This week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge is Where The Wild Things Are.
As someone who photographs wildlife this should be easy for me. Then I remembered a visitor we had in the yard one afternoon. I was sitting on the deck when a Raccoon came wandering into the yard. I grabbed a camera which happened to have a portrait lens on it for a reason I don’t remember. It turned out to be an ideal lens as the Raccoon ignored me as it checked out what the birds had dropped under the feeders.
After shooting a selection of portraits of the animal I started trying different things. In the shot below I focused on the animals front claws rather than the eyes. I can’t decide if it’s annoyed or amused but it looks wild.
8 replies on “Where the wild things are, in our yard”
This is a fantastic shot, David! That facial expression could mean lots of things! Well done.
Thanks. It is a strange facial expression. If I had known it was going to pull faces I’d have focused on the eyes rather than experimenting and focusing on the claws.
I think you shot it right! It’s a cool and unique perspective.
Even stranger, I looked out of the patio doors and there was a Racoon in the yard as I was replying to you.
Lol! They know!
Wonderful capture, David. Love it! 🙂
The wife started calling it Little Devil after it became something of a regular last autumn.
The pose you captured could be captioned, “Little Devil.” Ha ha!