cat

Andy

this morning, i found a park out here near the east san jose hills. the lighting was terrible - lots of fog and mist - but i noted some good locations for shooting at different times of the day, something i always do and put down in my journal. so, when i next return, i hope to get some sweet light on these hills i followed this bobcat around for a while, enjoyed a variety of bird life, and a lovely morning hike through the hills.





these shots taken with my 20d, 70-200L f/2.8 i.s. aboard. the first is at iso 800, the second at 400 and the third at iso 200. all were shot in raw, and converted in adobe acr. minor curves adjustment for contrast, but that's it for post. for the b&w, i applied my normal bw routine, described here .

enjoy (cat) photography,

ginger_55

I love your Bobcat, just love "him". Is he in the NYC area????

I can imagine you did follow him around a lot, having to cut all those cat tails off of him. :roll Don't see them down here. Haven't seen a bob cat, either.

ginger

miketaylor01

Kinda off topic..
Andy,

First of all I love the all three of these shots..

Was just looking through your moomriver site and have a question. Your Hudson river gallery is awesome. I went to college right up the river from the city at West Point and did alot of 35mm stuff while I was there and know of tons of great spots to get incredible shots there. not that I was able to get any incredible shots but I tried Just wondering if you ever thought of heading up there to get some photos. The area the campus is located on is absolutely stunning, especially so once the leaves start turning. Dont know how much free time you have, but thought you might enjoy the area alot judging by the photos of yours that I have seen of the hudson already. It is only about a 15 min drive north from the location where you posted your pics of the bear mountain bridge a few weeks ago.

I also know a great site that takes a little hiking, about 30 min to an hour to get to, on the east side of the river about 15 min north of the bear mtn bridge that provides some specatcular views of the west side of the river. An incredible site to photograph the s-turn of the river that west point is located on. This site would be very easy to give directions to if you are interested.

Just a thought..

Mike

Andy

thank you, ginger!

ginger_55 wrote:

I love your Bobcat, just love "him". Is he in the NYC area????

I can imagine you did follow him around a lot, having to cut all those cat tails off of him. :roll Don't see them down here. Haven't seen a bob cat, either.

ginger

these were taken outside of san jose, california

thanks for stopping, and the kind words!

Andy

hiya mike ..
thanks for the kind words, i appreciate your comments very much. i shoot at west point, and evirons, all the time. i live in northern westchester, about 10 mins from the bear mountain bridge, and so very close to the point.

i'd love the specifics on the spot you are talking about, would you mind emailing them or pming me?

thanks again

andy

miketaylor01 wrote:

Andy,

First of all I love the all three of these shots..

Was just looking through your moomriver site and have a question. Your Hudson river gallery is awesome. I went to college right up the river from the city at West Point and did alot of 35mm stuff while I was there and know of tons of great spots to get incredible shots there. not that I was able to get any incredible shots but I tried Just wondering if you ever thought of heading up there to get some photos. The area the campus is located on is absolutely stunning, especially so once the leaves start turning. Dont know how much free time you have, but thought you might enjoy the area alot judging by the photos of yours that I have seen of the hudson already. It is only about a 15 min drive north from the location where you posted your pics of the bear mountain bridge a few weeks ago.

I also know a great site that takes a little hiking, about 30 min to an hour to get to, on the east side of the river about 15 min north of the bear mtn bridge that provides some specatcular views of the west side of the river. An incredible site to photograph the s-turn of the river that west point is located on. This site would be very easy to give directions to if you are interested.

Just a thought..

Mike

Sam

andy wrote:

this morning, i found a park out here near the east san jose hills. the lighting was terrible - lots of fog and mist - but i noted some good locations for shooting at different times of the day, something i always do and put down in my journal. so, when i next return, i hope to get some sweet light on these hills i followed this bobcat around for a while, enjoyed a variety of bird life, and a lovely morning hike through the hills.





these shots taken with my 20d, 70-200L f/2.8 i.s. aboard. the first is at iso 800, the second at 400 and the third at iso 200. all were shot in raw, and converted in adobe acr. minor curves adjustment for contrast, but that's it for post. for the b&w, i applied my normal bw routine, described here .

enjoy (cat) photography,

Where the heck were you? I have never seen a bobcat sit still like that, especialy with yummy turkeys so near.

Now for the hard part....I thought we had a little talk about this? You come into my backyard and take pictures like this? You think your dealing with some California girly man? I'll have Guedo stop by your place in the city to clairify this.

Sam

jwear

Bobcat what a turkey

Sam wrote:

Where the heck were you? I have never seen a bobcat sit still like that, especialy with yummy turkeys so near.

Now for the hard part....I thought we had a little talk about this? You come into my backyard and take pictures like this? You think your dealing with some California girly man? I'll have Guedo stop by your place in the city to clairify this.

Sam

jwear wrote:

i think Andy had a 70 3000 to shot 2 hard to find much less shot gritters and he disturbed the cat's breakfast that look is not a how you doing east coast person look more like can you leave nooowww really great shots andy I have not even seen a bobcat in years [/quotej]

Thwack

Which park was that shot in? Nice looking bobcat buffet there in the background...tastes just like chicken!

Andy

*** just to be perfectly clear, regarding the bobcat and turkeys ***

andy wrote:

i was asked specifically if this was a composite image. i assure you all that 1) it's not a composite and 2) when i make a composite i will tell you, and identify the image as such.

this cat and these turkeys hung about together for a few hours. i have a dozen photos of them together.

thank you for listening.

ian408

Beautiful shots. I have seen a few bobcats at Rancho San Antonio
park. Rancho is nearer Los Altos Hills (North of San Jose) You often see
them along the trail in the early evening. The area also has had several
mountain lion sightings.

FWIW, there are wild turkeys as well.

The park you were visiting looks a little like Almaden/Quicksilver.

Ian

Andy

ian408 wrote:

Beautiful shots. I have seen a few bobcats at Rancho San Antonio
park. Rancho is nearer Los Altos Hills (North of San Jose) You often see
them along the trail in the early evening. The area also has had several
mountain lion sightings.

FWIW, there are wild turkeys as well.

The park you were visiting looks a little like Almaden/Quicksilver.

Ian

thank you, ian it was joe grant part, up nr. mt. hamilton....

ian408

andy wrote:

thank you, ian it was joe grant part, up nr. mt. hamilton....

Ah. Just opposite Almaden. Next time you're in town and have time, may I
suggest the small town of New Almaden? It's a relic in a large city.

Almaden/Quicksilver is an area that once was home to quicksilver (mercury)
mines. There are remains of mining structures including a glimpse into the San
Cristobal mine.

In the town of New Almaden, a museum chronicles some of the early life
here.

A gem of a park!

Ian

Andy

ian408 wrote:

Ah. Just opposite Almaden. Next time you're in town and have time, may I
suggest the small town of New Almaden? It's a relic in a large city.

Almaden/Quicksilver is an area that once was home to quicksilver (mercury)
mines. There are remains of mining structures including a glimpse into the San
Cristobal mine.

In the town of New Almaden, a museum chronicles some of the early life
here.

A gem of a park!

Ian

thanks ian! i'm going to check it out

S.Whalen

Great shot Andy! I live in CT and recently had the pleasure of getting a few pics of a bobcat. I spotted it out in a field while driving by. So i stopped, got out and walked out into the field to get a better shot. I only had an 18-55mm lens. But the shots came out pretty good.

Scott

Khaos

Great shots. The cat looks like he's telling you to stay the heck away from his dinner.:D

The hint of the sun from the left really makes the second shot work for me. Love it.

I've always liked that style in the third shot. Very nice.

bfjr

It's true though I've lived and shot all around Calif. and rarely would see game like that let alone together.
Excellent Luck, Excellent Work, Beautiful images. Very Profressional
Thanks for sharing

wxwax

I think the cat shot is really cool, Andy. But I woulda been scared the darned thing would attack me. Ferile and all. I really like the cispness of it and the colors. Plus the OOF turkeys are a great touch, make a nice backdrop. I also really like the muted tones of the plant life shot, whatever the stuff is. Nice touch.

rutt

Here's my California bobcat story. Wish I had a picture to go with it, but I wasn't into photography much in those days. It was about 10 years ago and I was working for a valley company, but living in Boston. Sometimes when I went out to visit HQ, I'd stay at Dinah's Poolside Inn in Palo Alto. This place is a kind of famous Silicon Valley Landmark, but that's another story. People who know the place I'm talking about know that this is a pretty urban place. It's right on El Camino and about 1 mile from California St. Vey dense population by CA standards.

What it does have is a very nice pond that is landscaped and the best hotel rooms have views. The pond has these giant goldfish; I think they are called "coit". They must weigh four pounds.

Anyway, as anyone who goes to CA from the East Coast on business knows, it's not exactly easy to sleep in. So I'd be up at dawn with nothing to do but drive into work and make expresso there (also another story.) A few times I noticed a really big cat in my perhipheral vision. Big enough to be interesting, but gone by the time I got a good look. Then one 6am, it was in my headlights and it was a bobcat, clear as day. I'm sure it was there for the fishing.

wxwax

I kept waiting for you to be attacked, Rutt. Nature is a malevolent force poised to strike us at any moment.

S.Whalen

Here is one of my bobcat pics. Had to get pretty close to get the shot since i only had the 18-55mm that comes with the digital rebel. This was actually one of the first pics i took with the camera since i had gotten it for christmas and i saw the bobcat on the 26th.

Scott