The Stalker

kdog

Richard

Nicely seen, Joel. Took me a minute to figure it out.

Azzaro

Cool shot Joel........

bgarland

Joel, great catch just finding the tracks in the untouched sand. You did a nice job capturing the image. Very cool.

kdog

Thanks, guys. Richard, it took a moment for me to realize what was going on here as well. I didn't follow the tracks long enough to see any conclusion, and I do wonder about the fate of the little guy.

Here's a wider angle of the scene, btw (not to give too much away of an upcoming post in Landscape. ).

black mamba

Very good catch, Joel. Have you any idea as to what critter made the " stalker " tracks?

Happy holidays,

Tom

kdog

black mamba wrote: »

Very good catch, Joel. Have you any idea as to what critter made the " stalker " tracks?

Happy holidays,

Tom

Thanks, Tom! I'm guessing a mouse or other small rodent with short legs.

Happy holidays to you and yours as well!

Dogdots

This is really neat and also a little chilling too. My curiosity is going as to what animals left the footprints.

I can see a mouse doing the prints in the upper portion of the photo, but what made the ones in the lower part of the photo???

Good eye on picking these prints up. I expect that when your standing out there everything kinda blends into 'one' thing .. sand

Gonna have to check out your post in Landscapes

TenThirteen

Richard wrote: »

Nicely seen, Joel. Took me a minute to figure it out.

+1

kdog

kdog wrote: »

Thanks, Tom! I'm guessing a mouse or other small rodent with short legs.

Oh shoot, he said "STALKER" footprints.

Dogdots wrote: »

This is really neat and also a little chilling too. My curiosity is going as to what animals left the footprints.

I can see a mouse doing the prints in the upper portion of the photo, but what made the ones in the lower part of the photo???

Good eye on picking these prints up. I expect that when your standing out there everything kinda blends into 'one' thing .. sand

Gonna have to check out your post in Landscapes

TenThirteen wrote: »

+1

Thanks Mary and TenThirteen. I'm pretty sure the stalker is a bobcat. Here's a very similar track which the author claims is one as well. http://www.meetup.com/letshike/photos/184073/1691025/

Thanks!
-joel

Dogdots

Bobcat -- I can understand you not following them.

redleash

You shoulda followed the bobcat tracks to get a closeup of the bobcat--that would be amazing!

As for the image, well, I think it's amazing!

Lauren

kdog

Thanks, Mary and Lauren. Maybe I should have followed the bobcat. You're right, Lauren, that would have been amazing. But the sun was just coming up and we were in dune shoot mode at that particular moment. Thanks again for commenting.

-joel