1412_0566 Spooked Coyote
Here's a companion piece to the previous running Coyote; again, no contact with the ground. In this case, however, it was my camera's mirror flipping up that made her jump. Odd, because I took more than 200 shots of her as she dug a calorie bonanza of frozen fish out of a shallow pond, and she seemed well aware and accepting of me. Still, this is a wild animal. Her senses are razor-sharp. I bet the shutter mechanism was loud to her in the stillness of a cold winter day.
I was NOT in my car when I had this encounter, having tracked this Coyote quite far from the road - and at times had the tables turned and found her tracking me. This shot came toward the end; the sun was sinking low in the west. I was sitting. Camera was on a tripod, the only option when using a big heavy lens for an extended time, and still the best way to ensure optimum sharpness in most situations with a long lens.
Photograph from Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2014 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
1412_0566 Spooked Coyote
Here's a companion piece to the previous running Coyote; again, no contact with the ground. In this case, however, it was my camera's mirror flipping up that made her jump. Odd, because I took more than 200 shots of her as she dug a calorie bonanza of frozen fish out of a shallow pond, and she seemed well aware and accepting of me. Still, this is a wild animal. Her senses are razor-sharp. I bet the shutter mechanism was loud to her in the stillness of a cold winter day.
I was NOT in my car when I had this encounter, having tracked this Coyote quite far from the road - and at times had the tables turned and found her tracking me. This shot came toward the end; the sun was sinking low in the west. I was sitting. Camera was on a tripod, the only option when using a big heavy lens for an extended time, and still the best way to ensure optimum sharpness in most situations with a long lens.
Photograph from Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2014 James R. Page - all rights reserved.