Whyn't I Ever Have the Right Lens Mounted

IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
edited October 21, 2010 in Wildlife
Hiking on the Blue Ridge yesterday, we and this this beautiful coyote crossed the fire road at the same time, but from opposite directions. As I scrambled to snatch the camera off the Cotton Carrier, I was already bemoaning that I had the 24-70 mounted instead of the 70-200 or 70-300. Fortunately he stopped for a sec to check out the trail marker ("Stupid humans! What's the matter? Can't they smell?") and I got something other than a butt shot. Made my day!

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John :
Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.

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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2010
    Close-ups are nice...but, so is this! thumb.gif
  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2010
    Thanks Ric. Your opinion carries a lot of weight with me.
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • snowman1snowman1 Registered Users Posts: 272 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2010
    Real nice capture.




    Doug



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  • ashruggedashrugged Registered Users Posts: 345 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2010
    The wide shot is nice
    To me, part of the apeal of the photo is the landscape. It makes me want to go walk in the woods.
    Robert

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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2010
    Icebear wrote: »
    Thanks Ric. Your opinion carries a lot of weight with me.

    Your welcome, John.

    I have a shot of a coyote chasing geese with my 400 that doesn't show the coyote as well as your shot does. So...it ain't the lens but Murphy's Law!!!
  • jackiejayjackiejay Registered Users Posts: 714 Major grins
    edited October 19, 2010
    Youre so lucky that was a great shot you were in the right place at the right time.Very nice pic:)
  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited October 19, 2010
    Thanks everyone. Yes, I do feel quite fortunate to have seen this marvelous creature, and to have had an opportunity to photograph it. This was at around 3200 ft elevation, and the leaves were about as colorful as we're going to get this year. Things should be getting more vivid now in southwest Virginia, and then into North Carolina and points south. GO FOR A WALK!!!
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • JSPhotographyJSPhotography Registered Users Posts: 552 Major grins
    edited October 20, 2010
    Where in blue blazes were you? Laughing.gif
  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited October 20, 2010
    JSPhotography wrote: »
    Where in blue blazes were you? Laughing.gif

    38-31.16N 078-26.60W. We weren't actually on blue blazes.
    We were on the Appalachian Trail (white blazes) just south of Big Meadows, crossing the (blue-blazed) fire road that comes off Skyline Drive, between the Big Meadows Wayside and the Tanners Ridge Overlook.

    This is not an area where you want to let your cute teacup-toy-puffball genetic freak run loose. He is likely to become a snack for a real canid.mwink.gif
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited October 20, 2010
    Lovely! A very good environmental wildlife shot to be sure. thumb.gif
    Moderator of Landscapes forum
    Link to my Smugmug site
  • deb22deb22 Registered Users Posts: 428 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2010
    Very nice John, I am one of the few who love coyotes and this is a very nice scene to come across one. Beautiful.
    COUNTRY ROADS ARE NATURES HIGHWAY. http://dafontainewildlife.com
  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2010
    deb22 wrote: »
    Very nice John, I am one of the few who love coyotes and this is a very nice scene to come across one. Beautiful.

    Thank you Debbie! That's a nice coyote image you have in your gallery too! The one where he's glaring at you over his shoulder.
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
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