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Little friend from the mountain (II)


Little friend from the mountain (II)
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Copyright: Claudine Besse (claudine) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2502 W: 203 N: 2835] (10195)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-09-29
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon 100-400/4.5-5.6L IS
Exposure: f/5.8, 1/160 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): 5 favs. and up, 100 points or more (Chapter 2), _Fotos adicionadas por 5 ou mais membros II [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-10-02 6:21
Viewed: 1747
Favorites: 6 [view]
Points: 113
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is an other Eastern Chipmunk photographed on the mountain of Mont Saint-Hilaire. It is preparing for winter that is coming in a couple of months.

"The chipmunk is an omnivore. It prefers seeds, nuts, and acorns, as well as fruits or berries; but it also eats slugs, insects, spiders, nestling birds, eggs, and occasionally mice or small snakes. Chipmunks collect most of their food from the forest floor but will harvest nuts and berries directly from tree limbs if necessary. Most of the food they collect is stored in their burrows for the winter, though some may end up in other safe places throughout their territories. In winter chipmunks use their keen sense of smell to find these supplies. Some hoards remain undiscovered, however, allowing some of the buried seeds to germinate in the spring. In this way chipmunks aid the propagation of those trees and bushes that bear their food. Lifespan: 2-3 years in the wild; 5-8 years in captivity."

Taken from :http://wonderclub.com/Wildlife/mammals/easternchipmunk.htm

ISO 800
Focal length 400mm
Hand held
Cropped in PS CS
Sharpen in PS CS
Adjusted lightning and contrast in PS CS
Warming filter 81 (7%) in PS CS
Noise reduction in Neat Image

Thanks for looking!

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Hi Claudine,
Superb shot.Colours, details are exellent.Very well done.Best regards.

hAyAti

Bonjour Claudine !
Cette phot est tout simpplement sublime ! Tout est magnifique, les détails, les couleurs, la pose du petit animal, son expression, la composition de l'image, la profondeur... Je ne trouve vraiment rien à redire. C'est agréable de voir ce petit rongeur dans son environnement naturel. Félicitations !
Valerie.

Hi Claudine. This is a terrific capture of this fellow, especially holding the food in his mouth. Excellent clarity and colours. Murray.

Allo Claudine,

J'ai l'impression de me retrouver au milieu d'une lointaine forêt. Les couleurs sont superbes. Bravo pour cette très belle photo.

Alain

Bellissima. Bei colori e molto nittida. Bella composizione.ciao gigicacco

Hello Claudine

Very nice job.Excellent colours and details.A sharp image with great DOF and a wonderful POV.TFS

Rob

Well composed with great exposure and detail, very nice Claudine.
Regards, Krzysztof.

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1238 W: 0 N: 2222] (9356)
  • [2006-10-02 7:40]
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Bonjour Claudine,
Oui, adorable petit chipmunk. Très drôle comme il est en même temps concentré à manger sa petite noix et d'avoir l'oeil quand même vigilant. Belle "capture".
Anne

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2102 W: 6 N: 2113] (13565)
  • [2006-10-02 8:25]

Buenas tardes... hermoso e inquieto animal, buen disparo los colores del bosque excelentes, TFS. Muchos saludos

Hi Claudine
What a great shot of squirrel,
good colors,nice composition,

Regards
Fartash

Hi Claudine,
Excellent frame filling composition and pose on this little fellow. Good job on the exposure has the colors and detail looking great. Extra points for a very high cutness factor!!!
Scott

Claudine,
I love what you did here. Great focus and detail. The background is prefect for the shot and makes this little girl really stand out.

Very Nice Job!

fototab

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  • ddg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 883 W: 23 N: 930] (5015)
  • [2006-10-02 9:38]

Claudine bonjour, belle composition et surtout j'aime l'harmonie de teintes automnales! Bien piqué et belle lumiére. Félicitations, Didier.

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2135 W: 224 N: 3948] (13111)
  • [2006-10-02 10:04]
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Hi Claudine!

What a geat capture! WOW!
How did you manage not to scare it away!
Excellent low-angle POV! Really well done!
Super sharp details and great colors as well!
Splendid post!

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2577 W: 170 N: 7864] (24859)
  • [2006-10-02 10:14]

Lovely shot of the little squirrel munching away. Very sharp, good lighting and overall a very nice composition.
TFS, Ulla

Excellent. Color and detail are perfect. Unfortunate that you cropped a bit of the tail. Nice looking male chipmunk.

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  • wuta Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 884 W: 2 N: 616] (2070)
  • [2006-10-02 10:59]

Hello Claudine , Great shot from the chipmunk , good details compositie sharpnes pov bg and framing ,good job tfs ,Greetings Teunie .

bonjour claudine
ce cliché est encore plus reussi que le precedent qui traite du même sujet.
felicitations.
laurent

Ohhhh, I am a sucker for cuties, and this one really is! So well posed and sharp detail. Nice crop and frame.
Cheers
Otto

Just a wonderful post Claudine! You are getting better everyday so fastly! Gorgeous shot indeed! Sharpness, pov, framing, colours, bg, composition all are superb! Such a cute chipmunk with that nut or whatever it is:-) btw, very interesting notes to me, especially it is an omnivore!
Bravo and TFS!
Ersin

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  • pvb Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 381 W: 20 N: 522] (1815)
  • [2006-10-02 14:40]

Hoi Claudine,
Nice image! Very good details and colours. I also like the composition here.
Thanks for sharing
paula

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  • DOBIS Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 126 W: 16 N: 170] (632)
  • [2006-10-02 14:52]

Hello Claudine,
wonderfull picture of this lovely little chipmunk. Cute pose, nice colours and details.
TFS
Dobis

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  • Hil Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 750 W: 11 N: 1442] (4951)
  • [2006-10-02 15:43]

Hi Claudine,

What a superb shot of this cute little guy, nice composition and I love the pose of him nibbling hid nuts, the detail is lovely and sharp and the lighting and colours are beautiful.

TFS Hilary

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  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1836 W: 94 N: 2340] (8406)
  • [2006-10-02 15:52]

Hi Claudine,
This is really a wonderful picture with a charming color, crystal clear sharpness, wonderful background, perfect lighting, excellent pose,... Wow!
TFS, José M.

What a cutie Nice DOF great warm colour nice catchlight good angle I like the detail well done.

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  • aido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1095 W: 169 N: 1218] (4046)
  • [2006-10-02 18:06]

Hi Claudine,
This is excellent, a really good shot. Perfect exposure and the detail, colours and textures are excellent. Such a clear view and great work to catch him sitting still, I know how fast these creatures move. Great shot.
Regards,
Adrian

Bonjour Claudine
C'est une belle capture de ce petit tania rayé .
La composition est très belle avec de belles couleurs et de beaux détails.
Bravo et a bientôt....JP

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  • Valf Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 66 W: 0 N: 120] (522)
  • [2006-10-02 21:38]

Bonjour Claudine,
Très belle photo de cet adorable Tamia rayé. La composition est très bonne, la photo très nette et prise au bon moment. Bravo.
Salutations, Francois

Wow Claudine! 10/10!
What a gem! This is a fantastic capture and one of my favourite photos of a chipmunk. You did an excellent job in the composition and DOF. The tones are great and good sharpness on the chipmunk's face.

Not only did you capture a great moment of the chipmunk eating but he is also nicely posed on an interesting tree trunk. I think the best part of this photo is that the tones and colours are uniform and very well balanced.
Perfect!
Mike

Woohoo.. this is so cute! I tried taking pictures of them on Canada, somehow they always run away! Even if they have food on their hands, they will take it and run away! What a great capture here! The colors are so nice and natural. Sharpness is great. Details are fantastic. Thanks for sharing!
Steph

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3100 W: 234 N: 5929] (20008)
  • [2006-10-03 1:55]

What a lovely shot of this adorable chipmunk, Claudine.
Those little hands around that nut at the mouth... just too cute. Great timing, beautiful light, and sharp focus.
Excellent DOF and wonderful composition.
TFS. : )

Bonjour Claudine,
j'imagine que ces petites bêtes sont plutôt sauvage, et de le voir comme ca, très tranquille, je me demande comment vous faite pour arriver à en faire une si belle photo.
Félicitation, Arnaud.

Hello Claudine,
Excellent details... That fur coat looks like very real!
Great point of view gives a good composition, even if the background is basically same colour tones the subject really stands out...
Very fine colours and details, DOF is spot on!
Greetings,
Pablo -

owww.....I love this pict....beautiful shot with great great tone!!

Very nice work Claudine.
Great choice of ISO, I'm assuming the light was poor?
Very sharp detail where it counts, with perfect exposure and color. Excellent PP as well..
It's all good :)
Very well done!

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1479 W: 18 N: 3030] (11110)
  • [2006-10-03 13:23]

Lovely shot - he is so sweet. Perfect POV and composition. Great details and I like the way you have captured him mid-meal. Really great

PT all out today

Karan

Hello Claudine!
Thanks for your comment on my recent picture.
Your picture of this cute Chipmunk is superb in every respect -- POV, DOF, sharpness and colors.
Thanks for sharing this lovely image.
Ram

Hi Claudine,

I was very nicely surprised to find this beautiful photo of yours. This cute little chipmunk looks so real on my desktop. Exposure is perfect with details visible in both shadows and highlights. You did a great job focusing so accurately that every hair in the fur is very sharp yet soft. The various brown tones are really great. Color saturation is just as it should be. DOF is very well handled showing all the sharp details on the animal while keeping the beautiful BG OOF. The composition is very good having that log supporting the chipmunk. I would have loved to see the whole tail but this minor point doesn't diminish the beauty of this picture at all. Another great thing I like on this photo is your POV. Many photographers don't bother to lower the camera to the subject's eye level but you did and this is what makes this photo so outstanding. It really places the viewer in the world of the chipmunk. In other words, it makes me feel like I was there, watching or even taking the picture myself. Congratulations for this work of art and thank you for sharing it with me!

Best wishes,
Eddie

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2192 W: 124 N: 2599] (8406)
  • [2006-10-03 14:21]

great shot of our little friend Claudine,
well ciomposed shot, good in details and a good point of view, very nice photo, well done.
gr. jaap

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  • RAP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)
  • [2006-10-03 14:34]

Excellent Claudine... once again.

Composition: *****
Sharpness: ****
Color: *****
Lighting: ****
Background: *****
DOF: ****
POV: *****
Note: ***

Congratulations for a beautiful, very beautiful image.
Cheers... Ricardo

Absolutely adorable. This is very cute. Otto almost put my head through the window stopping for these little ones on the road. Thanks for sharing.
Christan

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1029 W: 0 N: 90] (7755)
  • [2006-10-03 21:07]

Hi Claudine
Beautiful shot. Great sharpnes, colours, details and POV.
Well done mf

osse

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  • radz Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 620 W: 11 N: 625] (3390)
  • [2006-10-03 21:53]

Wowcute shot with excellent details...!!!

Hi Claudine,
Wonderful image of this cute little guy.
Atmosphere is there...
Great content: good idea to prepare for winter instead of photographing and post-processing.
If the tail was in the image, would go to the stunner category...easy saying!
TFS
Annick

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3160 W: 148 N: 4787] (15449)
  • [2006-10-04 10:50]

Hi Claudine.
I am in delight from your remarkable picture. What a nice composition. I mean a quantity of the objects in the scene, their arrangement, lighting and colours. Very im-pressive shot. POV and details of the animal are perfect. Great job, My congratulations and TFS.
Alexei.

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1422 W: 127 N: 5219] (23113)
  • [2006-10-04 17:24]

Bravo pour cet autre Tamia ! C'est vraiment une très belle image. Claire, nette et bien composée. Belle réussite. Bravo !

Mario

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2006-10-05 5:46]

Hello Claudine,
Magnificent capture.Exposure is spot on,details are crisp clear.I liked POV,framing,catchlight in eyes,BG,moment you caught and composition are wonderful.Excellent work!
TFS...:-)

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3464 W: 145 N: 5942] (17790)
  • [2006-10-05 5:55]

Wow, great shot of the Eastern Chipmunk Claudine. His fur looks so soft - and the clarity is excellent. Very good catch-light in the eye too. Well done,
Janice

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  • twin Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 262 W: 17 N: 499] (3249)
  • [2006-10-05 8:49]

this one is perfect shot claudine...

my congratulations...

very well done...

Hi Claudine,
Just the right moment to capture. Sharp with vivid colors. Very adorable picture.
JC

Nice picture.

Excellent composition and details. Exposure is perfect and there is even a catch light.

There is only one problem... The tail that is cut off.

Well done. It is an eyecatching picture.

TFS
Johan

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  • aan (115)
  • [2006-10-08 12:06]

Super sharp details and great colors as well!

Hi Claudine,

Exellent shot
Superb composition , sharpness , details , colours , POV and DOF.

TFS Thijs

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  • NellyD Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 236 W: 0 N: 478] (1783)
  • [2006-10-14 13:28]

Hi Claudine,

Wow, you got really close here, and it still sitting there in it's favorite position....eating...:-)
Great moment to capture this cute chipmunk.
Beautiful colours, very detailed, all together an excellent photo!
Thanks for sharing..

Greetings, Nel

Hi Claudine,
This animal is just so cute!
The composition is very good. I like the Chipmunk very much, the branch that leads to it and the beautiful background.
Light and exposure are good as well, just perfect on the mail subject.
TFS this lovely capture!
Shir

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  • tiklod Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 300 W: 74 N: 883] (3367)
  • [2007-08-21 17:29]

Sault Claudine, je profite de cette photo pour te remercier partager avec nous les fruits de ta passion. Je suis en train de regarder (d'admirer) tes photos... Les détails, les couleurs, les sujets!!! Ta générosité dans les notes que tu y joins sont très appréciées également. Continue de nous faire «tripper», moi je retourne à tes photos.
À plus... Au plaisir de te croiser un jour!
Claude (tiklod)

Bonjour Claudine,

Une bonne prise de vue de ce tamias rayé qui mange une noisette. La photo a une bonne composition, netteté et de belles couleurs. Bonne journée.

Pierre

Hi Claudine,
I really like the framing and composition of this shot. Focus is sharp, perfect exposure, beautiful natural colors too. I would have liked to see the rest of the tail though(But I'm being picky here, sorry). Still a fantastic capture! TFS
Wing

bonsoir,
une merveille digne des beaux livres d'histoires naturelles!
bravo
vero

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