Red wolf & pup (C)

Gallery: WildlifePosted June 14, 2012248 views3 comments

Photographed at the Miller Park Zoo. The pups are about 3 months old, but only seen early in the day or late in the afternoon. I like the way this one posed with mom. Taken through glass, which was clean until the adult wolves saw me and all came running to their side of the glass and jumped up with forepaws all over the glass! No way to clean it.
Canon T3i
1/250 @ F6.3 ISO 400
Sigma 150-500 @ 500mm
Tripod, spot metering from RAW

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on June 15, 2012 at 5:10 AM

Nice photo, John! I like the way they both look, the mother is not too pleased with you, it seems. Unfortunately the light is a bit harsh. What you mention about the paws on the glass reminds me of my cats, they do the same on my window when they want to get in! I think the wolfs did want to get out!

Registered on March 16, 2006, 419 Posts, 2076 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on June 17, 2012 at 8:40 AM

Hey John,

Interesting shot - love both mom's look and junior's tongue! I wouldn't have known you were shooting through glass if you hadn't mentioned it in the commentary above - so the dirtiness of it didn't detract for me...

I find the red wolf situation interesting. A while back John Theberge argued that the wolves in and around Algonquin Park in Ontario were actually red wolves, though I haven't seen any follow-ups to their work (presumably there has been genetic studies since...). And interesting how these guys hybridize comparatively freely with coyotes while gray wolves prefer to eat (or at least kill) coyotes...

Cheers...

Brad

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Olsen on June 20, 2012 at 11:33 AM

Nice photo! I like the wary look in the mother's eye, and the innocent curious look in the pup. The tongue lick adds lots to the photo.
Like Brad, I wouldn't have guessed this was taken through glass.

Registered on October 19, 2006, 306 Posts, 1571 Comments