Gray Wolves

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 23, 2012249 views3 comments

There is a wildlife park run by the Henry Doorly Zoo just outside of Omaha. They have animals that are/were native to the great planes in very large enclosures. It is a drive through park. You get very close to many of the animals. There were three gray wolves out moving around. This was taken from a viewing platform. The wolves would stop and stare at us, then continue moving. Thanks for your comments and critiques.

Canon 40D
Tokina 80-400
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/200
Aperture f8
ISO 500
330mm
Cropped to 75% if original
Contrast and sharping in PSE9

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on November 23, 2012 at 3:48 PM

I guess if you can't see these on their home turf, a habitat park is next best. Your post processing looks good, except the bright area on the left face and jaw of the back wolf needs darkening.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on November 23, 2012 at 5:23 PM

Richard, they look healthy and almost friendly. Two animals are many times harder to capture well than one. Here the one in the upper left suffers a bit from light hitting the side of its face, blowing detail in the exposure. In terms of framing, it feels to me as if that one is kind of jammed into the top corner.

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Comment posted by Catherine Gagne on November 25, 2012 at 9:56 AM

I love this. I think gray wolves are beautiful.

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