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I'm new to wildlife photography, but been shooting landscape for a while. I thought I'd post these which I shot in my local woods a few weeks ago. It was my first time photographing squirrels and wildlife in general so its a steep learning curve.

These are shot with a D800 and a 70-200 f4 various ISO.












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ADDED NEW PHOTO
D800 70-200mm f4 ISO1000




ADDED ANOTHER PHOTO
D800 70-200mm f4 ISO2000




Cheers

Simon



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Nov 20, 2015 at 08:13 AM
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Lovely poses and compositions. To my eye a little too bright particularly the squirrel's orangey tones and highlights in #1 (tail, top of head, blown tree stump patch). #2 is my favorite with the nice blurred shapes in the background and the complex foreground detail. Great bokeh in all three.


Nov 20, 2015 at 09:22 AM
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Nicely done Simon. Welcome to N&W - I hope you enjoy your time here. It would help us help you if you left the exif attached ~ Ron


Nov 20, 2015 at 09:38 AM
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You are so lucky to have these guys in your country. Definitely my favorite squirrel. Shot some up near Liverpool at Formby. Been there twice. They had a disease that just about wiped them out up there in '08. Hope they are making a comeback. Thanks for sharing these cute guys. All nicely done.

Ed



Nov 21, 2015 at 09:04 AM
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Welcome to FM and N&W Simon. You did a nice job of isolating your subject using DOF.

Morris



Nov 21, 2015 at 09:14 AM
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Super shots Simon, well done with all
David



Nov 21, 2015 at 02:53 PM
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nicely done Simon


Nov 21, 2015 at 07:37 PM
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super cute ones

Howard



Nov 23, 2015 at 07:21 AM
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Thanks for all the comments, I'll try to keep updating the thread with more.

Simon



Nov 24, 2015 at 05:11 AM
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Howard Kearley wrote:
super cute ones

Howard


Thanks Howard, I've added one more using the new Nikon 200-500. Loving your shots of the KingFisher!

Cheers

Simon



Dec 01, 2015 at 05:01 AM
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kmunroe wrote:
nicely done Simon


Thank you! :-)



Dec 01, 2015 at 05:01 AM
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David Leask wrote:
Super shots Simon, well done with all
David


Thanks David! Have you been hit with the snow in your area of Scotland?



Dec 01, 2015 at 05:03 AM
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morris wrote:
Welcome to FM and N&W Simon. You did a nice job of isolating your subject using DOF.

Morris


Thanks Morris, it was my first time getting used to doing this and my first time using a 70-200 so I'm just getting used to fine tuning the result.



Dec 01, 2015 at 05:04 AM
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teked wrote:
You are so lucky to have these guys in your country. Definitely my favorite squirrel. Shot some up near Liverpool at Formby. Been there twice. They had a disease that just about wiped them out up there in '08. Hope they are making a comeback. Thanks for sharing these cute guys. All nicely done.

Ed


Yeah, its still a worry with the disease that the Red's get which is passed on from the Greys......I'm not sure about 'come back' but I think they are holding their own!



Dec 01, 2015 at 05:06 AM
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surfnron wrote:
Nicely done Simon. Welcome to N&W - I hope you enjoy your time here. It would help us help you if you left the exif attached ~ Ron


Hey Ron, Thanks, I used to be a member, but forgot my login! :-) I thought the EXIF data was in the photos.....I'll look into it, Cheers.

Simon



Dec 01, 2015 at 05:17 AM
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Brev00 wrote:
Lovely poses and compositions. To my eye a little too bright particularly the squirrel's orangey tones and highlights in #1 (tail, top of head, blown tree stump patch). #2 is my favorite with the nice blurred shapes in the background and the complex foreground detail. Great bokeh in all three.


Thanks for the comments. What I have noticed watching the Red Squirrels over the last year is that they change colour a huge mount over the course of the year, from really bright oranges/reds/whites in summer to sliver/black/dark orange/brown in the winter.

It was my first time using the 70-200, so its a big learning curve to get the DOF and Bokeh nice. I've just bought the 200-500 and the Bokeh is much nicer in this than with the f4 70-200.

Cheers

Simon.



Dec 01, 2015 at 05:22 AM
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My apologies - the exif is there. I need a different exif viewer - the one I have is flaky ~ Ron


Dec 01, 2015 at 09:21 AM
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Love the stump shot ones, and the added last one - the lighting and closeness really made the shot. Love how it looks like a spotlight is on the lil guy.


Dec 01, 2015 at 02:46 PM
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Some nice shots here Simon, your newness to wildlife phtography doesn't show.


Dec 01, 2015 at 04:19 PM
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surfnron wrote:
Nicely done Simon. Welcome to N&W - I hope you enjoy your time here. It would help us help you if you left the exif attached ~ Ron

+1




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