# Gray Pause

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/gray-pause/52812>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** wildlife\
**Created:** [November 2, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/gray-pause/52812 "2026-11-02T15:58:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Dave\_Douglass](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dave_douglass/32/5332_2.png) [@Dave\_Douglass](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dave_Douglass)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/gray-pause/52812/1 "2026-11-02T15:58:57Z")

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![Original - GRAY.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/6/2/62409ac57bb821a6415acf8049043b61b97e23aa.jpeg)

**Critique Style:** Standard

The photographer is looking for thoughtful feedback on the image as a whole, especially around the areas noted below.

**Feedback Focus:** Artistic / Expressive

### About This Image

I caught this gray squirrel pausing out back yesterday.

### Feedback Requested

Cropping? exposure?

### Technical Details

Z9, 180-600 lens, monopod, 1/500th, f8, 720mm, ISO14400, cropped to 4350 x 3319