Small Mammals
Sep 17, 2019 19:03:50 #
wdcarrier
Loc: Eureka, California
Photographing small mammals is significantly different than getting images of birds. Many of the small mammals are nocturnal, hiding during the day. Some rodents (squirrels and chipmunks) are more easily found during the day but many of these images were happenstance, just having the camera available at the right time. My beaver shots are not worth printing and I'm still waiting for the porcupine.
Raccoon, Gray Lodge Refuge, CA
Gray squirrel, Paradise, CA
Long-tailed weasel, Corpus Christi, TX
Sea otter, Moss Landing, CA
Desert cottontail, Portal, AZ
Coati Mundi, Paradise, AZ
Yellow-bellied marmot, Snake River, ID
Harris antelope squirrel, Madera Canyon, AZ
Red fox, Yellowstone, WY
Sep 17, 2019 19:19:55 #
wdcarrier wrote:
Photographing small mammals is significantly different than getting images of birds.....
Sep 17, 2019 19:22:15 #
Wonderful collection. Those are really great shots of the Weasel and the Coati. Porcupines are easy to photograph but can be hard to find sometimes.
To add to your fund of knowledge: Porcupines are useful in mountain survival situations, they are one of the only things that are slower than a person. On the down side they are really difficult to skin and they taste somewhat like and old shoe soaked in turpentine.
To add to your fund of knowledge: Porcupines are useful in mountain survival situations, they are one of the only things that are slower than a person. On the down side they are really difficult to skin and they taste somewhat like and old shoe soaked in turpentine.
Sep 17, 2019 20:22:28 #
Sep 17, 2019 20:22:58 #
Wow, what a wonderful selection of small animals, I love everyone of them.
Sep 17, 2019 20:23:42 #
Sep 18, 2019 05:42:18 #
wdcarrier wrote:
Photographing small mammals is significantly different than getting images of birds. Many of the small mammals are nocturnal, hiding during the day. Some rodents (squirrels and chipmunks) are more easily found during the day but many of these images were happenstance, just having the camera available at the right time. My beaver shots are not worth printing and I'm still waiting for the porcupine.
Sep 18, 2019 06:43:18 #
Dean....your collection is spectacular and all of your critters are so nicely presented that I cannot choose one over the other. I must admit that I am somewhat biased towards the Fox as I have several that I feed regularly to keep them around all year. I do love them so much.
I so enjoy you great skill and patience as I am certain it takes an enormous amount of each to accomplish what you have gathered. More Please.
Thanks man !
I so enjoy you great skill and patience as I am certain it takes an enormous amount of each to accomplish what you have gathered. More Please.
Thanks man !
Sep 18, 2019 07:24:36 #
wdcarrier wrote:
Photographing small mammals is significantly different than getting images of birds. Many of the small mammals are nocturnal, hiding during the day. Some rodents (squirrels and chipmunks) are more easily found during the day but many of these images were happenstance, just having the camera available at the right time. My beaver shots are not worth printing and I'm still waiting for the porcupine.
Fantastic set of images!!!
Thank you for not posting the beaver shots.
I tried for three seasons to get images of Beavers, getting up and into the "sloughs" before day light the sitting for hrs watching the slides and never seeing a Beaver, only fresh cuttings ever day.
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Sep 20, 2019 15:44:52 #
wdcarrier wrote:
Photographing small mammals is significantly different than getting images of birds. Many of the small mammals are nocturnal, hiding during the day. Some rodents (squirrels and chipmunks) are more easily found during the day but many of these images were happenstance, just having the camera available at the right time. My beaver shots are not worth printing and I'm still waiting for the porcupine.
These are lovely and thank you so much for sharing with us
Sep 20, 2019 15:50:07 #
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