I can get to take close ups of the nice and friendly well fed squirrels but that did not seem like a challenge.

The squirrels at Ty Mawr are very shy, whilst crawling around in some grass this afternoon I found an air gun pellet, deformed and blood stained, this may explain why the squirrels don't hang around much, or any of the other wildlife such as rabbits and pheasants

Anyway peeps here is the pick of the bunch for me (from this afternoon), I was part way through a set of trees in a boggy area when I spotted this fella staring at me, probably wondering what was going on




Taken with my Tokina RMC 300mm f5.5 M42 lens that I seem to be using almost always at the moment.

C&C welcome

I know that there is a branch across the face but apart from a little raw/jpeg processing and a slight crop I have not messed about with the photo.

As always I promise not to sulk (much)

Shame about the branch across the face otherwise it would have been good.

Never mind the little branch, the shot is still really sharp and well framed. Unless they are very tame there not easy to capture like this. I like it as it is!

Paul

I like it the cols look good and the photo subject looks sharp nice on Stuey.
Ian

Thanks for the comments guys

Delightful shot Stuey - I`m lucky - Cyril our tame squirrel knocks on the window to be hand fed so we get a bit blase sometimes.
Lovely sharp shot and the branch is not too much of a distraction - the tail is great and the colours nice and soft.Our Cyril seems to have much more reddish bits than yours - must be all the roasted peanuts in the shell !

Tony

PS hope the shooter shot themselves in the foot !!

Hello

I hope the air gun idiot shot him or herself as well

Having sat back and looked at this again I think that there are two branches in the way, one lower left and the other slightly higher and to the right - come to think of it they may have been almost as near to me as they were to the squirrel - problem was I only spotted this fella whilst gently pushing my way through tree's etc to reach a clearing

I hope Cyril continues to enjoy the peanuts

My parents have a tame black bird who eats as many raisins as they will give him he's probably one of the few birds that don't dissapear when I visit my parents house

Thank you for the comment.


Regards


Stu

Cyril says thanks too.................................



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Cyril looks like a cute little fella

Tony - that's a fabulous shot of Cyril

Thanks TT - he was so close I caught the reflection of the house in his eye....................I`ll see if I can sort another one out for you.

Tony

Wonderful little fella

Great picture of Cyril

It's not that I forgot earlier but the monitor in work is far to bright and amplifies noise in major way - its not a great platform from which to comment

For example in work the pic looks as though there is no detail in the front paws and the reflection in the eye in unrecognisable - it's so much better on my home pc

Cyril looks even cuter now

After a couple of years of not coming near another one within 7 days of the other

Not great quality but the 'pose' was ok, iso 500 ancient Tokina 300mm again.

This was taken from the old railway line between Ruabon and Llangollen this afternoon.

Cyrils relatives have clearly made it as far as Wales




C&C welcome.