{"id":39954,"date":"2016-06-06T04:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T10:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=39954"},"modified":"2016-06-05T17:32:12","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T23:32:12","slug":"pronghorn-running-50-mph-while-im-driving-25-and-taking-the-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/06\/pronghorn-running-50-mph-while-im-driving-25-and-taking-the-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Pronghorn Running 50+ MPH (while I’m driving 25 and taking the shot)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Pronghorn decided to show me what speed really was.<\/p>\n

I spent part of yesterday morning\u00a0looking for a Golden Eagle I’d seen on prey the day before in a particularly remote area of Montana’s Centennial Valley. As I was driving a rutted dirt road I noticed two Pronghorn grazing to my left but I didn’t pay them much attention and passed them by.<\/p>\n

The next thing I knew they were blazing past me with a truly impressive demonstration of their well-known and\u00a0incredible speed.<\/p>\n

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\"pronghorn<\/p>\n

1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/strong><\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Their stretched out running leaps were so damned impressive that I instinctively reached for my\u00a0lens and aimed it at one of them, knowing full well that my chances of success while driving the\u00a0rutted dirt\u00a0road at 25 mph (yes, I looked at my speedometer) and them\u00a0running so fast\u00a0were virtually nil. I was only able to get off two shots.<\/p>\n

This is the Pronghorn in the lead, the second animal is out of frame to the left. When I got to my campsite this evening and looked at the images on my laptop I could hardly believe that this one was nearly tack sharp. I was very lucky to have such a high shutter speed because I sure didn’t have time to check my camera settings before I took the shots.<\/p>\n

Pronghorn are a bit rough looking this time of year as they lose their winter coats but I loved getting this shot under these conditions and I enjoy the stretched out\u00a0pose.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

Note: I’ve had Pronghorn “race” me before, several times. I’m not sure of their motivation but they do seem to enjoy doing\u00a0it.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Pronghorn decided to show me what speed really was.<\/p>\n

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