Dog Fighting

I never thought I could have so much fun photographing Prairie Dogs! These two siblings were wrestling and fighting all over the place. In the past a few people have asked for my techs, but I don't post them in the forum too often (always post my techs on single shots in the galleries), becuase the techs change between shots of different animals I place in the same post. Since these are all form the same series, here are my techs.

1D MIV
500mm f/5 w//1.4 tc
f/6.3 at 2500
ISO 400

The jump attack

Dodging the attack

The knockout blow!

These are FANTASTIC! I laughed my arse off with every one. Great job, Kurt!

Great action series, Kurt! Really like the last one; too funny.

These are better then any booking match I have seen in a while. Absolutely incredible!

oh man, these make me miss those little guys even more, I love every shot reminds me of a story book without the words awesome. the knockout blow is awesome action

Great stuff, it reminded me more of a WWE smackdown!

These are a riot...I love them all!!

Haha! That is so cool. Great series, though #2 is a fantastic shot by itself too. Keep them coming!!!

Great images Kurt! Nice sharp images. Where did you get these? Looks like fun!

Hahaha.. that is awesome Kurt. More like Matrix fighting!

Utterly charming, and funny to boot!
And thanks for posting the tech. details for inquiring minds.
Am curious how many images you took (roughly) in order to narrow it down to the final four.

What a riot! Some of the best prarie dog shots I have ever seen. That last one is absolutely priceless. Great work, Kurt!

Love it! Made me laugh!!

These are great! Maybe I need to go hang out be the colony down the street from me. I love #1, and #4 is a great denouement. It's a great sequence; I think the first stands best on its own.

Nice! They go kung fu over here in Lone Tree-

They're all wonderful, but 1 and 2 are my favs. Excellent captures at optimum moments. That 10fps really earned its keep on these.

Fabulous series, Kurt! I've never seen anything like this before.

Great stuff Kurt. These will put a smile on your face.

Love the nose plant in the last one and the expression on the other guys face! Terrific series Kurt.

The Matrix - prairie dog style.
Neat series!

Thanks everyone for all the kind words and comments! John, I took about 100 shots of these guys playing over 20 minutes. I actually have many other very cool shots. These are the ones that stood out IMO even more.

Wonderful action series - the second and the last one are great moments.

Now THIS is what I love to see in wildlife photography. Great character moments. Fun.

those shots are hilarious!