On our way to the car while at Laudholm Farm on Sunday, this little Chipmunk skittered across the path and into the rock pile by the visitor sign. It sat there just long enough for me to get off a few shots at 1200 and 1800mm equivalents on the Canon SX50HS. The angle here is not quite right, but I took a chance even getting to this position, and when I moved for a better angle, the critter skittered again and was gone.

This is the 1800mm equivalent field of view version…1200mm optical plus 1.5x digital tel-converter function. Even if the nose is buried in the juniper, I like the little “hand” and that eye.

Canon SX50HS. Program with auto iContrast and Shadow Fill and 1/3EV exposure compensation. f6.5 @ 1/400th @ ISO 100. Processed in Lightroom for intensity, clarity, and sharpness.