Bobcat Launch for Lunch

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 30, 2013187 views5 comments

This is a repost with the suggested changes from many of the folks that were nice enough give me suggestions on how to make this frame work best. Kept most of the pano crop in an attempt to keep the frame relatively clean. Opened the crop just a bit. Thanks for looking and thanks for all the feedback!

This Bobcat has homed in on a ground squirrel (dark spot on rt side of frame) and is a millisecond from the jackpot as you see him here. This frame is heavily cropped. I spent about 5 hours watching this Bobcat throughout the day just outside Estes Park, Colorado April 2013 as it caught ground squirrel after ground squirrel throughout the day. I have been following this site for several years and just recently felt like my skill level might be getting to where I felt comfortable making a submission. Looking for feedback and realize I have a long way to go, but have to start somewhere. Appreciate your comments!Thanks!

Shot with a Canon 1DX, 500 mm IS lens handheld
ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/4000

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Jim Gavin on October 30, 2013 at 8:31 PM

Very nice. I like this better than initial post. Just noticed; looks like a face of an animal or person with long hair just behind the foreleg.

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on October 30, 2013 at 10:41 PM

A cleaner and more appealing image. Although it doesn't change the outcome for the ground squirrel. A nice image of nature in action to keep in your portfolio.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 31, 2013 at 1:45 AM

Christopher,
This is a lot better than your original

There is always "a long way to go", there are so many options available to digital photographers you can even make Elephants blue

But nevertheless you have to have an image worthy of slight manipulation first, and you certainly have that

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Comment posted by Don Westbrook on October 31, 2013 at 7:53 PM

Well done. Nice details and you handled the exposure well. Your crop gives a sense of power in the leap.

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Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on November 22, 2013 at 8:53 AM

Great action shot!

Grt, Ingrid.

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