As we were finishing our walk one day last fall, we saw someone we knew and stopped to chat. There were quite a few ducks on the lake that day but other than that we hadn’t seen much. As we turned around to leave I spotted this meadow vole. Catching sight of this little creature was an unexpected treat. Given the dull quality of the light I made some shadow and contrast adjustments and used spot removal to clean up the water a bit using Lightroom.
April 3, 2016 at 2:26 pm
Amazing! Love your work.
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April 3, 2016 at 2:40 pm
Thank you, I’m glad you do!
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April 2, 2016 at 7:58 pm
Sweet face!
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March 25, 2016 at 3:03 pm
Ver cute image. I love Lightroom! So much quicker and easier than fiddling with layers in PS. I saw a meadow vole tunneling through the snow once and put my boot down in front of his tunnel. He stopped, poked his head out, assessed the situation, and calmly jumped over my boot and kept tunneling. No camera sadly, not even a smart phone on me.
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March 25, 2016 at 3:26 pm
Thank you Sue. I understand we were pretty fortunate that the vole stood by while we took our shots. I’ve used Lightroom longer, I’m very new to PS.
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March 24, 2016 at 11:00 pm
Terrific photo of this little critter. What a cute one he is. Thanks for sharing.
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March 25, 2016 at 7:37 am
Thank you!
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March 24, 2016 at 6:33 pm
Lovely photo and creature…in its preferred element
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March 24, 2016 at 5:39 pm
They are cute, but they can sure lay waste to a garden over winter!
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March 24, 2016 at 5:42 pm
So I’m learning!
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March 24, 2016 at 2:47 pm
So cute!! 🙂
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March 24, 2016 at 4:35 pm
Yes he was!
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March 24, 2016 at 2:30 pm
Wait a sec…..did you see Victor’s photo of these? Or were you taking photos at the same time?
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March 24, 2016 at 4:34 pm
The jig is up, he’s my spouse.😊
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March 24, 2016 at 4:49 pm
Ahhh! I did think it would be quite coincidental for those voles! 🙂
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March 24, 2016 at 10:08 am
Oh boy, we had these little fellas tear up our yard many years ago. BUT, darn it, your capture is adorable and what a treat! 🙂
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March 24, 2016 at 10:18 am
Thank you. Some wildlife is much more appealing in the wild than in a garden😊
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March 24, 2016 at 9:29 am
He looks so soft. What a treat indeed! I’ve never seen one sit still long enough to capture an image.
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March 24, 2016 at 10:11 am
We were lucky. He didn’t seem to mind that we took lots of photos.
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March 24, 2016 at 7:10 pm
It was pretty brave! I usually only see them as prey in some predators mouth or beak.
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March 24, 2016 at 8:21 am
My brother in SC was just talking about voles attacking his vegetable garden. Never saw one before. Nice photo!
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March 24, 2016 at 9:57 am
Thank you, it was a first for me too.
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