Cheeky Chipper!

I watched this Chipmunk cross the Kennebunk Bridle Path and slowly work his way up a little sapling and into a larger oak tree. This involved a daring vertical leap from a perch considerably smaller than the chipmunk that it took him several moments to work up to. From there he skinnied out to the very tip of a branch with a bunch of leaves and, apparently, a cluster of fresh acorns. I watched a he worked his way back along the branches, but by now he knew I was watching, and had his eye on me as a possible impediment to getting safely back across the path. We had a bit of a staring match, often interrupted by my camera coming between us, and then I stepped out of the way to let him pass. I don’t know about you, but this picture makes me laugh! 🙂

Sony HX400V at 1200mm equivalent field of view. Shutter preferred at 1/640th @ ISO 1600 @ f6.3. Processed in Lightroom on my Surface Pro 3 tablet. Not bad for ISO 1600. And this is a shot that would not have been possible without the manual focus assist on Sony. 🙂