Enough of bird shots....

davev

I'm shooting 4 leggers from now on.









All from the Dgrin Shoot out.

Got to go, I'm headed over to the Nature Park for some egret shots.

(you didn't take the stuff about the birds shots seriously did you?)

davev

And from the nature center, more 4 leggers.

All with the Canon XT with a Canon 400 F5.6 lens





More than 4 legs?



These shots have 4 legs in them.







Thanks for looking.

raian

I like them all...Wonderful series... I love the raccoon, I didn't realize how sharp their teeth were, WOW. The Dragonfly is stunning. And I really like the color of the sand/rock with the lizard, very nice.

deeya

Wow
I'm absolutely amazed... these are terrific... The raccoon looks like he is smiling... well sort of... ... and the dragonfly is stunning.. and the chipmunk made me smile... what a great set of shots!

Denise

davev

Thanks guys.

I was surprised to see the raccoon in the middle of the day.
I normally only see them at dusk, or in the middle of the night tipping
over trash cans.

CookieS

MOST excellent!! i too love the dragonfly as my fav.

chaberlack

What Nature Center
Dave,

Love the Egrets in the dead tree. In what nature center are you photographing? I've been going to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge for Egrets (Old Shakopee Road and Cedar Avenue).

Craig.

davev wrote:

Thanks guys.

I was surprised to see the raccoon in the middle of the day.
I normally only see them at dusk, or in the middle of the night tipping
over trash cans.

davev

chaberlack wrote:

Dave,

Love the Egrets in the dead tree. In what nature center are you photographing? I've been going to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge for Egrets (Old Shakopee Road and Cedar Avenue).

Craig.

Same place, just closer to the airport.

Start out at the vistors center, and pretty much walk the path down the hill.
These were from the path to the left, as you're walking away from the center.

The directions to the center can be found at the bottom of this page.

http://www.fws.gov/midwest/MinnesotaValley/visitor_center.html

chaberlack

Thanks
Dave,

Thanks. I have been there before, just not with a camera. Will take one next time.

Craig.

davev wrote:

Same place, just closer to the airport.

Start out at the vistors center, and pretty much walk the path down the hill.
These were from the path to the left, as you're walking away from the center.

The directions to the center can be found at the bottom of this page.

http://www.fws.gov/midwest/MinnesotaValley/visitor_center.html

davev

There were a lot of egrets there. About 25-30 of them, but they were just
a bit out of range for the 400mm.

chaberlack

Wow
I thought that 6 was a lot for where I was at. Its been years since I've been to the vistor's center area but may go there next weekend. Here are some from the past few weeks - http://chaberlack.smugmug.com/gallery/1506760

Craig.

davev wrote:

There were a lot of egrets there. About 25-30 of them, but they were just
a bit out of range for the 400mm.

davev

Good looking shots. Maybe I'll see you there something.
I'll be wearing a red smugmug hat.

There is a forum for Minn photographers here: http://cameratalk.org/mn/

I don't know if you've ever been there, if not, check it out.

tomthephotographer

Ah yes Racoon. When I was a young man some guy in North Carolina found a Racoon in his food.
"Not being from around these parts he did not understand the teeth and claws dat der Coon has neither. So he Tackled it. Sadly, he never made another mistake. The coon was Fine."

chaberlack

Thanks for the link
Thanks for the link. I have been looking for something like it for a while. I will keep an eye out for you at the nature center.

Craig.

davev wrote:

Good looking shots. Maybe I'll see you there something.
I'll be wearing a red smugmug hat.

There is a forum for Minn photographers here: http://cameratalk.org/mn/

I don't know if you've ever been there, if not, check it out.

gluwater

Well at least someone saw some good wildlife on the trip. I love the elk shot Dave. Please tell me you saw them somewhere besides Bryce and Zion so I can feel a little better about not seeing them.

davev

gluwater wrote:

Well at least someone saw some good wildlife on the trip. I love the elk shot Dave. Please tell me you saw them somewhere besides Bryce and Zion so I can feel a little better about not seeing them.

The Elk were from Rocky Mountain National Park.

These were laying around by the entrance.



Here's the worst shot of a moose calf you'll ever see.
Some A-hole with a pocket point and shoot tried to get closer to the calf
to get a shot. At that point, the calf headed back into the brush.
I was hoping the mother moose would make a little run at the guy.
I would have gotten some shots of it, but it didn't happen.



Then we have these guys. I think they're Clark's nutcrackers.
They were a dime a dozen.



In the northern part of Utah, we did see a Golden Eagle sitting on a rock.



We did see a lot of ravens, pronghorns, prairie dogs, hawks, lizards, stuff
like that. But I really didn't get any "good" shots. I got shots to prove we
saw them, but nothing to brag about.
That's about it for wildlife.

gluwater

davev wrote:

I got shots to prove we saw them, but nothing to brag about.

I wish I had a shot to prove we actualy saw the mountain lion :cry. I swear we did.

davev

tomthephotographer wrote:

Ah yes Racoon. When I was a young man some guy in North Carolina found a Racoon in his food.
"Not being from around these parts he did not understand the teeth and claws dat der Coon has neither. So he Tackled it. Sadly, he never made another mistake. The coon was Fine."

Tom, are you saying that the raccoon killed the guy?
I've never heard of that. Our next door neighbor has a large, 80 pound dog,
some kind of hound, that took on a raccoon. The dog ended up with a $300
vet bill, but it did kill the raccoon.

I'll admit that I never thought of a raccoon as a scary animal, but I'm
changing my mind about it.