Red Squirrel Jump II

Hi folks ... here is another one from this morning with tricky lighting :bg3:
IQ has somewhat suffered , due to lower SS and focus was not bang on .... learning process :bg3:. I need to get a better timing to have more options ....
I left the starting ramp in the frame :bg3:

BTW this is a different individual with a different coloring

Canon EOS R 3
EF 200 - 400 IS L at 258
Tripod

F 5,6 ; Iso 5000 ; 1/4000 sec

Processed with DT 4.6.1 and PSCC 2024 ; cropped to 70 % of FF

Thanks for looking and commenting to my previous postings

Cheers Andreas

I prefer this the background is less obtrusive, maybe you did the opposite to my previous suggestion and made highlights lower and exposure along with contrast? Th squirrel looks good to me.

Thanks Jon ... it is a completely different lighting situation , as it was shot backlit !!! So BG would be dark by nature if correctly exposed ... I actually did not expose dark enough.