2016-10-31 P9160016 "Spirit Dog"
I’d been watching a coyote stalking a large group of ducks in shallow water, but he had disappeared into the tall marsh grass just behind the ducks. Anticipating a blast off, I focused in the area of the ducks, and began shooting in burst mode when the ducks took off. I kept shooting, not able to see any detail behind the group, and after about ten seconds I heard someone say “He got one!”. I quickly found and focused on the coyote, and took a number of shots of him leaving the then deserted pool with his kill. It was only at that point that I wondered if I could have been so lucky to capture a photo of him during the chase, and was thrilled to see that I’d gotten about four shots with him charging through the water with what seemed to be a specific duck in his sights. It's probably just because of the splashing water and that he was slightly behind my point of focus, but he has an almost "spirit dog" appearance to him. Digiscoped using manual focus.
2016-10-31 P9160016 "Spirit Dog"
I’d been watching a coyote stalking a large group of ducks in shallow water, but he had disappeared into the tall marsh grass just behind the ducks. Anticipating a blast off, I focused in the area of the ducks, and began shooting in burst mode when the ducks took off. I kept shooting, not able to see any detail behind the group, and after about ten seconds I heard someone say “He got one!”. I quickly found and focused on the coyote, and took a number of shots of him leaving the then deserted pool with his kill. It was only at that point that I wondered if I could have been so lucky to capture a photo of him during the chase, and was thrilled to see that I’d gotten about four shots with him charging through the water with what seemed to be a specific duck in his sights. It's probably just because of the splashing water and that he was slightly behind my point of focus, but he has an almost "spirit dog" appearance to him. Digiscoped using manual focus.