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This is absolutely adorable, I love it

Haha I love the name so much

tdierikx wrote in post #18273523
I love your attitude Jeff... and in doing what you do, you manage to capture the true inner critter and share them with us... which is something truly special - a photo by you is not just capturing a moment, it's capturing the complete story...

T.

Thanks T, I really do like the entire story, Making the image is second for me now. and I'm ok with that. Life is good T.. Life is good.

Pondrader wrote in post #18273534
Thanks T, I really do like the entire story, Making the image is second for me now. and I'm ok with that. Life is good T.. Life is good.

There really is no feeling like it, is there?

I find that getting to know and understand the subject really makes for some truly memorable shots... it's a lot more complex than simply pointing the camera at something interesting, yes?

T.

Pondrader wrote in post #18270401
Yes she sure does, I only ever seen her in what looked like distress for a while. she was bitten on the nose in an attempt to make her move on from the parents and her birth den. I was there that morning 4km away from this shot and she about wanted to snuggle. She was covered in blood and in the -30c weather she just looked very sad and out of sort's. From that day on she was instinctively ok in my presents where ever we met.

A shot from that day,.. I'm sure more than a few remember some of the images from that day's shoot.

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That trust and companionship, freely given from the wild ones, was always one of the greatest pleasures in my life. I no longer live in the country, and dearly miss getting to know the country 'folk'.

tdierikx wrote in post #18273520
Close interaction and trust from a wild fox... now that's really something! If I ever come to Canada, I'm coming out to meet your little family...

T.

Yes you are T. you will be amazed. Life is never dull around here.

greyswan wrote in post #18273770
That trust and companionship, freely given from the wild ones, was always one of the greatest pleasures in my life. I no longer live in the country, and dearly miss getting to know the country 'folk'.

Its hard for some to comprehend I think,

Another dreary day !

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Snowy

Here's one with a twist....Eagle and Crow eyeing each other out !
It was snowing quite hard and VERY dreary and far away, so not a great image; but I thought that the dynamics were quite cool.
...and did you ever find that your shutter speed was mistakenly dialled down to something silly, either through user error or carelessness. That was this shot ! Lucky I could recover anything from it !

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Bald Eagle Dinner

Backyard visitor !

Pondrader wrote in post #18273395
The only breathing thing on the planet I have a distaste for is the Human, He will destroy everything in his path. As for critter's... If they stay on their side of the fence everything is cool. As for Squirrel's ... They make great target's and thats what I do, Shoot target's, and they can be way way more entertaining than one would think with their facial expressions and mannerism's. I exclude nothing from the world around me. They can teach you to be a better shooter in some fairly adverse conditions.

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As much as I HATE them that is an incredible image PR. Simply beautiful.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18273879
As much as I HATE them that is an incredible image PR. Simply beautiful.

I don't think you have the ability to hate anything MedicineMan, more like you have a displeasure in there company.. lol And thanks... Ive decided not to shoot anymore blur images lol

I've sure been enjoying your photos lately Jeff, the Squirrels,
Fox and Chickadees. Couple questions, how far are you from the white Chickadee when shooting it? Why is it always snowing in your photos?
Nice sharp images you are taking.

Peter2516 wrote in post #18274017

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/QTVM​mD Short - eared Owl by Peter Bangayan, on Flickr

Perfect capture Peter!!!