posted Monday, 12 May 2008, 21:10 (+0800), by Martin
During a business trip to Calgary (Alberta, Canada) in June one year,
I saw many mounds of dirt on the grass and around the paths in downtown Calgary.
The locals told me these were created by the local gophers, but it took a few days
before I saw a gopher in the flesh.
This photo was taken during a weekend visit to Banff and the surrounds in 2005, with my point-and-shoot Olympus C-770. The Olympus camera really helped my photographic progression, but also really frustrated me with some of its limitations, and thus helped me to make up my mind to buy a DSLR.
Note that this particular speciman above has been identified as being a Richardson's Ground Squirrel, but these are commonly known as gophers.
This photo was taken during a weekend visit to Banff and the surrounds in 2005, with my point-and-shoot Olympus C-770. The Olympus camera really helped my photographic progression, but also really frustrated me with some of its limitations, and thus helped me to make up my mind to buy a DSLR.
Watchful gopher
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Olympus C-770 UltraZoom @63mm, 1/200 sec, f/3.7, ISO100
Olympus C-770 UltraZoom @63mm, 1/200 sec, f/3.7, ISO100
Note that this particular speciman above has been identified as being a Richardson's Ground Squirrel, but these are commonly known as gophers.
This image is available for purchase as a high-quality card, matted print, laminated print, mounted print, canvas print or framed print
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Marty, this is a great catch! Persistence pays off, doesn't it? You leave for a business trip and come home with an excellent gopher image. Nice work!