Red Squirrels

[Mini Ecosse]

Taken on a recent trip to Aviemore area.

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n207/obanmini2/NMS/redsquirrels_0036.jpg

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n207/obanmini2/NMS/redsquirrels_0001.jpg

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n207/obanmini2/NMS/redsquirrels_0020.jpg

[Scottie]

Rats..... My dogs have been inches from a couple of the grey buggers

[AndyP & Lenore]

Cool pics Mr Lawson. Our old dog Minstral loved pesky squirrels and would try and chase them any opperchancity.

A. :thumbs up:

[Craig]

Great photos Stephen.. Do we get to see the prize winning photos ;)

[AndyP & Lenore]

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n207/obanmini2/NMS/redsquirrels_0001.jpg



Crying out for a caption competition.

"WTF!"

[Mini Ecosse]

Great photos Stephen.. Do we get to see the prize winning photos ;)


http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n207/obanmini2/NMS/No28_A_artictern.jpg

[Sheilz]

These are fabulous pics. the squirrel in particular is such a cute, cheeky little blighter.

[GCA3N]

Some pictures. That last one needs to get sent somewhere that is truly a special picture.

[Gismo]

Pft, all those squirrels are stuffed :lol:
Once again, excellent piccies, must have been the week for picture taking :Whistle:

[gillianmcd]

Brilliant pics guys!! :D

[The Dogfather]

Epic pics, I need to learn how to 'unfocus' the background when I take shots like these.

[jdl_1967]

Use the largest aperture possible the lens has, which is the smallest f number the lens will go to, i.e f1.8 and set the camera to aperture priority mode ('A' on the mode dial).

This will make the in focus range of the lens very small, all the foreground / back ground will be out of focus.

To really exaggerate the effect, if you use a zoom lens, which will possibly have a maximum aperture of f4.5 or similar, and use it at its maximum zoom setting.

You need to be careful sometimes as the focus range can be so small that some parts if the object you want to capture can appear out of focus.

You really need an SLR to get the best effect. Compacts and phone cameras have tiny lenses and therefore tiny maximum apertures so don't show this effect off very well, if at all!

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This shot taken with a 50mm f1.8 lens set at f1.8 shows how the focus range is within the middle of the object.

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Or cheat as in the above iPhone photo and use a lens tilt shift generator app where a clever programme electronically does the same (or at least similar). You can also get this for SLRs and forms a sort of bellows between the camera body and the lens.