How’s this? Can you see me now?
Unlike the trees in a child’s drawing or a happy little Bob Ross painting, the ones in real life do not just have a trunk with a canopy of leaves on top of it. There are a lot of small branches and 
twigs protruding out from all directions just about everywhere! This is one of the hazards I often come across while trying to get cute pictures of squirrels to submit for your approval. Look at this image…. it coulda been a contender! Instead, it’s just another photo fail thank to that stupid little branch that bisects that cute fuzzy face behind it. Sorry buddy… I really tried to give you the Saturday Squirrel fame you so deserved when you looked my way, but Mother Nature saw a cruel need to censor your visage from an adoring public. At least nobody will see that giant zit on your nose now…
Have a great, unobstructed weekend everyone!
Living, as I do, in the woods, I bump into this all the time photographing pretty much everything. There is always a twig or a branch right where I don’t want it to be. The perils of nature photography are infinite 🙂
It’s almost like you can’t see the forest because the trees are in the way. Damn shaggy trees… getting a trim every now and then wouldn’t hurt them.
Hey, good picture! Who cares if there are a couple twigs in the way, you can see 98% of the little critter!! ((hugs)) T.
Downloading squirrel (98%)….. waiting……… waiting……
lol!!! 🙂
I think it is a great shot – he looks like he is barking at you!
Either that or he’s got a mouth full of nuts again…
LOL!
Damn branches, they’re always in the way! At least the squirrel looks cute peeking around it.
Not much can ruin a cute squirrel photo… and it helps that the branch and the squirrel’s face are both cocked at the same angle. If it weren’t slightly off-center, it’d be perfect!
I think it looks really cool with him staring around both sides of the twig at once!
Hmmmm… he might not even see the stick then and thought it was the perfect spot to mug for the camera…
I think he’s laughing at you…….he knows you can’t get a perfect shot of his fuzzface if he sits still behind that bisecting branch! Smarty pants!
pam
Well, then I’m happy that I was able to amuse him then. If it brightened his day, then the bad photo was worth it…