Coyote Portrait

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 10, 2013410 views18 comments

Trying to do some clean-up and open some room on several drives and ran across a few shots I never got around to processing. This one was from last year at Rocky Mountain Park. I processed and posted a couple of shots from that series, but never got around to the real closeup work I was able to get that day.

1D MIV
500mm f/5
1/160 at f/5
ISO 800
beanbag

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 10, 2013 at 1:23 AM

Beautiful! Glad you dug this up -
tack-sharp, great stare, true colours and nice BG -

Sandy

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 10, 2013 at 2:38 AM

Kurt,

All round a great image, detail and sharpness are excellent

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Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on May 10, 2013 at 7:38 AM

A great portrait of the shape-shifter Kurt.

Registered on April 10, 2013, 56 Posts, 571 Comments

Comment posted by Martin Dunn on May 10, 2013 at 9:53 AM

Beautiful photo Kurt. Great colours and great detail. Wonderfully sharp. How can anyone not like them?

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Comment posted by Don Westbrook on May 10, 2013 at 10:48 AM

Really nice. Great colors and sharpness.

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Comment posted by Steven Svalina on May 10, 2013 at 10:53 AM

I agree with all of the preceding comments. I wonder if your portrait doesn't point out the differences between the "western" coyote and the "eastern" coyote who may have mated with wolves as the former advanced into the mid-west and the latter retreated into the northern states & Canada. Our coyotes (northern Illinois) have smaller ears vs head & a blunter snout.

Registered on March 19, 2013, 5 Posts, 23 Comments

Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on May 10, 2013 at 11:06 AM

Hi Kurt, love the colours in this, they work so well. Don't suppose you have this in landscape too, would give more room to look into? It was a shame you were fighting light/SS here, as a bit more DOF would have been good so you have the eyes to nose within the DOF range. Look forward to more.

TFS
Steve

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on May 11, 2013 at 12:03 AM

The detail and color in this close-up is amazing Kurt. The soft light works well here.

A Beauty

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on May 11, 2013 at 4:59 AM

Awesome portrait Kurt! Beautiful soft light, focused eyes and superb detail. A bit more DOF would have brought that nose more in focus and my guess is that the BG would have allowed for that as well. Personally I would like to see a bit more room on the right. There seems to be a hint of colour noise in the BG.

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Comment posted by Suzanne Huot on May 11, 2013 at 10:13 AM

A beautiful portrait and love the pensive look .TFS.

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Comment posted by jack jaeger jr on May 11, 2013 at 12:12 PM

Great Shot, Kurt !!!

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on May 12, 2013 at 9:03 AM

Lovely portrait Kurt. Good control of dof, the eyes are the main focus and are very sharp. The background is very attractive and interesting because of the variation in color.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on May 12, 2013 at 4:28 PM

Kurt you really have captured some superb sharp detail, excellent

Keith..

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on May 13, 2013 at 3:56 PM

Cute portrait with nice sharp detail. TFS.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 15, 2013 at 12:33 PM

Congrats on the fine WP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by William Bickle on May 24, 2013 at 3:19 PM

Hello Kurt

Congrats on Weekly Pic....

Bill

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Comment posted by Joe James on May 29, 2013 at 8:41 PM

I just love this one Ken, you were really, really close!

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 1, 2014 at 6:39 AM

Excellent portrait Kurt, congratulations on the WP

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