Grizzled Giant Squirrel

[Bibhav Behera]

This is the cousin of the Malabar Giant Squirrel. It has almost the same size but lacks the copper hue of its cousin. Cute and daring nonetheless in their own regard. This one had no qualms of me being around.

Shot in Bheemeshwari.

Canon EOS 7D, 420mm
SS 1/125 (+1/3 EC)
f/5.6
ISO 1600

Full Frame Image. Comments and critiques welcome.

[Mrudul Godbole]

The eye contact is nice. Good details. The bark frames the subject nicely. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice one. What time of the day was this photographed? Shutter speed seems pretty low. Were you photographing from a balcony? The eye contact is nice. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bibhav Behera]

Hi Sabyasachi and Mrudul,
I was standing near the tree as the squirrel allowed me to approach quite close without it getting nervous. This guy was around 10-12 feet up in the tree and went around its business with us around for nearly 20 minutes before it decided to go up to the canopy. This was clicked in the evening around 5:30 PM.

[Atul Sinai]

Focus is spot on here. lovely eye contact. thanks for sharing

[Manasi Chaphalkar]

beautiful..love the pose and eye contact..

Manasi Chaphalkar

[Praveen Siddannavar]

A Rare image and moment captured so well

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice image of this rare squirrel. Nice pose and eye contact.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[V S Sankar]

Nice unconventional angle.Wonderful capture.

Regards

[Murugan Anantharaman]

The squirrel seems to be saying 'I see you' . Love the pink nose and the brown body. Eye contact is nice too. Many a times we are in for surprises when nature behaves exactly the way we dont expect it to ..Thanks for sharing.