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• Moraine Lake
• Animals
• Canon
• Canon EOS 30D
• Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
• Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel

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  1. Taken on friday february 22nd, 2008 at 06:57
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Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel


I like this photo of this Ground Squirrel but I have a hard time deciding If I should crop it or not. Any suggestions would be appreciated :) As you can see on the photo in my comment box I can crop very close because the image is quite sharp.

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Gunnsteinn Jonsson says:
Animal 004

This crop from my photo is just to show how clear it is and so you will know how close you can crop without loosing to much details in the squirrel.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Gunnsteinn Jonsson edited this comment 6 months ago.
TideSurfer pro says:
Not sure 'bout the crop...both work for me.
It's a cutie !
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Gunnsteinn Jonsson replies:
Thanks Kristian for letting me know what you think :)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
John pro says:
I like the first one. Chipmunks are fun to watch too.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Gunnsteinn Jonsson replies:
Thanks John :) They really are funny to watch. I took this photo when I was climbing up a rocky hill when I was at Moraine Lake last year. These Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels were all over the place and I even saw one in the coffee house that were there :)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Gunnsteinn Jonsson edited this comment 6 months ago.
Gunnsteinn Jonsson says:
Thanks John and TideSurfer :) I was actually not asking to choose between these two photos. I was just showing how close it was possible to crop without loosing the quality in the photo. The reason why I have a hard time knowing how to crop this photo is because of the tail. If I want to crop closer I have to crop off the tail and no matter how I did it, I did not like the outcome.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Agatha Savoie pro says:
Il est adorable !!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
Gunnsteinn Jonsson replies:
Merci Agatha Savoie :)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
*Ingo* pro says:
I think its OK , very cutie (I don`t want to crop it)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Gunnsteinn Jonsson replies:
Thanks for stooping by and taking the time to comment :)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Olher pro says:
A wonderful photo!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Gunnsteinn Jonsson replies:
Thanks Olaf :)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
André Djouritch says:
magnifique
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Gunnsteinn Jonsson replies:
Thanks André :) I appreciate your comment :)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Gurry Gudfinns pro says:
With the background, it´s in very good balance, wouldn´t crop it at all.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Gunnsteinn Jonsson replies:
Takk Gurrý :)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Curlgirl says:
I like the first one....wonderful pic!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Gunnsteinn Jonsson replies:
Thanks Curlgirl :)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Rob Young pro says:
If I was being really fussy, I would suggest you get rid of the patch of blue in the corner. It takes the eye away from the squirell's eye. But, if you cropped it, it would unbalance the image and cut off the squirrel's tail. Maybe it could be dulled down a bit?
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Gunnsteinn Jonsson replies:
Thanks for your advice Rob :) I will give it a try :)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Gunnsteinn Jonsson replies:
I tried two versions. One where I desaturated the sky but on the other photo I changed the landscape a "little bit" :)

Animal 010,1

Animal 010,2
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Rob Young pro replies:
The first ne is a big improvement, but I like the second one a lot. The squirrel is now the focus and there is no competing area in the image. I think that is a really good shot now.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Gunnsteinn Jonsson replies:
I agree :) Thanks for taking the time to comment :) I appreciate it :)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Paprikaplains replies:
I agree to Rob, the second version is even better...
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Gunnsteinn Jonsson replies:
I will probably replace this photo with the second version. I hope people that has already commented does not mind :)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Oddur Jonsson pro says:
Rosalega flott og skörp mynd. Skottið er algjört "must" að mínu mati, en það er sniðug hugmynd að setja kletta í staðinn fyrir bláa litinn, kemur mjög vel út :o)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Gunnsteinn Jonsson replies:
Takk Oddur :) Sammála þessu með skottið. Mér fannst ég þurfa að kroppa myndina eitthvað en ég gat það bara ekki. Hugmyndin sem Rob var með leysti vandamálið að mínu mati. Ég veit ekki hvort það er löglegt að klóna klettinn eins og ég gerði en það var allavega betra að minnka blámann á himninum. Kletturinn er ekkert góður sem bakgrunnur en þetta segir manni allavega það hvað bakgrunnurinn er mikilvægur.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Paprikaplains says:
These little guys are fun!
We found a lot of the at Lake Louise, begging for food all the time.

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Coming from a user's photostream (?)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Gunnsteinn Jonsson replies:
Yes they are a lot of fun. I am sure my daughters would have loved to see feed these guys :) Thanks for all your comments and votes. I really appreciated :)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Birkin says:
Þessi er frábær!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
Gunnsteinn Jonsson replies:
Takk Birkir :)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Rosi`sFotostream pro says:
so, beautiful, wonderful, sweet, lovely, great, nice, !!!!!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
Gunnsteinn Jonsson replies:
Thanks, thanks, thanks. thanks, thanks, thanks and thanks RosisFoto for your nice comment :) I appreciate it :)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Françoise Delestrade pro says:
SPLENDIDE !!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Gunnsteinn Jonsson replies:
Thanks Francoise for all your comments an votes :) I appreciate it very much :)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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