6.03.2025

DSLR Pics: Squirrel snapshots with the Canon EOS Rebel T1i


These were taken with the Canon Rebel T1i and an EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom lens while walking to lunch back in February of 2019.


The lack of image stabilization on the lens and the overcast day meant having to shoot close to wide open, even with all the reflected sky light coming off the snow acting as a sort of bounce fill.


The character of the bokeh on this isn't exactly what I'd call smooth and creamy, but it's not as jarring as the stuff that occasionally comes from its 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6G Nikon equivalent.
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  1. Blackwing1June 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM

    They all have a pretty shallow DoF, but that last one (the close-up portrait) appears to be only inches deep. Whichever way you were shooting, whether manual-focus or AF, the camera/lens combination did a great job for you and it appears that the sharpest plane is right at the squirrel's eye. Nicely done for a critter that was probably moving pretty fast at times.

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    1. TamJune 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM

      EXIF data says I was shooting in Program Mode at ISO 100. Autofocus for sure.

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