Agate Duet

Gallery: WildlifePosted January 30, 20054,121 views8 comments

The wolf situation is changeng in Lamar Valley. The Druid Pack, rulers of the upper Lamar since the reintroduction now have only 7 members, and are being displaced by the Slough Ck. Pack, which has 15. Tha Agate Pack, also about 7 members is also pushing Druid. The other morning Agate and Druid did some chasing of each other, and then howled back and forth. These are a couple of the Agates.
To see a shot of the helicopter darting operation, go to the Hand of Man Gallery.

Maxxum 7D, 600 f4 w/ 1.4. F 5.6 @ meter +1.5, ASA 800

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8 comments

Comment posted by Michael Bates on January 30, 2005 at 6:23 PM

Pete - this is outstanding!!! I did view the "darting" image as well... one helluva an experience for you!!

Michael

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on January 30, 2005 at 7:40 PM

This Rocks Pete!!! I can almost hear them, makes me long to be there. Congratulations!

Ken Archer

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by Lee Daniels on January 30, 2005 at 9:25 PM

Incredible, Pete! Very evocative - I can feel myself a part of the pack struggles for dominance. The BG is a bit noisy and thus prominent for me and can be easily fixed to put this image on a classic grand scale.
Exceptional!

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Comment posted by Kim Kaiser on January 31, 2005 at 1:17 PM

Another good one!!!!!

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Comment posted by Mike Moats on January 31, 2005 at 7:28 PM

Hey Pete

Awesome shot! You are one of the very few who will ever see this happen, and its great you were able to capture this image. Beautiful work.

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Comment posted by Todd Stanyon on February 1, 2005 at 1:15 AM

Wow, just when I was getting stressed out about packing up for the big move west, I see this! Now I'm packing with a smile!

Registered on November 9, 2003, 1 Posts, 14 Comments

Comment posted by Milo Burcham on February 2, 2005 at 12:48 PM

Awesome Pete. Perfect composition. Your wolf images get better and better. I do see some noise in this; is it from cropping or the 800 ISO? Are you sure that this is not a digital composite where you cloned the wolf and put a second one in the frame? Now that you are digital I don't know what I can believe

Registered on November 1, 2003, 80 Posts, 584 Comments

Comment posted by Duane Rosenkranz on February 3, 2005 at 9:06 PM

Nice shot. I like how the wolf colors and habitat colors compliment each other. Saw one colored much like the close wolf in Jasper this weekend.
Duane Rosenkranz

Registered on October 13, 2004, 280 Posts, 2661 Comments