Squirrelly

[Lava Lamp]

This is the first time I can remember photographing a squirrel. After I cropped it some and ran i through Neat Image, I notice something seems to have taken a bite out of him/her. A fight with a rival? A narrow escape from a bobcat?

What would you do to improve this photo?

[Clicker]

Overall, I think this is a good photo, I feel bad that she/he is missing a chunk ! Good Composition, and the Squirrel is at an angle..... Only thing I would do is clone out the out of focus limb on the bottom right hand side....

[gahspidy]

Nice, and the battle scars add some interest. I've got a few squirrel shots as well. They are cool little animals. Extrtemely clever.

[gahspidy]

This is the first time I can remember photographing a squirrel. After I cropped it some and ran i through Neat Image, I notice something seems to have taken a bite out of him/her. A fight with a rival? A narrow escape from a bobcat?

What would you do to improve this photo?

Not a bad shot, Clicker suggested the branch which i agree with. Maybe just an all around tighter crop. Good though.

[FadderUri]

Nice shot... I like the barely there angle. It's just enough to be noticable, but not blatant. As for the missing chunk, my guess would be a house cat.

[paulnj]

" my guess would be a house cat."

OR a TERRIER ;)

HAWKS hunt squirrels too, but this doesn't resemble a TYPICAL raptor wound.

[ckozo]

experiment with adding more blur and lightening the darker colors of the background? this may allow the squirrel to be visually stronger (add more 'pop') in the compostion. maybe add a bit more saturation?

(my two siberian huskies have killed about 15 moles and one bird so far this summer. i stop them when i can! they do it just for fun. sad but true.)