A sign of spring

[Shakey]

Richardson's Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus richardsonii)



http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/16889222-L.jpg

More commonly known here as the gopher


Tim

[Harryb]

Hey Tim,

Thats one of the bets gopher pics I've seen (to be honest I haven't seen that many:D ), Anyhow thats a good shot. :thumb

[Shakey]

Hey Tim,

Thats one of the bets gopher pics I've seen (to be honest I haven't seen that many:D ), Anyhow thats a good shot. :thumb

Thanks Harry, this gopher just posed for me, I was quite close.
I had a coyote do the same for me today but I had my camera settings wrong and ruined a perfect front shot with camera shake. Doh! Live and learn :D
Tim

[ginger_55]

Nice gopher photo........how do you know it is not a large rat? Because it is where it is and not in NYC? :rofl

You know this live and learn thing? I have lived and learned long enough, with the Rebel and now the 20D, that a certain percentage of my settings will be wrong a certain percentage of the time.

I have never shot different type subjects before. With the different lighting. I am not in my old comfort zone, and there is so much to remember, even with it written down, I am going to screw it up a certain percentage of the time. Sad isn't it.

Have I mentioned, yet, in this thread, that I bought Noise Ninja last night. Tested it first and tested Neat Image. But I can screw things up that nothing can fix, and I can do it on a regular basis, with different settings.....

ginger cute, rat, squirrel, lost gerbil.........uh gopher? I thought they were bigger.