Gimmee Nuts!
© R Heeks 2010. Strictly no use without permission
I had nuts in my left hand and camera in my right. Great fun!
The large aperture of the Nikon 50mm f/1.4 works well here. I love the selective focus. I think this shot is all about the eyes.
See all the soil on his/her nose! That's because they take the nuts, bury them in the flower beds, and then come back for more. Very sensible, but gets soil all over the nose. I had little soil marks in the palm of my hand later, from where these little noses had been rubbing, while the little mouths were taking the peanuts. Great day. Trust me to go all the way to London and spend all my time with squirrels.
I'd like to thank the Dutch couple who gave me a handful of peanuts. Thanks, if indeed you are Dutch!
This is one of my favourite shots. Every time I look at it, it makes me smile, and I remember how much fun it was having this squirrel look straight into the camera.
I went to the National Portrait Gallery too, which is only a few hundred yards away from the squirrels. Kept going from one to the other. Can't work out which is my favourite.
Comments and faves
nondesigner59, Sea Moon, shannonkringen, GaryJS ™, and 102 other people added this photo to their favorites.
chenilife (29 months ago | reply)
Fantastic shot!
nondesigner59 (29 months ago | reply)
Spot on !! Great shot.
Digital Lemonade (29 months ago | reply)
Great capture!
Liza Yorkston-Pepprell (29 months ago | reply)
ha ha ha, awesome shot
Lucí Brâga (29 months ago | reply)
Cute!
Wonderfull capture.
ELAINE 57 (29 months ago | reply)
wow what a shot, they so cute, can watch them all day, we have three visit us most days
LaMiriam (Back I hope) [deleted] (29 months ago | reply)
Wowo that's simply superbe......great timing!!!
Sea Moon (29 months ago | reply)
Perfect shot of Mr. Needy
shannonkringen (29 months ago | reply)
love it
Meginator (29 months ago | reply)
great capture!
GaryJS ™ (29 months ago | reply)
Ha ha! Fab! NIce one Richard!
alone68 (29 months ago | reply)
Wow stunning shot - a chance in a million!!
sickmouthy (29 months ago | reply)
Own up; how many exposures to get that just so?!
Awesome capture, dude.
richard.heeks (29 months ago | reply)
I did take over 100 shots! It was the right lens for the job though, the 50mm f/1.4.
MorningRosie (29 months ago | reply)
Omg so cute! The focus is so amazing, it looks like a floating head! XD
Shanny O. (29 months ago | reply)
hahahahahahaaaa! this is fantastic!
trs125 (29 months ago | reply)
This is SSOooooooooooo perfect!! Love it! Must have taken a great deal of patience... but sounds like fun!
trs125 (29 months ago | reply)
This is SOooooooooooo perfect!! Love it! Must have taken a great deal of patience... but sounds like fun!
nitram0864 (29 months ago | reply)
Great capture, like the selective focus on the head. Well taken.
Chandler Nicole (29 months ago | reply)
LMAO i love this :]
www.matthewhartphotography.com (29 months ago | reply)
Awesome shot they are so much fun to shoot :)
John - Sparkie ツ (29 months ago | reply)
Really good photo!
JLBravo's photostream (29 months ago | reply)
jajaja, It´s very funny. Congrats!!!!
adlewisphotography (29 months ago | reply)
stunning mate
*gbgabi (29 months ago | reply)
Awnnn, so cute
Beautiful shot.
Tigereon (29 months ago | reply)
as they said in the movie up SQUIRRRRLLEEEEE!
westernsquirrel (29 months ago | reply)
Up until a couple years ago, I used to go to our Stanley Park here in Vancouver and feed the squirrels. Will go back again one year. They are very easily trained. Had them eating out of my shirt pockets and so on. With a dirty nose, who could resist a cute face like this one??
JoeMathew (29 months ago | reply)
Great capture
steeple_jackuk (29 months ago | reply)
Ha ha you squirrel baiter you. Great shot what a pose.
Sj
iany T. [deleted] (29 months ago | reply)
haha amazing capture!
TomFalconer (29 months ago | reply)
That's a great shot, so cute!
math_fanette [deleted] (29 months ago | reply)
Waow, amazing work!!
congrats
adolfo.trinca (29 months ago | reply)
wow ow ow owwow wooooowwwwww
Dr.Ajay Krishnan (29 months ago | reply)
love this shot, very nice
***Nature Lover*** [deleted] (29 months ago | reply)
Amazing capture Richard!
Vanessa Nielsen (29 months ago | reply)
Excelent, the eyes are really amazing.
Patricia Speck (29 months ago | reply)
Absolutely fabulous shot....well done!
Kuinamor (29 months ago | reply)
Just love it! Great angle!
Adrian Boustead ( Adi ) (29 months ago | reply)
Really great shot Richard! Nice colours.
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Ry∆_Niven (28 months ago | reply)
haha this is great, nice shot.
e_monk (28 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Stuff With Four Legs, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Effy.D (28 months ago | reply)
so cuuuuuute!!
Dave&Dee&Don, (28 months ago | reply)
Great view. Surely took a lot of patience. Well done.
ImaginIsca (28 months ago | reply)
Wow, didn't know they could be so tame - I can't get anywhere near this squirrel's Exeter Cousins. Great use of the 50mm lens
Jane in Colour (28 months ago | reply)
Really wonderful shot!!
cnlizziebns [deleted] (28 months ago | reply)
Superb shot...the expression on his/her face says it all..well captioned
Matt Molloy (28 months ago | reply)
Hahahaha! This is great!
Cathy G (28 months ago | reply)
Brilliant, makes we want to go find some squirrels, where in London? I've got some time on my hands at the moment.
richard.heeks (28 months ago | reply)
Hi Cathy G. I've mapped it, St. James' Park. They're very very tame. Take some nuts!