A few weeks ago now my girlfriend asked me if I would like to join her checking some dormouse boxes with the Bedfordshire dormouse group. I must point out I was accompanied by a licensed dormouse ecologist, had permission to take photos and permission to be on the land we were using, which for obvious reasons shall remain secret. Dormice are an endangered species and very rare, so please do not go looking for them without being with a suitably trained person, otherwise you could face a hefty fine!
Now, to the photography:
I took the image at 1/60s, f6.3 at 50mm with my 18-55mm kit lens on an EOS7D at ISO400 in aperture priority. I chose the lowest f-number of the lens to blur the person in the background whilst keeping the mouse in focus. Naturally I didn't use flash. In post processing I have done a small amount of fiddling with exposure and a tiny bit of sharpening.
If there was anything I would change it would be to re-take the image a little closer remove the tips of the fingers which I feel are slightly distracting.
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