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Post by ffellah » Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:06 pm

Hello everyone: we had our precious black squirrel visit the bird feeder today. This is the only totally black squirrel we have seen in the 30 years we live here. I love his innocent face when he looked my way...

Franco
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Post by Montana » Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:10 pm

Wow!! he's gorgeous :hamster: I'm guessing he is a black variant of the Grey Squirrel?

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Post by rsfoto » Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:28 pm

Hi Franco,

Great shots and a difficult scene with only Black and White the high contrast. Well managed especially the reflex on the eye of the squirrel which makes him look alive.

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Post by JochenM » Sun Feb 21, 2021 4:45 pm

Look at that little guy :)

Nicely captured, Franco. Not the easiest scene to expose correctly; nailed it.


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Post by ffellah » Sun Feb 21, 2021 11:27 pm

Thanks a lot Alexandra, Rainer and Jochen.

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Post by MapleRidge » Mon Feb 22, 2021 3:21 am

Great pics of the squirrel visitor Franco!!!

We have lost of then around here...very few grey ones though.

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Post by ffellah » Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:22 am

Thank you Brian. An illegal immigrant Canadian black squirrel crossed the border and settled in our back yard ? Everything is possible these days... :lol:

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