JACK LARSON PHOTOGRAPHY
Oh the Trouble Those Darn Birds Put Us Through
Posted by john4jack (Corvallis, Oregon, United States) on 14 April 2009 in Animal & Insect.
Silly Tuesday. Without the squirrel feeders the birds would eat every last bit of the squirrel food.
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Thank you to all of you who commented on my Saturday post appearing in the Spotlight. It was quite unexpected. Also thank you to those who gave reflective comment on my Faux HDR experiment. I doubt that I will move in the direction of strong HDR; however, I find a more subtle HDR to be quite appealing. When I do real HDR, my goal is to use it for its original purpose, namely, high dynamic range (lighting conditions beyond the capabilities of my camera with a single capture). My desire is for the end result to look natural and not at all like an HDR image.
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"The Master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both."
- Zen Buddhist Text
Suzanne from Huntington Bch, California, United States
So funny...I don't think I've ever seen a squirrels feet quite like this before. Most of the time they seem to be hanging upside down to get into our bird feeders. I don't mind...they're so much fun to watch.
14 Apr 2009 5:50am
jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand
hehehe Looks like the squirrels have a bit of trouble with the feeders too
14 Apr 2009 6:04am
Craig from Vacaville, California, United States
Caught in the act! A fine shot! I'm with you about the use of HDR. That is how I enjoy using it. But, at the same time I can appreciate the fine art of those that use it differently than me.
14 Apr 2009 6:21am
@Craig: Agreed on the way others use it.
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
Hahahaha hehehehehe fantastic!!!! What a capture....you must have been laughing your head off watching this lolol!@!!!!!!!!! Thank you for a wicked silly Tuesday shot and for being part of the Silly Tuesday Crew (what do you think of the name?)
14 Apr 2009 6:35am
@Linerberry: Excellent name
@Annie Viguié: Squirrel
xavier cardell from barcelona, Spain
Good capture. One of those nonrepeatable ones.
14 Apr 2009 8:44am
Marie-Hélène Ammor from Casablanca/Paris, Morocco
It is a bizarre animal like this ...great shot !
14 Apr 2009 8:58am
Leena from Joensuu, Finland
Your photo put me really guess and look and again guess and look!!! Until I read your words and
got a good laugh, thank you!
And what you are saying about HDR, it sounds good. I think, HDR program`s purpose is just it, make a photo
good without showing HDR.
14 Apr 2009 9:05am
Lee from Fort Frances Ontario, Canada
Another great shot for silly Tuesday Jack. Well done.
14 Apr 2009 9:55am
shallowregret from Kongsberg, Norway
what a sweet creature, he doesn´t know he is not supposed to eat this :-)
14 Apr 2009 10:57am
Betty from New Jersey, United States
The squirrels are just as much fun to watch as the birds! Great shot, Jack!
14 Apr 2009 11:03am
Jean-François from Les Issambres, France
wowwwwww a new animal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cool ;)))
14 Apr 2009 11:15am
Judy from Brooksville, Florida, United States
Great catch ... they are such gymnasts!
I totally agree with your aim with HDR ... so many end up being surrealistic images.
14 Apr 2009 11:35am
Nicholas from Shah Alam, Malaysia
Looks like it came straight out from a comedy! :)
14 Apr 2009 11:38am
Mary from PA, United States
ha ha great capture!!! they are so fun to watch...though I have chipmonks to get I mine...If I could only catch him crawling up the pole...I'm still trying.
14 Apr 2009 12:09pm
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Well...someone is having a party here! What a capture...this is great Jack :)
14 Apr 2009 1:27pm
Mathilde Collot from Fontainebleau, France
What a chance to watch a squirrel eating! I did the birds! we can see still in the forest! adorable shot!
14 Apr 2009 1:46pm
Alivia from Saint-Etienne, France
Your squirrel is too funny .. How fortunate to have been shooting at the right time! but beware, it eats everything .. They must fill out the new crib!
14 Apr 2009 2:16pm
dogilicious from Millerstown, PA, United States
Extremely determined animals aren't they. Great capture.
14 Apr 2009 2:29pm
"Marie" :-) from perth, Australia
Great timing Jack, squirrels are the funniest of creatures if you have the time to watch them, we used to have a few in our back garden in the UK, they were very clever and can get to the food no matter what obsitcle is in their way. Brilliant and funny shot.
14 Apr 2009 2:31pm
dan from Paris, France
It is brilliant to see this squirrel searching its reserves !
14 Apr 2009 2:44pm
Momo from Montpellier, France
squirrels are cool...great to have a camera when you come upon stuff like this...nice Jack...
14 Apr 2009 2:47pm
Ajay from Pune, India
Now that looks like a very hardworking fellow. I like how the hair are spreading out. He must be using all his force.
14 Apr 2009 3:04pm
Photosanity from Folsom, United States
This is too funny! I don't think there is any such thing as squirrel proof - do you? Great capture!
14 Apr 2009 4:01pm
@Photosanity: It is a squirrel feeder, designed for the squirrels and to keep out the birds.
Don from spokane, United States
What a fine action shot. I have squirrels who get my peanuts every day and they are lots of fun to watch.
Crows come and "steal" a few nuts, but seem to fear the squirrels and avoid confrontations! :-)
14 Apr 2009 4:08pm
Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada
They are smart little guys and fast learners.
14 Apr 2009 4:37pm
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
Back in the olden days...we used USM 20, 10, 0 to boost DR. best...jerry
14 Apr 2009 4:42pm
@Martine: It's a squirrel; very common in the US.
oncho from granada, Spain
.Me gusta la foto ,gran momento y zen buddihist text ,exquisite..
14 Apr 2009 5:00pm
P J W Miller from Chase Terrace, United Kingdom
A well captured clever but cheeky tree rat
14 Apr 2009 5:31pm
Magda from Vancouver, Canada
hahaha nice view of the squirrel's.... ;) Great shot for Silly Tuesday! I like it a lot!
14 Apr 2009 6:10pm
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Funny shot of an enterprising little critter, what a tail.
14 Apr 2009 9:22pm
@k@: Weird people take weird shots!!
observing from North West, United Kingdom
Maybe it's better just to put their own food out....?
14 Apr 2009 11:22pm
@observing: You put it out and the birds gobble it up.
JJ from Jersey City, United States
LOL. such fun with your words and this great shot
14 Apr 2009 11:33pm
Diane Schuller from Hythe, Canada
Jack this is so funny (even if I don't care for squirrels) ... he almost appears to be ready to topple backwards. Fun Tuesday indeed
14 Apr 2009 11:55pm
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
I didn't realized it was his tail first :) I don't know squirrel feeder and it is the first time for me to see a squirrel in action.
BTW congratulations for the recent highspot.
15 Apr 2009 1:29am
@akarui: Thank you.
EYES WIDE SHUT from The library of my soul, United Kingdom
Ha ha This is a priceless shot. Congrats on the spotlight treatment, quite right too
15 Apr 2009 3:31am
Barbara from Florida, United States
This is quite funny, Jack. It took me a moment to realize the entire front portion of his body is inside. His legs and feet look comical.
I am puzzled though because here the problem is the other way around, the squirrels eat all of the birds food.
I've hidden the peanuts in a snapped lid container in the garage only to catch the thieves sneak in and get the lid off.
Now I keep the peanuts in my trunk for when I'm out taking photos.
15 Apr 2009 3:41am
marcel lemieux/star_cosmos_bleu from Bedford.Quebec, Canada
Cute shot..balance of things i guess..by the way never heard of silly thursday...
15 Apr 2009 4:03am
@marcel lemieux/star_cosmos_bleu: A couple of months or so ago, a group within aminus3 thought that at least one day a week we should be light hearted and funny, and yes, silly. So Silly Tuesday got started. Liners (Caroline) (http://linerberry.aminus3.com/) from New Zealand has been the ring leader. Everyone is invited to join. All you need to do is each Tuesday make your post something that is silly or funny. Because it can be difficult to come up with something at the last minute, some people have created a Silly Tuesday folder where they put things in as they pop up; then they have a backlog of stuff. I think that photographic screwups also qualify. We would love to have you participate. All you need to do is post something appropriate on Tuesdays.
Sarah Schneider Photography from Lancaster, United States
This is absolutely hillarious! Thanks for sharing. =)
15 Apr 2009 4:51pm
dj.tigersprout from New York City, USA, United States
hehe -- great catch! lol. what a little trouble maker! :)
16 Apr 2009 7:18pm
Mariana from waterloo, Canada
This is an awesome catch ! you came so close to it ! Looks funny :))
17 Apr 2009 10:19pm
@Mariana: This is Silly Tuesday, a relatively new tradition for many of us on aminus3. You need to jump on board. All you need to do is post something silly or funny or absurd each Tuesday. If you have any questions about it, check in with Liners (aka, Caroline Cowley, linerberry [AT] yahoo [DOT] co.uk).
Betsy Barron from Chester Springs, PA, United States
hysterical! boy, we've all had these little fellas stealing the bird seed!
20 Apr 2009 2:16pm
@Betsy Barron: Actually this is a squirrel feeder that the birds can't get into. The birds here steal all of the squirrel food. With different feeders for each critter, things work out just fine.
Dan Creighton from Pottstown, United States
I feel like a voyeur looking at this image. It makes me chuckle.
17 May 2009 3:21pm
Nikon D300
1/125 second
F/7.1
ISO 800
247 mm (35mm equiv.)