Malabar Squirrel

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

This was at Top Slip on the way to Parambikulam.

It was high up on a tree and used a 2X TC to frame this one

400D, Canon EF 70-300 USM, 2X, F 8.0, 1/500, ISO 200, Handheld

regards
Rajan

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Hi Rajan,
Congrats on the 200th post.

You got its face and most of the body in the clear. The diagonal composition looks nice. A bigger image would have looked better.

How come you were using the 70-300?

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

Hi Sabyasachi

Thanks. I was doing some holiday shots (Family friends etc) and also wanted to do some sceneries and landscapes so had loaded the 70-300 while the Canon 100-400 and the Sigma 500 were inside the jeep, when this and the piglet showed up. Did not want to waste time switchcing lenses and so quickly put in the TX and . . . . Here is a bigger image . . .

regards
Rajan

[AB Apana]

Nice one Rjan, would have been ideal if the branches had not obscured the squirrel.

Apana

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Good one... I recently saw a giant squirrel, it was completely rufous , with a white belly and white tail tip. Only managed record shots, it was moving really fast through dense forest. What could it be? a different race?