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Face to face with a vole

Posted by OntPhoto on Sun Mar 04, 2012 6:47 pm

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As I was heading back to the car, I saw a small vole scurrying on top of the snow. It was at lesat 5* C and the snow was a bit soft. Laying flat on the snow....it gave way a bit....I pointed my 400 5.6L lens in the direction of the vole. To my surprise it started scampering towards me. I had to get up or it likely would have just run up my face :) Often it was inside the lenses MFD so i had to keep getting up and then back up. The ideal lens would have been a 70-200 2.8L + 1.4x. I would have gotten some great photos had that been the case. Not so with the 400 5.6L. The vole seldom if ever stayed still.

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by Cindy Marple on Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:09 pm
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He must've thought you were a nice warm place to hide! What a cute little critter, so puffed up like a roly-poly ball. Nicely done, I like this being centered in this head-on view.

by Carol Clarke on Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:57 am
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Sounds like one crazy disorientated Vole! You did pretty well uder the circumstances!
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by OntPhoto on Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:28 pm
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Thanks. I don't think it saw me because I had a lens in front of my face. That's the only reason I could come up with. What is the alternative, I'm a vole magnet? :-)

by jerryb on Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:23 pm
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Nice perspective. Maybe it liked its reflection or the shade from your lens hood.

by Paul Klenck on Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:54 pm
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Love the result for your persistence! Great angle.
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by Eirini Pajak on Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:02 pm
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How funny! Great shot of this little guy!

by Ramón Casares on Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:20 pm
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that is so cute. Literally a fur ball! Congratulations!

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