weekly Bernd's 52 of 2016 - week 52: Celebrate added and done

Very good idea for the theme and very well captured, the squirrels are sharp and stand out well against the tree and great that you got one going up and one coming down, made me smile.
 
excellent idea for the theme, cute but certainly alien and well done capturing the two of them together
 
Emja said:
Two for one - nicely caught! It's a pity for me that the one of the left wasn't quite as sharp as the other, but I love the eye contact!
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Thank you Emma. I tried to shoot hand held with my 500mm lens, that might be a little bit of camera shake...

sirch said:
Very good idea for the theme and very well captured, the squirrels are sharp and stand out well against the tree and great that you got one going up and one coming down, made me smile.
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Thanks Chris!

alsjazzera said:
excellent idea for the theme, cute but certainly alien and well done capturing the two of them together
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Thank you Allan!
 
Smashing idea for After Bernd, really well composed, it works perfectly.
What a good idea to choose the squirrels for Alien, it fits the topic really well, and I like the 'two way traffic' :)

Ooops I missed the second one, I wondered how many flying saucers we would see this week :)
 
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brrnd said:
Grey Squirrel has largely displaced the native Red Squirrel because the of their superior fitness.
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And not least the fact that they are unaffected by Squirrel pox, that they carry, and is fatal to the native reds.
Good idea for the the theme Bernd, it fits perfectly :)
 
Clever use of the grey Squirrel, well done.

Brownsea Island to see the Reds for me Tuesday......
 
Great image for Alien Bernd love the fact that the one on the left is looking at the camera!
 
Well chosen Bernd - getting one is hard enough - to get two in opposing directions is excellent.
 
Technical stuff: 160th at 270mm is always going to be hard to get sharp, but a good fun submission and I'm liking the eye contact :)

Cheers.
 
... falling behind with comments here o_O

Ye Olde [Cheshire Cheese] means Ancient ... interesting pub, I think when it comes to photographing it your options are a bit limited. Nice one all the same.

A pair of day/night Urban shots are interesting always, pity the camera's not in exact same position. But hey it's near enough.

Always like a bit of Street so the Big issue seller's a good one.

Cereal bowl scraped clean but you didn't lick the spoon. Cool idea.

Like the eye contact of squirrel LHS.
 
susiejb said:
What a good idea to choose the squirrels for Alien, it fits the topic really well, and I like the 'two way traffic' :)

Ooops I missed the second one, I wondered how many flying saucers we would see this week:)
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Thank you Susie! Not too many flying saucers as far as I can see :D

Cobra said:
And not least the fact that they are unaffected by Squirrel pox, that they carry, and is fatal to the native reds.
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Thanks Chris! Of course, I forgot to mention the squirrel pox!

rpn said:
Two nice and different ideas for the theme. Luckily we still have native reds up here in Scotland.
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Cheers Stan!

Hertsman said:
Clever use of the grey Squirrel, well done.
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Thanks Mark!

Downton Mini said:
Great image for Alien Bernd love the fact that the one on the left is looking at the camera!
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Thanks Mark!

Carl Ayling said:
Well chosen Bernd - getting one is hard enough - to get two in opposing directions is excellent.
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Cheers Carl!

LC2 said:
Good call on using grey squiggles for Alien. Nicely captured and the inclusion of the blurred background adds depth to the shot.
Not quite so sure about the saucer Fox. ;)
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Thank you Tim! It's actually a soup plate :whistle:

posiview said:
Technical stuff: 160th at 270mm is always going to be hard to get sharp, but a good fun submission and I'm liking the eye contact :)
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Cheers Andy! I just took a handheld shot before getting my tripod out. While I was setting my tripod up, the squirrel that has given me the eye disappeared...

d00d said:
A pair of day/night Urban shots are interesting always, pity the camera's not in exact same position. But hey it's near enough.
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Thank you David! I struggled a bit to find anything level to put my camera on for the night shot, and then the next day I forgot to take a photo from the same point. :(
 
its odd, but i tried to capture squirrels for my Alien, but merely because it was look at me with head cocked..but raise a camera and he scrammed so good capture..

Love Tokyo shots, though the day and night does it for me, the night one in particular.
 
its a well lit and composed shot, but i am obviously being a little thick :thinking:
 
Liquid capital is a good take on the theme and a nice collection of notes you've got there, well captured, sharp throughout.
 
Is the money liquid gold. Grey Squirrels are alien, great photography.:)
 
Liquid assets - obviously well travelled ... or a collector. Nice composition with all those denominations and colours in evidence.
 
Great idea Bernd, it works well.
As Carl said, do you get about a bit, or are you a collector? or both even?
 
Thank you all for your comments!
 
Nice interpretation of the theme, all very nicely photographed.
 
Thank you all for your comments!
 
Great minds Bernd. Similarity in terms of subject but entirely different takes. Quite an assortment of nuts - excellent DOF drawing attention to the walnut and cracker. I like the effects of the polished metal.
 
Great idea for the theme Bernd I like the composition. I agree with the others the shine is distracting
 
Downton Mini said:
Great idea for the theme Bernd I like the composition. I agree with the others the shine is distracting
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I dont agree with the shine being distracting -No shine means you dont see the crackers - kind of spoils the image/theme no ?

I like them for that reason.
 
Hertsman said:
I dont agree with the shine being distracting -No shine means you dont see the crackers - kind of spoils the image/theme no ?

I like them for that reason.
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Sorry wasn't concentrating when typing that watching the F1!

I meant to put wasn't distracting
 
Cracked and nuts yep thats definitely a 52 submission :D
Nice DoF and shiny nut crackers, it all works well Bernd :)
 
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