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Follow the mouse

StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
edited February 6, 2014 in Wildlife
Caught this in a field 5 miles from my home....

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    EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2014
    oh.... my.... goodness........ :jawdrop


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    Eric ~ Smugmug
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    StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2014
    Thanks Eric! Good to know it was enjoyable and not just bit gross! Cheers!!
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    JoojoobirdsJoojoobirds Registered Users Posts: 12 Big grins
    edited January 17, 2014
    Ha, this post should have a warning on it :).
    Seriously, though, not gross at all. Fascinating, and beautifully captured. He certainly doesn't look like a cold-blooded killer does he?
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    DsrtVWDsrtVW Registered Users Posts: 1,991 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2014
    Gopher Everett, Great series , great light Nice of him to wait and eat before he flew away
    Chris K. NANPA Member
    http://kadvantage.smugmug.com/
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    QarikQarik Registered Users Posts: 4,959 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2014
    great shot!
    D700, D600
    14-24 24-70 70-200mm (vr2)
    85 and 50 1.4
    45 PC and sb910 x2
    http://www.danielkimphotography.com
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    StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2014
    Joojoobirds wrote: »
    Ha, this post should have a warning on it :).
    Seriously, though, not gross at all. Fascinating, and beautifully captured. He certainly doesn't look like a cold-blooded killer does he?

    I was trying to capture its beauty....but it had different ideas!:D
    DsrtVW wrote: »
    Gopher Everett, Great series , great light Nice of him to wait and eat before he flew away

    Thanks Chris! Learned a new behavior.....it froze literally for 2 minutes before grabbing/attacking his breakfast.....clue for future!
    Qarik wrote: »
    great shot!

    Thanks Daniel! Your teachings at work!
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    agspecialtiesagspecialties Registered Users Posts: 146 Major grins
    edited January 24, 2014
    Great capture. What lens did you use??
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    StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited January 25, 2014
    agspecialties wrote: »
    Great capture. What lens did you use??

    Thanks. Lens was "Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Telephoto Zoom". It is older lens but highly regarded and reasonably priced and in used market you can score one for $1,300.00 or so. Goodluck!
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    wave01wave01 Registered Users Posts: 204 Major grins
    edited January 25, 2014
    what a good set
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    fool4thecityfool4thecity Registered Users Posts: 632 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2014
    Very cool. Wish they'd eat those out of my garden and leave the fish in my pond alone. Excellent sires Stumblebum!
    www.mikeklarich.com
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    bristleconebristlecone Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2014
    Whoa!! You both scored!! Nice series. I just acquired that same lens. When the focus is right it's a great lens. Joel got me thinking about it. This series seems a bit strong on contrast. Did you do that for effect? Focus is perfect.
    -Len
    http://lamiller.smugmug.com
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    StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2014
    wave01 wrote: »
    what a good set

    Thanks!
    fool4thecity wrote: »
    Very cool. Wish they'd eat those out of my garden and leave the fish in my pond alone. Excellent sires Stumblebum!


    I never thought of that problem as don't have pond in my backyard....but how do those fishies survive? headscratch.gif
    bristlecone wrote: »
    Whoa!! You both scored!! Nice series. I just acquired that same lens. When the focus is right it's a great lens. Joel got me thinking about it. This series seems a bit strong on contrast. Did you do that for effect? Focus is perfect.
    -Len

    Thanks Len. Personal preference is to lean towards strong contrast, but I think I have been carried away a bit....and have to put a check on it! Thanks for gentle reminder!

    As for focus, it is going to be an issue I think for all zoom lenses, even more expenses ones due to its very nature. It ends up picking something besides a subject and you have to fight to get it back on track. For these shots, it was very difficult to get it in focus as you can see it has very thin neck and even slightest shake at maximum zoom it ends up focusing on hills behind it. I rested my arm in car window and at the moment this occurred just happened to hit the face.

    Cheers!
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    StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2014
    ^^ @Len - This is the recipe I have been pedaling free of charge (at the bottom of the page)....you may or may not find anything useful but this lens is great and just need to get used to it:

    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=244216

    Cheers!
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