What's your favorite NON-HUMAN, but LIVE thing, to shoot?
Dec 22, 2017 11:36:13 #
Chris T wrote:
I've had quite a few of 'em through the years ... and even wearing big leather gloves ... they can take quite a large chunk out of you, RE ....
Nowadays, I just grab 'em by the tail, and quick rush to the door with 'em to throw them out before they can bend up and get you in the arm!!!
Nowadays, I just grab 'em by the tail, and quick rush to the door with 'em to throw them out before they can bend up and get you in the arm!!!
Your words reveal a vivid imagination - even when we lived in western Massachusetts, we had no experience coming even close to what you describe; I suppose a terrified squirrel might seem vicious to you, but if so all it would need is a gracious way out of the situation it had wandered in to.
The picture below is of the first squirrel I've seen in our yard in the past week. This picture is uncropped {otherwise you wouldn't see the distracting tree on the left edge}, taken from our living room window with a 300mm lens mounted on my 1.5 crop K-30. This is all the closer s/he got to the house.
Dec 22, 2017 11:54:49 #
Dec 22, 2017 12:37:15 #
Chris T wrote:
I've had quite a few of 'em through the years ... ... (show quote)
The possum that got into our house by chewing through plastic heating pipe was eating the cat's food {and the cat was cowering upstairs} when we got home. It snarled at me, but I hit it in the rear with a broom until it ran out the door.
Nothing nearly dramatic as your tale.
Dec 22, 2017 12:38:23 #
Chris T wrote:
So I see, Tom ... and the way you've photographed it - makes it seem even smaller ... neat!
I didn’t really. They are tiny and don’t trust humans. Plus the trees in Oregon are huge!!!!!!!
Dec 22, 2017 13:23:57 #
I'm comfortable with his reply (I assume somewhat tongue-in-cheek which was "Republicans")!
Chris T wrote:
John ... in case you missed it ... THIS is the title of THIS Topic Post:
What's your favorite NON-HUMAN, but LIVE thing, to shoot?
What's your favorite NON-HUMAN, but LIVE thing, to shoot?
Dec 22, 2017 15:16:43 #
A man who called himself "Rupert", an eleven-year member of the Pentax Forum, first got me interested in squirrels in addition to birds. We were told yesterday that he had died on Tuesday, so when I saw my first squirrel here in a week, I posted two images in honor of "Rupert".
Dec 22, 2017 15:54:20 #
wingclui44
Loc: CT USA
I would like to post one of my squirrel shot, an Alaska Ground Squirrel taken during a trip to Alaska.
Dec 22, 2017 16:06:43 #
wingclui44 wrote:
I would like to post one of my squirrel shot, an Alaska Ground Squirrel taken during a trip to Alaska.
I hadn't realized how many types of squirrel there are until Rupert started his long running thread.
Dec 22, 2017 16:11:03 #
Jakebrake wrote:
I shall endeavor to contain my excitement in the wait, and live on UHH 24/7 with baited breath! 
Yeah, well, Michael ... don't hold your breath, too long ... you might go under ....
Dec 22, 2017 16:15:09 #
MDI Mainer wrote:
I'm comfortable with his reply (I assume somewhat tongue-in-cheek which was "Republicans")!
Well, I'm not ... since Republicans are known to be human ... and the LIVE species (as opposed to dead ones, like Lincoln) are also - LIVE ...
So, the answer makes NO sense, to me, whatsoever ....
And, THAT's all I'm gonna say, on the subject, Mainer ....
Dec 22, 2017 16:24:10 #
rehess wrote:
Your words reveal a vivid imagination - even when ... (show quote)
A "TERRIFIED" squirrel, huh, RE?
Not sure which one of us was the most terrified ... he was destroying my house!!!! ....
When they get in ... all you can do is open all the doors, and keep chasing them, until they go out one. But, in some rare instances, you HAVE to take the bush by the tail .... and then - HEAVE-HO!!!!!
Dec 22, 2017 16:37:26 #
Chris T wrote:
Yeah, well, Michael ... don't hold your breath, too long ... you might go under ....
Naw, never happen. You see the Marine Corps taught me combat swimming. No need to hold my breath, and 'going under' ain't never gonna happen!
Dec 22, 2017 21:00:23 #
wj cody
Loc: springfield illinois
Chris T wrote:
Do you have one, that stands out, above all others, or no?
wolves
Dec 22, 2017 21:14:03 #
wj cody wrote:
wolves
Got a wolf, or two, there, WJ?
Dec 22, 2017 21:15:35 #
Jakebrake wrote:
Naw, never happen. You see the Marine Corps taught me combat swimming. No need to hold my breath, and 'going under' ain't never gonna happen!
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