American Marten

Gallery: WildlifePosted January 6, 2012179 views4 comments

Finally ! After years of only staring at their cute paw prints on snow, one decided to show its face

I actually saw three that day

Was shooting landscapes when this one jumped out in front of me and scurried to this tree. Got buried in thigh deep snow as i tried to position myself to get a decent view. Didn't have time to change the settings.

American Marten, Mt Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia.
Nikon D5000,70-300 VR @ 180mm, f8, 1/40s, iso 400, +1/3ev
Cropped a fair bit on all sides.

Anand

Wish i had the pixels to crop further as presented below.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on January 6, 2012 at 7:08 PM

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Comment posted by Suzanne Huot on January 6, 2012 at 10:32 PM

Anand ,What a special moment to have shared seeing this shy Marten and having him pose for you.Unfortunately it appears rather soft on my monitor.But Thank you for sharing your special moment with us.

Registered on December 28, 2010, 32 Posts, 240 Comments

Comment posted by Roman Kurywczak on January 7, 2012 at 9:43 AM

Very elusive creature and congrats on capturing it. Yes I would prefer the tighter version but all in all still a very nice image!

Registered on November 20, 2009, 56 Posts, 748 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on January 15, 2012 at 2:22 PM

This is a difficult subject to get to hold in front of the camera! Nice post.

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