Gotta Be a Better Way.........

.....to get a decent meal.

I took this early yesterday evening in Kananaskis Country on my way back to Canmore. She had a calf with her but the calf didn't want anything to do with me and ran into the bush as soon as I got out of my vehicle and watched me from a ways off in the trees. Mama on the other hand didn't seem too concerned and let me take dozens of images of her for quite a long while from as close as 40 feet. Every now and then she would peek up at her calf as if to say "what's your problem he's harmless". Eventually a couple of other vehicles came but she still seemed fairly relaxed around people. Thankfully no one jumped out and charged her with a camera like I had happen a couple of times earlier in the week while trying to get some wildlife images. Not sure why people think running at an animal while laughing and making a lot of noise would do anything other than scare them a way but seems to happen all the time.

Watching her for quite awhile reminded me of what a harsh life these animals have. The snow was nearly up to her belly and she was burning a lot of calories just trying to get a meal struggling with those branches. Thanks for looking and your comments are appreciated.

(first image posted with the new lens, wow what a difference in quality)


Nikon D7000
Nikkor 70-200mm with 1.4 teleconverter
f/4
1/1250 sec
iso 800
280/420mm
roughly 80 percent of original