{"id":97109,"date":"2021-04-14T05:26:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T11:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=97109"},"modified":"2021-04-14T06:02:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T12:02:02","slug":"a-couple-of-snuggly-yellow-bellied-marmot-pups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/14\/a-couple-of-snuggly-yellow-bellied-marmot-pups\/","title":{"rendered":"A Couple Of Snuggly Yellow-bellied Marmot Pups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some springtime cuteness.<\/p>\n

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1\/800, f\/16, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Almost exactly three years ago today, on April 9, 2018, I took way<\/em> too many photos of a family of Yellow-bellied Marmots near their den in northern Utah. The family group included five pups who, with varying degrees of curiosity and bravado, explored their rocky world with periodic retreats to rocky crevices for protection and\/or approached one of their nearby siblings for comfort and reassurance.<\/p>\n

These two seemed particularly fond of each other.<\/p>\n

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1\/800, f\/16, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

The slightly smaller sibling on the right was less adventuresome than some of the others and appeared to need more reassurance. ‘He’ was clingy and his larger brother or sister seemed perfectly willing to provide the reassurance he craved.<\/p>\n

Or maybe it flowed both ways.<\/p>\n

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1\/800, f\/16, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

At one point they even appeared to be kissing. Recently on this blog I described several situations where I don’t think a catch light in the eyes of my subjects is critical to the success of the image. ‘Kissing’ marmot pups is definitely one of them.<\/p>\n

I spent over a half hour with these poster children for cuteness so you can imagine the workout I gave my camera’s shutter button. In that short amount of time I took nearly 900 photos of them which may be one of the reasons one of my 7D Mark II cameras had to be sent to the shop for repair. One of the repairs the Canon technicians said it needed was a new shutter and mirror box because my camera had such a high shutter count.<\/p>\n

That repaired camera is scheduled to be delivered to me today, along with a new LensCoat<\/a><\/span><\/span> for my recently cleaned and repaired 500mm f\/4 lens. Then if our current spate of stormy weather ever clears out I should once again be off to the races.<\/p>\n

No more excuses.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Some springtime cuteness.<\/p>\n

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