{"id":114382,"date":"2022-07-16T04:36:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T10:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=114382"},"modified":"2022-07-16T04:41:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T10:41:36","slug":"coyotes-with-personality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/16\/coyotes-with-personality\/","title":{"rendered":"Coyotes With Personality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two coyotes seeming to enjoy life. Both were photographed years ago on Antelope Island.<\/p>\n

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1\/640, f\/5.6, ISO 640, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This young coyote in very warm light had been staring at me when ‘he’ suddenly decided to walk away to my left. In this pose it appears as if most of his body got the message, except for his right foreleg that was resisting and seemed to want to go the other way.<\/p>\n

It’s a crossover pose that I find amusing. For me there’s an interesting triple tension in the image because his overall pose is turning to his right, his right leg appears to want to go to his left and the direction he’s looking splits the difference.<\/p>\n

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1\/800, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Three weeks later I found this adult coyote that I always think of as Happy Coyote because ‘she’ gave me the impression that she was smiling at me. Perhaps even flirting with me. I got quite a few photos of her as she looked straight at me with a friendly, perhaps even playful, look on her face. When my pet dogs would look at me like this it could melt my heart.<\/p>\n

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1\/320, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

She even turned more toward me and winked at me.<\/p>\n

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1\/400, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

When her demeanor suddenly changed it almost looked like she was snarling at me but that’s deceiving. A deer fly had landed on top of her snout and just before this photo was taken she’d used her long tongue to wipe it away. The deer fly can’t be seen in this photo but it can be seen in other shots I took of her.<\/p>\n

It may or may not be a stretch for me to assign elements of personality to these coyotes but it amuses me and this morning I could use some amusement.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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PS – I’ve often wondered if the second coyote had an old injury to her right front leg because it appears to be swollen at the joint. But if that was the case it must have healed well because she walked and acted normally.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Two coyotes seeming to enjoy life. (4 photos)<\/p>\n

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