Photos of opportunity

[Liberal]

I sort of wanted to post this in the nature picture thread, but it wasn't really nature because it was right outside our house. But it's a picture that I really love just because the opportunity to capture a squirrel in the act of raiding a bird feeder is very rare. They usually run away before I can even open the door. But this fellow? Fearless.

[FloatyGimpy]

Gah! I thought it was a little statue until I read the op. Very cute!

[Liberal]

Yeah, he's a real squirrel. Just one of those lucky opportunity photos. Naturally, I was delighted with it, especially since he was pretty much looking right at me.

[yawndave]

Does that thing really keep him from getting at the birdseed? It looks like it might be able to get it's little squirrel-arms in to scrape something out.

[Liberal]

The front and back are wide open. It emulates a covered bridge.

[Laughing Lagomorph]

In my experience visual attractiveness and squirrel-proofness are pretty much diametrically opposed attributes in a bird feeder. You can get ones that look great, or ones that keep the squirrels out, but not both.

[Wheresgeorge04]

I didn't take any of these, and have posted them elsewhere, but...











Joe

[Liberal]

Oh, the statue one! Oh, how great! Talk about an opportunity!

[Myrnalene]

Loooooooooooooooooool.

[Feirefiz]

Just a pigeon that chose to sit on my cactus for reasons that probably make sense if you are a pigeon.

[Liberal]

Ha ha! I wonder if he's regretting it. "Why the hell do my feet hurt?"

[XJETGIRLX]

I just happened to take this picture out of the window of a moving car, and it turned out great. It's one of my favorite photos.




And here's a picture I took of a cloud shaped like a question mark.

[chacoguy]

I like the question mark XJETGIRLX. Here's a series I took at work. I was there to shoot Jeeps going down that ledge; still, I've never seen one do THAT before.