Squirrel on Pot

[Loupey]

What were you expecting

Sorry, folks - still having fun just around the house. Since we now have more squirrels than birds, I figured "if you can't beat 'em ..."

I put peanuts in an empty pot in preparation for amusing shots once snow arrives. It took these guys about, oh let's see, about 5 minutes to become trained

[paulnj]

..... more DOF maybe

Nice pose and framing though.

[Bevb]

Yes great shot captured, id love to have these guys in my garden but i dont think the dogs would appreciate it!

Now all you have to do Loupey is get them to feed out your hand!!

[Alison]

Incredible capture, as always, Loupey!

[Copy_Kot]

Incredible capture, as always, Loupey!

Ditto what Alison said! That's a great squirrel image!

[Loupey]

Thanks for the kind words! Not much of a challenge though. Bev, one in particular seems more tame than the others and I would not doubt that he/she could be hand fed soon. But I'll let someone else's finger risk it

As I'm laying on my back (or at least my hips) to shoot these by simply sliding the back door when one approaches, there have been times that one has sneaked up close to me while I'm shooting another. I think one will jump on my head one day and run into the house.

This is from a series that I was compiling. As with all my "series", these are not true series - just different moments strung together to look like it. Used my 70-200mm which I haven't picked up in quite some time.