Have ya had enough of my Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel photos yet! These are the last of them taken yesterday, I had nothing else new left to upload today. How has your weekend been so far? Mine has been very relaxed and mellow around the home.
Had a short ride to the party store for some adult refreshments, that’s about it! By the way, I’d like to say thank you to my followers, I truly appreciate each of you who choose to listen to my sometimes nonsense comments, and like my photography. Thank you! 😎
Awww. How lovely and very good photos.
I am in my element when watching squirrels. I’d never get bored watching. 😊
These tiny squirrels are darling! So fun when they scurry about at your feet. 🥰
I always enjoy seeing them!
They are so lovely! Never get bored to watch them.
Thanks so much, they are so much fun to watch scurrying about!! 🥰
Those squirrels have no fear :). Or they’re posing amidst their busyness. Nice work!
Thanks, they go about their business until I move!
You’re welcome. 🙂
Happy to look at and enjoy your critter shots. They’re so sweet.
Thanks, Anneli! I’ll try for a ride into the mountains tomorrow. 😊
More cute shots, John!
Thanks!! 😎
Adorable little squirrels. Wonderful photos. They look like playful little guys.
I agree, Timothy! So much energy as they zip around, good luck catching one which I’d never do. Next time I’ll take oats or seeds for them.
Man, I love squirrels. They’re one of the cutest creatures on earth 🙂 Nice photos!
Hi Dennis, thank you! The large squirrels are so cute too, but these little fellas are adorable! Have a dandy weekend. 😎
Looks like they aren’t really shy. Ours often are. So, a long lens is needed to get good photos of them here.
So far, the weekend was already perfect. I hope you have a good time too!
They will come up very close, but don’t move or they scatter off a bit. My only lens right now for the Nikon is 24-70mm which is great for most photography, but I really need that telephoto lens. Too costly for this camera body…
I assume you’re shooting with a full-frame body then? I am using an APS-C body (D7100) and my Tamron 70-300 is doing a nice job, especially with the crop factor. Probably not the greatest lens talking about quality, but it gets me close to the subjects.
Tamron is a good lens, my Nikon is a Z6 model, mirrorless. I wonder if Tamron makes a telephoto lens for it, better have a look around. When I had the Nikon D3300, I had a zoom lens attached most of the time actually.
The only things I find are lens compatibility lists and they talk about adapters. So, probably not a good choice in this case.
Yeah, same here. I use zoom lenses most often too because they’re versatile.
I did some more research into different lenses for the Z6 body just now, the best option is to try to find the Nikkor Z 70-200mm lens which I’ve looked at before. Just got off the phone with my local cam shop I use, they said check back (again) in about ten days, they may get a few. I thought the lens was around $2200 dollars US, but they say it’s almost exactly $1000 instead. Wow. Some websites lie! I’ve got to have that lens, better suited to my style of photography. I asked about some Tamron alternatives, they need an adapter, no thanks.
That’s quite a lot cheaper than you thought. I do agree, adapters “Nope!”, not a fan of the idea.
I think a wide-angle lens would suit you nicely too as I remember some of your landscape shots. On the other side, you will run less with a zoom lens, which is cool too.
Exactly, I’ve taken many great (in my view) landscape photos with the older Nikon and zoom, the newer lens has some substantial improvements in part by the mirrorless body.