The Back 40
by Dennisheckman

Comment by galatia_n:
Very decent pp.

My Tree of Life
by Dennisheckman

Comment by Ja-9:
Well, congrats to you and a good solid 7 to boot...excellent moment to capture for sure!!!

My Tree of Life
by Dennisheckman

Comment by Gallatin:
A very cute shot, I sure wish I could send you all the squirrels from my place, can't afford all the bird feed for both them and the birds!!! Congrats on your ribbon.

The Back 40
by Dennisheckman

Comment by J-Me:
is that burning that you've done with the tracks in the distance? Maybe, a bit too heavy handed with it? Not sure what I'm seeing but, doesn't look like natural tracks. However, nice shot. (not scoring)

My Tree of Life
by Dennisheckman

Comment by Tiny:
Lovely stuff,Congrats on the ribbon.

The Back 40
by Dennisheckman

Comment by Neat:
How effective is this !

My Tree of Life
by Dennisheckman

Comment by Dennisheckman:

Originally posted by bergiekat: Double trouble! What great detail and curious if you used flash on this.

No flash was used, just that massive ISO of 12800 and the rest was done with careful processing. I also used my 2X extender which takes that 70-200 lens aperture to f/8. Not much light comes through with that. I also used the spot metering setting since it was actually fairly darker inside the tree trunk. I didnt want to take the chance of the evaluative setting with a challenging exposure like that.

Thanks again everyone for all your great comments! Very Happy with the outcome of this shot.

My Tree of Life
by Dennisheckman

Comment by snaffles:
That is such an amazingly cute capture, both of them peeking out like that! Congrats on the blue :-)

My Tree of Life
by Dennisheckman

Comment by hahn23:
Cool nature photo, Dennis. Congratulations on the Blue! Well done!

The Back 40
by Dennisheckman

Comment by jagar:
Got to be one of my favorites in this challenge, love the tonality of the grasses and the path leading through.