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Squirrel in the Garden...

Sunday 5th June 2011


Now one of the things I have always always wanted was to have a camera which was capable of taking photographs of grey squirrels.   Thanks to my sister Pip, my mum and my sister-in-law Steffi, last Christmas I received my first DSLR and thanks to my DH I have a collection of lenses to use with my Nikon D3000 camera.  This series of photographs was taken using my Sigma 70-300 lense.

 I really love grey squirrels...


After my initial fuzzy shots of fluffy squirrel tails as the squirrel disappeared out of my shot...


I was fast coming to the realisation that photographing these speedy little animals is not as easy as the wonderful photographers out there make it look...


So here are my first photographs of the grey squirrels who visit Steffi's garden in Kent every morning for breakfast at the bird feeding station...  these photos were taken from 6:10 am so the light wasn't as good as I would have hoped for...


These animals have so much character...


And I have not yet fully captured it... 


But I do look forward to many more attempts...


I think this is my favourite of my squirrel photographs and I have used it for my twitter avatar...


Like my sister I love action shots when I am lucky enough to capture them...


But honestly...


Aren't these little fellows the very cutest...


Full of spirit...


character... ingenuity...


and zest for life...




8 comments:

What a wonderful collection! When I got my first DSLR camera two years ago, my goal was birds. I discovered even if you zoom in on them, they fly away fast! Your squirrels do indeed show a lot of character.

 

I love that you captured the tail in the first shot. Great photo!

 

How fun, and you really persevered to get some great shots.

 

How fun to capture the musings of these adorable animals. I do really like the one on the fence/gate.

 

todays laughter. Thank you. BTW the shot where it is sitting on that metal arrow, that is the best one. :)

 

Squirrels are very cute. You did a great job capturing them in motion. That's what my post from today features.

 

I love squirrels. Great photos.

 

A lovely little flower. A similar flower that blooms in our meadows is yellow.

 

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