A Little Squirrelly

I'm trying to get a lot of spring cleanup done this week, but I'm finding it can be difficult to work in my blog/photography during all this. I see the squirrels have found the feeder again, so I decided this would be my photo shoot for the day. I don't try to keep the feeder from them, because that is a losing battle. I just wish they wouldn't knock the food everywhere.

See all the dark wet marks on the roof? Before the serene image you see above, there were two squirrels with wet little paws duking it out for the food. I took this image (below) through the window, and by the time I opened the door to get a better view, the victor was serenely munching on the spoils.

Techie Corner
I used my big lens for these feeder shots.
Shot at 1/500 Sec @ F4.5, ISO 400

Chippy

I was trying to get yard work done today, which seriously cut into my photography time. I did notice this little bird at our feeder as I was about to go into the house. It didn't seem too concerned with me, so I got my camera and went back outside to snap a few pictures. My bird book tells me it is a Chipping Sparrow, commonly called Chippy. (I'm not making this up, it's in the book.)

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Used "shade" mode on my camera as it was pretty overcast at the time. Not much post-production.
Shot at 1/125 Sec @ F5.6, ISO 400

Creature From The Deep

Well, creature from my fish tank, at least. I toyed with the idea of actually cleaning the fish tank this afternoon, but I got side-tracked into photography instead. (Funny how that happens!) This is Moby, and he usually doesn't like his picture taken either. I was rather surprised that he sat still long enough for me to get a few shots.

See you next week!

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Used my +2 close-up lens on this one. Did a fair amount of post-production.
Shot at 6.0 Sec @ F16, ISO 400

Kittytude

My kitty wasn't happy with me taking pictures of her tonight. She was definitely giving me some "kittytude." She finally curled up and closed her eyes. Enough is enough.



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Used off-camera flash . Routine post-production.
Shot at 1/60 Sec @ F2.8, ISO 400

Tinkle the Ivories

Ok, so they're not ivory anymore, but they can still make beautiful music. Since the weather was so beautiful today, I spent most of my free time doing yard work. Exciting, I know. So I had to settle for an indoor shoot.

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Just the usual stuff for post-production.
Shot at 1/4 Sec @ F.8, ISO 200