Melissa Brandts wasn't trying to take a photo of this ground squirrel at Banff National Park. She'd set up the camera's timer so that she'd have a nice picture of herself and her husband, with spectacular Lake Minnewanka in the background.
She hadn't counted on this ground squirrel hogging the foreground.
Photo by Melissa Brandt, from the Your Shot Daily Dozen at National Geographic magazine
From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Marilyn Terrell.
Where are his underpants?
Cute pic, and I BELIEVE that's it's 100% real.
I find it stretches credulity, but not impossible.
like where?... Im bored and havent had any work for a while, need to exercise my adobe muscles
cute ;)
They miss you over at Webkinz.
why is the focus so perfectly on the squirrel?
should'nt the focus be on the 2 ppl instead? a nice PS
Maybe, grasshopper, someday you'll understand how technology actually works.
Most of all, you can easily imagine the little guy being curious about the the camera's delayed shutter countdown beep.
Melissa is actually my old babysitter
they often take nature vacations and enjoy photography
and do alot of timed shots, but yeah no lie, this is 100% legit i have talked to her since and she has gotten hits from National Geographic a korean newspaper as well as the calgary newpaper
Give me a break! There is no doubt in my mind that this photo is real. I live in Calgary, not far from Banff, and the ground squirrels (some call them gophers) there are the most curious, almost tame creatures you could imagine. Totally credible, totally real!
http://www.youtube.com/user/banfflakelouise2
NOT FAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111
Anyway, just wanted to say that this picture made me laugh a lot. Love it. I have a very similar photo where my cat popped into frame at the last second. I'll have to pass that around and collect annoying know-it-all comments as well.
Way to go, Melissa and Jackson!
[source] Growing up in Canada.
[source] Caddyshack.
Go to this to get your own squirrel!
http://www.lutralutra.co.uk/squirrelizer/
It's the cutest photo! Thank you for the laugh!
Could have been a grizzly bear!