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(Take 2 - the first was a little too soft)

All the lions, elephants, zebra, and giraffe in Africa are wonderful, but there are also tiny little critters scurrying about. This is a Smith’s bush squirrel, a little smaller than our US squirrels, spotted by my eagle-eye husband.

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I included the right edge of the huge tree, to try to give a bit of perspective.
Too distracting?

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Nikon D850 (then)
Nikon 500mm
Exposure Time: 1/1000 sec
F Number: f/8
ISO Speed Ratings: ISO 3200
Manual, AF
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure Bias: 0.33 EV
Fill flash
Focal Length: 500 mm

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It is very easy to ignore the small critters, but this looks so cute !
I feel you may crop out the tree curve on the RHS and then see, what kind of framing works.

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Hi Sandy. I agree with Jagdeep about the crop. Not only does it lessen the extreme placement of the squirrel a bit, but eliminating the bright distracting line would help our eye in exploring the frame (lots to explore too… the textures are awesome).