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Even though the tail's not in full view, you do see a little more of its front with this angle. Good quality, very nice lighting and composition.
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Not a huge fan of the back lighting (main source of light is on axis flash). There is also some noise and it isn't hugely sharp at full size.
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Are you sure it isn't a contrived and stale composition? Shouldn't the squirrel's head be tilted more to the left? ;-)
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Definitely a good image of the squirrel. It's too bad more of the tail isn't visible, though.
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per ragesoss. Reshooting this should be relatively easy.
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