On 29/03/2011 23:09, Olin Lathrop wrote:
> A good example of this is a picture I took many years ago,
> http://www.embedinc.com/olin/squirrel_1024.jpg.  That was with my Nikon
> F3-T, a 300mm lens, and Kodachrome 64 film.  ISO 64 is pitifully insensit=
ive
> by today's standard, and was even low at the time (1985).  I was using
> Kodachrome for other reasons than sensitivity.  With film, you couldn't
> easily just swap out a different roll with different sensitivity as you c=
an
> now with a digital camera.  In any case, there I was with the squirrel, t=
he
> camera, 300mm lens, and daylight.  When something like this comes up, you=
're
> stuck with whatever you have on you.  Even if had had a tripod, I wouldn'=
t
> have taken a chance on scaring the squirrel by mounting the camera on it.
> There were also no trees near where I was standing.  The squirrel was
> perched in a tree at the edge of a clump of woods with a large meadow all
> around.  All I could do was open the aperture all the way, focus really
> carefully, hold my breath and other tricks to keep the camera still, and
> take a bunch of shots and hope for the best.  I took a few pictures, walk=
ed
> a little closer, took a few more pictures, walked closer, etc.  In the en=
d,
> I was amazed how close the squirrel let me get.  I also got lucky that th=
is
> one shot at close range didn't get wobbled.  Some others did.  You'll nev=
er
> see the ones that didn't work out.

Nice picture - reminds me of a pet squirrel I once had named "Secret" -=20
the cats chased him in one day, only a few days old, so I saved him and=20
fed him milk, with plans to release him back to the outdoors when he=20
recovered. However when the time came he had other plans, and absolutely=20
refused to go, so I was stuck with him..
Callers at the door would look twice when I appeared with a squirrel=20
perched upon my shoulder.. :-)
He was very tame, and great fun to have around - amazingly agile too.



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