ridgetop coyote

I found this coyote this morning and he posed on the far end of my effective distance. I was taken by the unusual lighting opportunity, with the background trees in shade, and him in brighter exposed, but filtered light. The result seems as if the trees were color de-saturated, but this is the actual effect. This is a strong crop, leaving about 35%, but I experimented with re-sampling and converting large enough for a big print, and detail held up amazingly well. Processing is selective sharpening and high pass and a bit of contrast tweak. Your comments and observations are encouraged, but check larger size. D3S, 200-400 @400, f8, 1/500, handheld, ISO 2500.