Squirrel vacation photo: Squirrel holiday picture

By Therese Lisieux on August 18th, 2009



Melissa Brandts and her husband had a squirrel in their vacation photo. The squirrel wa sin the foreground after Brandts set up their camera via a timer to snap their picture by the Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park, Canada.

Melissa Brandts has assured readers that no photoshop was involved.

The National Geographic magazine’s website loved the Brandts’ squirrel in vacation picture that they published the snap. Due to juxtaposition, the squirrel on holiday looked to be of similar size to Melissa Brandts and her husband.

Have you ever had a squirrel pop up in your vacation photo?

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 at 1:19 am and is filed under Gossip.


2 Responses to “Squirrel vacation photo: Squirrel holiday picture”

  1. Sandra Says:
    August 18th, 2009 at 8:12 am

    I think it is faked. If the couple were getting their picture taken the focus of the camera would have been on them. They are blurred, where as the squirrel is not. If the so said squirrel was not to be in the picture it would be out of focus.

  2. Ron Says:
    August 19th, 2009 at 12:13 pm

    No Sandra. Virtually all cameras are auto focus now days. It focuses just prior to opening the shutter. The same is true when you set the timer function — since the user is probably holding the camera and not in the frame yet. The squirrel, being dead center in the frame, is the subject the camera focused on.

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