Rough Living

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 18, 2017266 views7 comments

Coyote crossing the Lamar river in Yellowstone with his beaver carcass. Even though I was quite a bit away from him and his mate, he didn't want to share his prize with me and crossed the river to prevent me from reaching him. I thought that was rather thoughtful on his part because he actually didn't put more distance between us. He settled just across the river which wasn't farther from he was initially. He was right that I would not cross the freezing river myself. I felt he knew that.

Canon 5D3 Canon 600 mm F/4 II 1.4x TC III Handheld
1/1500s F/5.6 ISO 200

Cheers,

Hisham.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on March 19, 2017 at 12:14 PM

Unusual and excellent, Hisham. I think you did a fine job of handling a contrasty light situation. I appreciate the flying drops of water, the excellent quality of the coyote's eye, the action pose with good body extension and the story telling nature of the image. I suspect this is not the full frame, and if correct, I would suggest replacing a bit more space, noting how the tip of the tail extends so far as to be clipped by the right side edge.

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Comment posted by Hisham Atallah on March 19, 2017 at 12:26 PM

Thanks Lon. This is actually the full frame so I have to live with the barely clipped tail.

Cheers,

Hisham.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on March 19, 2017 at 10:31 PM

This is really chilling in more ways than one Hisham. Nature in it's truest form. Great story. Nice work in difficult light.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on March 20, 2017 at 11:30 PM

Hisham, I would say the composition here is far from perfect, but it's a really interesting photo! Cool behavior, of course, bold colors and some interesting patterns (I like the white-blue-white) and texture.

Max

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on March 21, 2017 at 4:33 AM

Hisham,
Great behaviour in this one devil

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Comment posted by Charles Bell on March 27, 2017 at 4:12 PM

I'm very impressed that you got such a sharp image hand-holding the 600mm with a 1.4. How many hours a day do you spend in the gym? The saturation of the blue and red add to this image. The whole thing really tells a story.

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on March 27, 2017 at 5:38 PM

This one really needs to be viewed larger to be fully appreciated! Unreal photo. I do wish there was more room on the right for the tip of his tail.

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