{"id":92683,"date":"2020-12-20T06:14:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T13:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=92683"},"modified":"2020-12-20T11:11:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T18:11:07","slug":"coyote-pouncing-on-prey-in-the-snow-a-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/20\/coyote-pouncing-on-prey-in-the-snow-a-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Coyote Pouncing On Prey In The Snow – A Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

The shooting conditions weren’t good but the action made up for it.<\/p>\n

I’ve posted one of the following photos in the past but the other two are new to Feathered Photography so obviously I’ve never posted them as a series.<\/em><\/p>\n

Eight years ago, on New Years Day morning 2013, there was lots of new snow on Antelope Island so it drew me like a magnet. After the previous night’s celebrations (by others, not me) and with less than ideal driving conditions I knew the island would be close to deserted in the early morning and I love fresh snow so off I went. When I arrived it was overcast with light fog so shooting conditions were less than optimal but just experiencing the island in those conditions was worth the trip and as a bonus I expected the critters to be out and active.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t disappointed.<\/p>\n

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1\/1000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @ 400mm, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This coyote was hunting voles in the deep snow and ‘he’ was so focused on pursuing breakfast he paid no attention to my pickup being close to him, so close I had to swap out my 500 mm lens and use my ‘baby lens’ to keep him in frame in case there was any action. Here I caught him at the beginning of a very athletic leap with the intention of pouncing on a vole he’d heard quite a distance in front of him and beneath all that snow.<\/p>\n

This shot isn’t as sharp as the others but I wanted to include it to make the short series complete.<\/p>\n

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1\/1000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @ 400mm, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

He really<\/em> stretched out as he sailed through the air and closed the distance between him and the vole he’d heard beneath the snow. Even though it’s subtle I very much like all of the snow falling off of the back of his tail.<\/p>\n

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1\/1000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @ 400mm, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Just before he hit the snow I didn’t have enough room on the right for great composition but I kept him in frame so I’m including the photo. I like how his entire body is only inches above the surface of the snow and even conforms pretty well to its shape.<\/p>\n

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I have to wonder if it’ll ever snow again around here. We’ve had snow in our forecast for most of the last two weeks or so but every supposed snowstorm that has come through has been a dud.<\/p>\n

With my surname and given its intended definition I’ve always taken minor exception to the use of ‘dud’ in this context but somehow it seemed appropriate here.<\/p>\n

Dud<\/p>\n

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Notes:<\/em><\/p>\n