Jif Skippy and Nutella

Jan Piller

Jif Skippy and Nutella

“Peanut” was, at of the time of this image, still too small to venture from the tree. Canon Rebel xt Canon l 70-200

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Jif Skippy and Nutella by Jan Piller
  • Phil Deaves

    Phil Deaves

    Great shot…..wonderful capture….three for the price of one….excellent work Jan.

  • RavenSoul

    RavenSoul

    HOW ADORABLE!

  • Holly Cawfield

    Holly Cawfield

    Love it! This couldn’t be sweeter and more smile-producing!!

    What an excellent capture….....and fantastic catchlights in the eyes.

  • Leena  Hedman

    Leena Hedman

    Jan, this is just marvelous!!!

  • Helene Kippert

    Helene Kippert

    Wonderful shot jan :o)

  • HELUA

    HELUA

    Lovely capture! Thanks for posting this, Jan !!!

  • Dennis Jones - CameraView

    Dennis Jones -...

    Larry, Moe and Curley…...

    Now this is good…

  • Leslie  Battjes

    Leslie Battjes

    Nope, Dennis, you’ve only got that partly right…this is great! It’s adorable, not seen often, and well shot…your clarity here is awesome, Jan! :) although I totally agree on the names…LOL!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Les – I would have liked to have gotten all four of them but the smallest one wasn’t quite venturing into the open before we had to leave to come home. But it was great watching them grow over the course of two weeks. Jif was the strongest and most curious and was out long before the others.

  • Nikki Trexel

    Nikki Trexel

    soooo cute! :) (i happen to love Nutella…)

  • Stephen Rowsell

    Stephen Rowsell

    excellent shot Jan! very animated, their character comes right through!

  • Dennis Jones - CameraView

    Dennis Jones -...

    You need to put these in the Squirrel group

  • dmarie

    dmarie

    JUST ADORRRRRRRRRABLE…. I so love it :-)

  • Douglas Hunt

    Douglas Hunt

    Fantastic! Absolutely great shot, Jan.

  • velveteagle

    velveteagle

    Oh Jan.. This is a winner for sure.. I just love it.. Fantastic capture..

  • Blair Wainman

    Blair Wainman

    Now this is fabulous! I agree…a winner for sure…at least in my books! Well done Jan!

  • Kenart

    Kenart

    Hello, hello, hello!. Inquisitive bunch!

  • macabrecat

    macabrecat

    Oh, how cute!! Excellent capture! :)

  • justlinda

    justlinda

    Delightful :)

  • NATURELENS

    NATURELENS

    CUTE :-), great image

  • Julie Langford

    Julie Langfordcommunity host

    OMG Jan, this is just priceless! To get one squirrel in such an expressive pose would be impressive – to get three – Oh Lordy!

  • Carol Barona

    Carol Barona

    This is just too cute! Focus is perfect on all three!

  • John Wright

    John Wright

    Very cute, well done. I love having all three there.

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks John – there were four babies but the 4th was rarely making an appearance.

  • Sean Farragher

    Sean Farragher

    fantastic

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Sean! I like your new avatar!

  • bertspix

    bertspix

    Hi Jan…
    What a wonderful shot….congratulations….

  • Cadence Gamache

    Cadence Gamache

    Hehe awwwww!

  • Roddy Atkinson

    Roddy Atkinson

    Fantastic capture!

  • Graeme Pettit Photography

    Graeme Pettit ...

    Absolutely exquisite and beautifully timed – simply gorgeous.

  • justjen

    justjen

    Wonderful shot!

  • eseffpe

    eseffpe

    WOW!!!

  • beekokweh

    beekokweh

    I love this…. fantastic!!!! Favorite for sure.

  • oiseau

    oiseau

    That is one amazing catch – congratulations

  • Liv Stockley

    Liv Stockley

    Great photo, amazing how you managed,as they are such speedy little animals…my fav.

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Liv! oh my goodness – yes – they just zipped everywhere and in and out of that hole!

  • jlynn

    jlynn

    Fantastic sweet image!!

  • Jan Piller replied

    thanks jlynn! thanks for all your nice comments – what a great welcome back from vacation! thank you!

  • George Lenz

    George Lenz

    beautiful imagery… well done…

  • yaDes

    yaDes

    Uh! Very cute)

  • Micki Ferguson

    Micki Ferguson

    you and your varmints ;)

    they are so cute!

  • Jan Piller replied

    hahaha – yup I like varmints! hahaha I haven’t heard that expression in years!

  • SandraRos

    SandraRos

    What a cracking trophy shot

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Sandra! Glad you found something you liked!

  • Wildwings

    Wildwings

    This is so precious. What a shot! This goes immediately into my cherished collection of favorites. Wonderful work. I hope you enjoy my gallery as much as I enjoyed yours. Oh, if you like majestic mountain scenery and horses, you might enjoy my 2009 western/cowboys digital illustration calendar. It’s almost completed. Kindly add me to your watchlist to know when it’s uploaded to RedBubble.

  • EdgeOfReality

    EdgeOfReality

    A Triple cute image. Well done Jan.

  • Krys Bailey

    Krys Bailey

    Absolutely adorable! Great shot! Bravo!

  • poshta

    poshta

    ok this is really really cute, i want to take them home

  • Macky

    Macky

    Brilliant capture, well timed Jan!!

  • Sarah Grace

    Sarah Grace

    Too cute! I love it, and those are very creative names. Perfect for them. =)

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Sarah!

  • Von McKnelly

    Von McKnelly

    Great now I want peanut butter.

    The best tree rat shot ever Jan…fav!!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Well we figured if there was a 5th one, we’ld have to name him Kraft – we were running out of names.

  • Nathan Walraven

    Nathan Walraven

    Hey Jan, didn’t realize you were on here, its Alex Hall’s husband..Nate:) Anyways awesome picture! Glad to see you here no redBubble!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Wow!!! Hi Nathan!!! How did you find me here? Good to see you here!

  • Nathan Walraven

    Nathan Walraven

    Lol, good to see you too:) I noticed you made a comment on a picture that I also commented on …recognized your name, you have a great portfolio:)

  • Carole Felmy

    Carole Felmy

    so cute, what a great catch !

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Carole!

  • Lluwellyn

    Lluwellyn

    nice

  • Imber

    Imber

    Great shot!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Imber!

  • Brendisima

    Brendisima

    You couldn’t have gotten a better shot if you had been able to pose them. They posed for you so perfectly. What a wonderful shot!

    Brenda

  • Jan Piller replied

    thanks Brenda!

  • Lucindawind

    Lucindawind

    so precious!

  • Gethin

    Gethin

    fantastic nature shot! so cute.. nicely done!!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Gethin! You’ve got some pretty nice stuff yourself – need to see more!

  • eXposure

    eXposure

    an absolute beauty …

  • Jan Piller replied

    thanks eXposure!

  • Misty G

    Misty G

    So cute and quick , i’m guessing

  • Lenny La Rue, IPA

    Lenny La Rue, IPA

    This is the best squirrel shot I’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing! There are just too many variations within a single species to tell what these guys are but they are just dropdead cute! The newborns around here I call ‘jets’ because of their incredible speed and playfulness.

    OK details! Camera type, len(es), distance from the critters, settings, etc. If I get this shot I sure don’t want to miss it!!!!

  • Jan Piller replied

    hehehe – thanks Lenny – I shoot with a Rebel xt – digital Canon zoom 200 mm. Yah – they’re quick little things! These are red squirrels.

  • jerry  alcantara

    jerry alcantara

    wonderful shot..i love this one

  • Patricia L. Ballard

    Patricia L. Ba...

    You do amazing squirrels, too.

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thank you Pat!

  • Jessie Leavitt

    Jessie Leavitt

    hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahaha this one is even better!!!!=] wow.. howd you get so close??? they your pets?

  • Jan Piller replied

    Nope they’re wild – had to sit real still for a long time before all three would come out. One of them was pretty brave though and pretty curious about my camera clicking away! There was 4 babies all together but I couldn’t get a shot of the 4th one. Too small to come out I guess – his name was “Peanut”.

  • Jan Piller replied

    There’s another red squirrel on page 2 of my folio – holding a flower.

  • Jessie Leavitt

    Jessie Leavitt

    thats so funny… did you name them???

  • Jan Piller replied

    A friend of mine gave them all their names – he’s kinda hooked on Peanut Butter.

  • Jessie Leavitt

    Jessie Leavitt

    I’ll check that out 2=]

  • Jessie Leavitt

    Jessie Leavitt

    hahhahahaha thats really funny

  • John Hooton

    John Hooton

    This is a cracker – did you ask them to smile or did they just do it spontaneously? They could be auditioning for Disney. :-))

  • Jan Piller replied

    hahaha – yah – three little hams. There was 4 of them in the nest but I never did get a shot of the 4 of them together – the last one was still too timid to come out.

  • Renee Dawson

    Renee Dawson

    This is the most ADORABLE picture Jan. An instant fav for me. I would have been so excited to capture an image like this!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Renee – I got quite a few – they were in and out of that hole for hours!

  • AngelArtiste

    AngelArtiste

    This is one of the most adorable and unique Squirrel pictures that I have ever seen

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks you Ms. Artiste!

  • Wayne Cook

    Wayne Cook

    Fantastic!!!You couldn’t get any cuter!!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thank you Wayne!

  • LindaMcCarthy

    LindaMcCarthy

    What a wonderful capture! So impressive!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thank you Linda!

  • mc27

    mc27

    What a great shot … I’m deeply impressed!!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks! You would have been more impressed if I could have got the 4th one in the shot too! hehehehe Thanks for stopping to comment!

  • Natasha Zahara

    Natasha Zahara

    Wow this is an amazing shot :D Such a great moment. It’s so wonderful, that you were able to catch this.

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Natasha!

  • Lyn Evans

    Lyn Evans

    Fantastic capture

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thank you Lyn!

  • Nic Relton

    Nic Relton

    PERFECT!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Nic! But “perfect” would have been to have all 4 babies in the shot!

  • Nic Relton

    Nic Relton

    Ha… ok! almost perfect then! You have some great stuff, don’t want to seem pushy but if it fits the bill would you consider joining urban Wildlife ?

  • Alojzy

    Alojzy

    very nice :)

  • Mad fotographer
  • Jan Piller

    Jan Piller

    Thanks Mad! Are you Mad “crazy” or Mad “angry”??

  • tboneinc1

    tboneinc1

    Lovely capture here Jan! Just FA*NTA*STI*C :) I hope you win with this one…Great stuff!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Wayne? Win what?

  • Sharon Davey

    Sharon Davey

    WOW STUNNING shot WELL DONE they are sooooooo Cute BEAUTIFUL WORK!!!!:D

  • Bonnie T.  Barry

    Bonnie T. Barry

    What a terrific trio! I especially love the tiny one in the middle, poking his little head into the big world beyond his cubbyhole. Full of character and spunkiness!

  • LjMaxx

    LjMaxx

    To cute this one is… Excellent shot..

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Lj!

  • Kevin  Kroeker

    Kevin Kroeker

    Fantastic image Jan. Congrats on winning the challenge… very well deserved :o)

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Kevin!

  • Debbie Stobbart

    Debbie Stobbart

    Jan, this is so cute. Congratulations…you got my vote! Yeah!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Debbie! There was 4 of those babies. I never could get a shot with the 4 of them together. Did you get the frost this morning? I couldn’t believe it when I got up this morning.

  • TingyWende

    TingyWende

    Congrats on the win! This was a great contest with awesome pictures all around.

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks – no kidding! they were beautiful shots! I’m really honoured!

  • Debbie Stobbart

    Debbie Stobbart

    Hi Jan, no frost here yet. You must have been lucky…. :o
    I think three in the shot is actually better than 4..more balanced, odd numbers work better. So cool that you were able to witness all 4 however. this is such a great shot!

  • Darlene Marryatt-Ruhs

    Darlene Marrya...

    Awwwww, this melts my heart!!! It almost looks like they posed for you. What a fabulous capture and congrats on coming in 1st in the challenge!!!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Darlene!! I was so excited to get Scott’s bubblemail!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Leanna!

  • leannasreflections

    leannasreflect...

    Amazing clarity and capture. way to go Jan. whoo hoooo Congrats.

  • Blair Wainman

    Blair Wainman

    Wow! Congratulations, Jan! I knew it would win and it did! Way to go!!!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Blair!

  • Joanne  Bradley

    Joanne Bradley

    Congrats on winning the Great White North wildlife challenge Jan! I three little amigos make for a great shot!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Joanne! Wish I could have got all four of ‘em!

  • Nanagahma

    Nanagahma

    Oh, this is sooooo cute. What a great capture! You were at the right place at the right time in order to get this one for sure! Love your little caption on the right about the pic…shows a great sense of humor.

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thank you Nana! Glad you enjoyed it! I have other squirrelly pictures on my folio too if you like little critters! Thanks for stoppin by to comment!

  • Lynn Bauer

    Lynn Bauer

    Priceless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • stephaniefaith

    stephaniefaith

    they are adorable.

  • Cheryl  Lunde

    Cheryl Lunde

    adorable!!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Cheryl!

  • Wendi Donaldson

    Wendi Donaldson

    Truly amazing to get all of these guys together in one shot, at the right place!!! Congrats!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks!! There was 4 babies – I really wish I could have got all 4 of them together!

  • ApeArt

    ApeArt

    This is absolutely incredible! And wonderful! :)

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thank you Apeart!

  • lorilee

    lorilee

    A darling photo!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thank you Lorilee!!

  • Heather Nel

    Heather Nel

    ok now how cute is this … their positions are perfect as is the lighting. In fact everything : )

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Heather!

  • seawhisper

    seawhisper

    oh my to catch a squirrel family is really something :)

  • Mary Rushton

    Mary Rushton

    Adorable! What a wonderful shot!

  • Mark Baigent

    Mark Baigent

    I keep coming back to this portfolio…

    This is wonderful.

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thank you Mark – funny little things aren’t they!

  • bdazzled

    bdazzled

    This is so cute – brilliant shot :-)

  • jeffrae

    jeffrae

    What a sweet family…great shot!

  • ldeiter78

    ldeiter78

    Outstanding capture of these little cuties!!!!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thank you Ideiter!

  • Bellavista2

    Bellavista2

    Totally adorable! Magnificent capture!:):)

  • Yuval Levin

    Yuval Levin

    Very nice shot, excellent title.

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Yuval. A friend gave names to each of the little squirrels – there was a 4th little fella named “Peanut” but he was still too little to venture out of the tree when I was taking these shots.

  • Louise Robinson

    Louise Robinson

    Instant favourite!

  • Béla Török

    Béla Török

    Fabulous capture, Jan!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thank you Bela!

  • DApixara

    DApixara

    wonderful shot, Jan!!

  • SkyFoxFPP

    SkyFoxFPP

    All I can say is awwww lol – glorious capture! To Favs!

  • Dawnsky2

    Dawnsky2

    excellent shot :)

  • paul romanowski

    paul romanowski

    WELL, SPRING MUST BE HERE, ...SO CUTE 3 SOME…

  • Lois  Bryan

    Lois Bryan

    oooooooooooooo THUD!!! Sooooooooo adorable!!!! Little darlings!!!!! What an incredible capture!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can just SEE “playful” written all over them!!!!!!!

  • Jan Piller replied

    I watched them for two weeks Lois! My sister in law saw them when they were first born and then I watched them just as they were venturing out of their hole! There was a fourth one – still too little to venture out onto the tree trunk.

  • chijude

    chijude

    What a wonderful moment. And you have done these charming critters justice!! Superb

  • gerfoy3

    gerfoy3

    Sometimes your images make me laugh, this is one of those times

  • Jan Piller replied

    glad it made you smile!

  • Sandy Stewart

    Sandy Stewart

    How adorable! You captured three babies and all at the same time! Lovely capture and love the names you chose for them too! : )

  • Gerry Danen

    Gerry Danen

    Beautiful capture, Jan!

  • LyraCat

    LyraCat

    AWWW!!! They’re soooo cute! . Great Shot!

  • Mariann Rea

    Mariann Rea

    These are just the cutest little guys :D

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Mariann! They were a hoot to watch scampering in and out of that tree!

  • Lover1969

    Lover1969

    What great timing this shot must have been for you. Wow, three little babies! Great photo!!!!!!! Instant Fav!

  • Ginny York

    Ginny York

    Oh how cute!!! I love this!

  • Brandie1

    Brandie1

    Sweet capture.

  • Karen  Moore

    Karen Moore

    WOW !! I love this photo, can’t get any better then this, Awesome !!!!!!

  • Karen  Moore

    Karen Moore

    I show my daughter this photo and she say a great title would have been Alvin , Simon and Theodore

  • Jan Piller replied

    She should have been at the cottage with us! It was a challenge to come up with the names and because these are red squirrels Paul thought of Squirrel Peanut Butter and the names easily followed! Thanks for dropping by!

  • Lynda Berlin

    Lynda Berlin

    Certainly one of the most adorable wildlife captures I’ve ever seen. Perfectly posed, and I think they’re actually smiling.

  • mysteryfaith

    mysteryfaith

    adorable

  • Cora Wandel

    Cora Wandel

    This is so cute, what a great capture! Excellent work, Jan!

  • FelicityB

    FelicityB

    This popped up on the screen and I had to say how magical!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Felicity!

  • zumi

    zumi

    Amazing moment captured perfectly! Did you tell them how to pose…LOL?

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Zumi – no they weren’t listening very well to my instruction. If they had been, then I would have got the fourth little guy in the shot also! hahaha

  • zumi

    zumi

    Yeah. Sometimes they don’t… most of the time, I guess… LOL. Good luck next time!

  • jeffrae

    jeffrae

    that third guy looks like he is smileing!

  • leannasreflections
  • Brandie1

    Brandie1

    Great capture.
    They are so adorable

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Brandie! Different members of our family got to see the progression of these guys – one member got to see the pregnant mamma, another member got to see the tiny babies being carried from tree to tree by mamma, and then by the time it was our turn to use the cottage, these little babies were just adventuring out of the tree – there was 4 babies, but “Peanut” was still too tiny to venture out although he would stick his head out on occassion. It would have been nice to get a shot of all 4 of them together.

  • Gabby87

    Gabby87

    OMG…..................................................... So so so so very cute and nice shot and nice work too!!!
    =D

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thanks Gabby!

  • sonjas

    sonjas

    Adorable. Very cute.

  • darren  shaw

    darren shaw

    whooooooooo this is just to good ,,,,,,,lost for words here

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thank you Darren!

  • gottheshot

    gottheshot

    ‘Pose for the camera, now’ and they did :o)
    Superb little group, love the definition of the tree, their faces and the bokeh.
    Getting all three in perfect focus is a wonderful shot.
    I guess you were in the ‘pinch me in case I’m dreaming mode’ – I know I was
    when I took my shots ‘Threes A Crowd’ and ‘Open Wide’ :o)

  • Jan Piller replied

    hehe thanks gottheshot! I got about a hundred shots of these guys and ended deleting most of them. But they were all clear shots – this one had the best pose though. There was four of them – I was trying to get a shot with all four in the picture.

  • gottheshot

    gottheshot

    I should be stricter with myself about deleting ‘useless shots’ but I always go back to the folder and find another to post. I gotta get an external drive to cope with my photography ;o) Getting the focus, the poses, the clarity of the eyes – just a great great shot. One of the best I have seen on here.
    Theres a group called EYE CONTACT which state that the subject has to have two eyes looking into camera – I am sure they would love to have your photo – its an instant FEATURE :o)

  • Jan Piller replied

    I added a bird image to that group where the bird was looking directly at me and it got rejected so doubt very much this would be accepted. I got an external hardrive and it’s been sitting on my desk ever since – never plugged in. Yah I have to be stricter with myself too – the problem I have with deleting is that I spend too mauch time playing instead of tidying up my workspace! hahaha.

  • gottheshot

    gottheshot

    Story of my life – looking through photos to see the next one to post :o)
    Sorry to hear that about your bird photo. I really gotta – one drive is full and the other is not far behind. My new camera takes LARGE file photos to get the best quality but also take up twice the space for each photo. I do like the picture quality but I aint got the space no more – where’s the DELETE button :o)

  • Angela Churchill

    Angela Churchill

    Those are some nutty squirels!!! HAHAHA love the title. How long did you wait for this shot… and how still did you have to be?

  • Dave & Trena Puckett

    Dave & Trena P...

    what a great shot! perfectly captured!

  • StaceyH

    StaceyH

    Very clever shot, brilliantly done, instant favourite

  • Mariann Rea

    Mariann Rea

    omg how cute, absolute fav :D

  • Kelly Cavanaugh

    Kelly Cavanaugh

    Adorable capture, Jan!

  • Jan Piller replied

    Thank you Kelly!

  • maxy

    maxy

    Now these are absolutely wonderful!!! I LOVE squirrels – we have some here and they can be so playfully fun! Stunning catch of this lovely family!

  • Kendra Taber

    Kendra Taber

    ONE OF THE CUTEST ANIMAL PICS IVE SEEN.LOVE YOUR NAME FOR THIS PIECE!

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