http://www.nickomargolies.com/big/2008/07/classic-squirrel/ A Humble Collection of Stories and Photographs Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:01:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.nickomargolies.com/big/2008/07/classic-squirrel/comment-page-1/#comment-477 Nicko’s Big Picture » Blog Archive » The Adventures of the Irreverent Squirrel Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:05:40 +0000 http://www.nickomargolies.com/big/?p=79#comment-477 [...] There is a surprisingly long story behind this simple coffee tumbler.  On June 25th, 2007 I took a trip down to the National Mall with my friend Sam.  I borrowed another friend’s Digital Rebel XTi and was eager to play around with it.  Fortunately, we stumbled on a perfect subject, a common grey eastern squirrel that endured close human proximity in hopes of getting some edible loot from the passing tourists.  I held my camera out at arms length and snapped as many pictures as I could.  I eventually added one of the images to wikipedia, sharing the rather comical fellow with the world.  The photo took on a life of its own (some of which I’ve touched on in a previous post). [...] [...] There is a surprisingly long story behind this simple coffee tumbler.  On June 25th, 2007 I took a trip down to the National Mall with my friend Sam.  I borrowed another friend’s Digital Rebel XTi and was eager to play around with it.  Fortunately, we stumbled on a perfect subject, a common grey eastern squirrel that endured close human proximity in hopes of getting some edible loot from the passing tourists.  I held my camera out at arms length and snapped as many pictures as I could.  I eventually added one of the images to wikipedia, sharing the rather comical fellow with the world.  The photo took on a life of its own (some of which I’ve touched on in a previous post). [...]

]]> http://www.nickomargolies.com/big/2008/07/classic-squirrel/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Nicko’s Big Picture » Blog Archive » Dupont Circle Fountain - HDR Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:05:23 +0000 http://www.nickomargolies.com/big/?p=79#comment-5 [...] honor of my return home. This is another photo I’ve put up on [...] [...] honor of my return home. This is another photo I’ve put up on [...]

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