This weekend I got to spend some time outside in the sun, which was good. On Saturday I decided to spend some time in the back yard with my camera, kind of like a mini version of my adventures in Waterloo Park last month.

There are a surprising number of animals hiding out back there, if you know where to look. For a while, I became obsessed with trying to get a photo of this elusive chipmunk.

If you read my long entry last week, you will remember that I mentioned learning the difference between "hunting" and "fishing" for photos. Well, this is a prime example of "fishing". The chipmunk was foraging around in the back corner of the yard, so I simply got as close as I could without scaring it away, held my camera at the ready, and waited. After a long time of waiting and following it around in my viewfinder, it finally came out into the light, and I got this picture.

He actually did pop his head up for a better pose, but there was a leaf in the way. :(

Anyway, I really like the colours in the shot, even if he looks like he's giving me the evil eye.

Technical details: This was shot with my Rebel XT + 70-300IS at 300mm, ISO 400, f/8 for 1/250th of a second.

Comments

I believe the majority of the wildlife photographers are 'fishers', especially
the bird guys (many birds, particularily hummingbirds tend to fly in regular
patterns and return to a particular spot).  I believe the big 'hunters' are the
birds in flight photographers.	Do you know who else is a 'hunter'?

I think many landscape photographers are 'hunters'.  Once, I drove all over
Mennonite country looking for a good photo opportunity, and I saw many
beautiful places, but I didn't really get enough inspiration to take a great
photo.	It might have been the time of day (early afternoon, and the light was
too harsh).  That was an unsuccessful 'hunting' trip for me.

However, if you
have found a good spot and decide to wait until the sunset, then your 'hunting'
trip has all of a sudden turned into a 'fishing' trip.	;)

Interesting.  You are correct.	I think the best landscape photographers are
both.  They 'hunt' in the begining for that perfect spot, then 'fish' for the
perfect light.	Its something I've started doing as well, identifying good
locations, then returning there several times to examine the light.

Its sad
that I can't do that when on vacation, and in that case I just hope to be
lucky.

Interesting. Maybe I'll try 'fishing' for a picture of Reggie next time. 
Telling him to sit and stay worked about as well as if he were a chipmunk.  I
really like chipmunks and this picture is great. It's fun to think that after
they run away from us, they stop somewhere and look back at us with the evil
eye. :)