Scent Trail

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 3, 2011228 views12 comments

A coyote follows the path of the Lamar River in Yellowstone. It had just arrived on the scene with its buddy, and the pair set out investigating the waterway, where some otters had been hanging out catching fish. This led to the wild otter/coyote showdown I posted previously.

I'm heading back to the park tomorrow, so hopefully I'll luck into some more winter wildlife.

Canon 7D
Canon 500mm f/4 IS + 1.4x TC
ISO400
1/2500th
f/5.6
+1 exp. comp

Max

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Mitch Erwin on February 3, 2011 at 11:01 AM

Max, this is great! I love the eye contact and the low angle of the photo here! Stellar!

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Comment posted by Luca Mussato on February 3, 2011 at 1:17 PM

I like those eyes: they give me the feeling of being able to go deeply into you. I also like the moving leg.

Luca

Registered on November 14, 2006, 118 Posts, 855 Comments

Comment posted by Sally King on February 3, 2011 at 1:31 PM

I too love those eyes. Not sure what that coyote thinks of you. Nicely isolated in the white environment too. Lovely.

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Comment posted by Joe James on February 3, 2011 at 9:16 PM

Great shot Max! Love the COMP and eye contact. Good luck tomorrow.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on February 4, 2011 at 9:00 AM

Great eye contact n body language.
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on February 4, 2011 at 11:42 AM

This is just wonderful!

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Comment posted by Rohn B. McKee on February 4, 2011 at 7:09 PM

Max,
I really like this photo. The life and death intensity of this coyotes expression speaks volumes. Excellent Woek

Registered on November 18, 2008, 109 Posts, 415 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 5, 2011 at 11:16 AM

Great shot. There is so much intensity in those eyes.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on February 5, 2011 at 12:20 PM

Excellent portrait- great eye contact, composition and treatment of light- well done, Fabio

Registered on December 3, 2010, 90 Posts, 1614 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on February 6, 2011 at 10:40 AM

Hi Max,

I think I like this one a lot. I only say "think" because it's a little hard to assess sharpness and detail at this size. Exposure is excellent, eyes and lowered head are great, like the raised paw, and those colours really pop nicely against the white snow.

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on February 6, 2011 at 1:40 PM

Great comp and I really like that intense stare. Nice shadow as well.

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on February 7, 2011 at 3:54 PM

Superb image- perfect, balanced composition and great expression of the subject- very fine wildlife photography, Fabio

Registered on December 3, 2010, 90 Posts, 1614 Comments