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I\u2019ve got a couple little buddies that visit my little yard. One of them is this guy. This little chipmunk or one of his family I presume have been visiting for the last couple years. I don\u2019t see it often but am glad when I do. I\u2019m a little bit surprised, but heartened, that the occasional cat buddy coming have missed it so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Chipmunk<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was glad and lucky I got what I did with the little \u2018munk. They are quite fast. I didn\u2019t have the presence of mind to ramp up the shutter speed as much as I should have. That\u2019s something I need to work on when focusing on animals. I was also lucky that it didn\u2019t seem that terrified of me and while keeping its distance it didn\u2019t altogether vanish right away as they are prone to do. I\u2019ve missed a few opportunities to get shots of these critters because they don\u2019t usually hang around long enough for me to get my rig and then go outside. Usually as soon as I open the door they are gone like the wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Chipmunk<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I know it\u2019s not all exotic, but I\u2019ve always liked chipmunks. I suppose the childish Alvin and the chipmunks characters that were popular when I was a little kid play some role in that. They are also more rare than it\u2019s cousin the squirrel which a majority of people around here consider a nuisance, rats with tails. I kinda like all these little critters really even rats to some degree. I wouldn\u2019t want to share living space with any rats, but I really am fascinated by them, possibly because my Chinese zodiac is the year of the rat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Chipmunk<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I did some landscape shooting yesterday. I\u2019m excited to start looking at and playing with it, and will do so as soon as I post this nugget. I did some experimenting with focus stacking that I think will turn out to be pretty cool. My old computer is going to be grinding its processor very soon on these bad boys. I look forward to getting them posted in the next day or two. I\u2019m going to try to do something creative every day during this break. Even if it\u2019s small I\u2019ll either shoot or process\/edit something, and maybe write a little. I hope to produce some good and interesting things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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