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Sugar plum Coon Kit

'Sugar plum' coon kit
My nickname for this sweet, but wild little coon kit.

28 August 2008, 19:31:23
F4.0@1/30 Sec
Partial metering
ISO 1600
Focal length 87.0 of 70-200mm f4L
580EX Flash On ETTL-2/3
Custom White Balance in ACR. Tripod, remote. Taken from opened bathroom window.

Bunny Snow

ROLAN NARMAN

Very nice capture Susan! Good job!

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August 28, 2008

Bunny Snow

Thank you, Rolan.

Please visit my gallery. I'm having fun capturing wildlife in my backyard.

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August 28, 2008

Janice Mezzacappa

Wow Susan you captured great details in this cutie, well done!

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August 28, 2008

Liz blahh

Wonderful capture!

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August 28, 2008

Bunny Snow

Thank you, Janice and Liz.

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September 07, 2008

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna

This is such a cute series, Susan!!!!! They are such fun to watch...that is until they get into the sweetcorn patch!!!!! LOLOLOL ♫ k

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September 20, 2008

Bunny Snow

I have "Pointy Nose" almost feeding from my hand. He comes within a foot of me. Sugar plum is more timid.

Thanks for commenting, Kitty!

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September 20, 2008

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This is "the shot". Well done and you so deserve your editor's pick on this one.

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October 01, 2008

Bunny Snow

Thank you, Ann.

This is my favorite coon kit. She is charming and waits for our picture every evening. The others run up the feeder, grab peanuts, and quickly disappear.

I also wish I could hug her, she's such a "Sugar Plum." When I put the peanuts out in the early evening, I call the sugar plum kits and most come running...if they are in the backyard.

It's fun! Thank you for visiting my gallery and your comments. They mean so much to me!

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October 01, 2008

Sharon

So cute!! The colors are so vibrant!! Great work!!

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January 11, 2009

Bunny Snow

Thank you, Sharon. The colors are vibrant because when the coon kits were very young, they came during daylight. Now, if they come (and they often don't), it is long after I've gone to bed. I haven't seen them for months.

I hope they bring their babies in the early fall, like their mother brought this litter. I miss them.

Thank you for your kind words, and visiting my gallery.

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January 11, 2009

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Fabulous!!! I'm glad the Editors picked it too. Good taste! I'll look at more of your gallery when I get a few extra minutes. I like your eye.

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June 08, 2009

Bunny Snow

Thank you, Karen. I love this image also. I wish this coon family still visited me. But, as they grew older, their mother took them to discover new foods in trash containers, no doubt.

I had really enjoyed their visits last fall and continually look for new possibilities in my old images as I learn more and more techniques.

I also enjoy your visit to my gallery. That you so much for coming.

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June 08, 2009

Dianna Murphy

What an enjoyable series! I raised a baby coon long ago. This brings back great memories. I eventually released her on our ranch. At first she would occasionally visit if she got hungry and once even brought her babies to visit.

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January 18, 2010

Bunny Snow

I miss the coon kits. I did not really raise them--just fed them peanuts as a photographed them. They've grown and have families of their own, I suppose, but I haven't seen them at the normal times and they don't come when I call, like they once did.

Thus, I moved on and started learning to capture birds. It's going to take awhile before I'm good at this, however.

Thank you for visiting my gallery and your comment on the coon kit series.

Bunny

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January 18, 2010

Kara L. Hendricks

Congratulations Bunny on being today's 101 POTD!!