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Squirrel

Postby zafra52 on Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:08 am

I took it in India with a Canon PowerShot SX30 IS.
It is said that the god Rama run his fingers along
its back thankful of its help.

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Re: Squirrel

Postby aim54x on Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:32 am

Very nice capture...those superzoom units really do surprise with the quality that they are capable of despite their small sensors and huge zooms.
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Re: Squirrel

Postby surenj on Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:02 pm

Them fingers must have been dipped in ink because I can see some still some signs on it's back!... :wink:

Nice capture Zafra. The composition and the eye contact is excellent! Maybe sharpen it up a little.
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Re: Squirrel

Postby biggerry on Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:30 am

Awesome shot of the squirrel! great pose and the bokeh is nice and smooth. A slight bump in the contrast is the only suggestion I have.

surenj wrote:The composition and the eye contact is excellent!


:agree:

surenj wrote:Maybe sharpen it up a little


click thru for a sharper version.
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Re: Squirrel

Postby gstark on Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:46 am

What I like about this image is that it's a different image of a squirrel.

Usually, the images we see are that of the animal standing on its hindlegs, on a patch of grass, maybe with something in its forelegs.

Here the pose and location are very different from what we normally see, and the image gains from this as a result.
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Re: Squirrel

Postby zafra52 on Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:08 pm

Thanks for the comments. Actually the original is much sharper. I must have
reduced the quality setting too much when saving for the web.

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