Posts in Category: #Mammal on Monday

Chipper’s Easter Dinner

On April 6, 2015 by lightshedder With 0 Comments - #Mammal on Monday, action, animals, chipmunk, Maine, p&s 4 wildlife, Pic of the Day, wildlife

Chipmunk, York ME

The whole family gathered at my sister-in-law’s home for Easter Dinner, as we do most years, and while the ladies walked off the main course before dessert, I snuck out into the yard to see if I could find any birds or anything else interesting. What I found was a very photogenic and cooperative Chipmunk scampering about picking up its own Easter Dinner, finding mostly berries or small fruit of some kind that survived under the winter snow. I am not sure what he is saying…maybe “could you pass the salt?”…but he certainly was enjoying himself. And I was enjoying him!

Nikon P900 at 1596mm equivalent field of view. Program with -1/3EV exposure compensation. 1/250th @ ISO 400 @ f6.3. Processed in Topaz Dejpeg and Lightroom on my Surface Pro 3 tablet.

On November 3, 2014 by lightshedder With 0 Comments - #Mammal on Monday, action, animals, chipmunk, close up, Maine, p&s 4 wildlife, Pic of the Day, Rachel Carson NWR, wildlife

ob Chipper standing.

This was the last shot from a photoprowl around the loop at Rachel Carson NWR headquarters on a gloomy day at the tail end of October. Made the whole walk worthwhile! (Not that it was not already worthwhile 🙂

Sony HX400V at 1200mm equivalent field of view. Shutter preferred. 1/500th @ ISO 3200 @ f6.3. Processed in Lightroom on my Windows tablet.

Short and sweet today as I am at the airport on my way to the Rio Grande Birding Festival in Texas. 🙂

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7/11/2011: Chipmunk Defense Posture

On July 11, 2011 by lightshedder With 0 Comments - #Mammal on Monday, action, animals, Maine, p&s 4 wildlife, Pic of the Day, wildlife

A mammal for Monday.

There were lots of chipmunks on the grounds of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. This one was along the path below the Hillside Gardens, between the gardens and the river. He ran across in front of us and then kept just out of sight, or just too fast to catch, as we walked on…until, quite by accident, my wife Carol got ahead of him. Then he didn’t know what to do, so he just froze in this pose long enough for me to work as close as the macro telephoto setting on my camera would allow. The pose, I suspect, is the traditional freeze posture…an instinctive defensive mechanism based on the quite reasonable (considering likely prey) “if I don’t move they can’t see me” premise…since I have other images of chipmunks in this same pose in similar situations.

Nikon Coolpix P500 at 700mm equivalent field of view, f5.7 @ 1/50th @ ISO 200. Close Up mode.

Processed in Lightroom for Clarity and Sharpness.

6/27/2011: General Woundwort instructs on Eating Thistle

On June 27, 2011 by lightshedder With 1 Comments - #Mammal on Monday, action, animals, close up, Colorado, p&s 4 wildlife, Pic of the Day, rabbit

The thistle, as a food source, is problematic. The question, don’t you see, is how to eat it…and I do assure you it is quite tasty…without getting stung on the lip. The proper technique is to roll the lip back and come in from the side. Observe.

You see? Quite delicious really, and quite worth the trouble, what?

Any questions? I thought not.

Nikon Coolpix P500 at 403mm equivalent field of view, f5.6 @ 1/320th @ ISO 160. Programmed auto with Active D-Lighting and Vivid Image Optimization. No animals were harmed in the making of this sequence.

Processed in Lightroom for Clarity and Sharpness.