Around here many have lost their fear of humans because imbeciles are feeding them. We have had a few recent attacks where a couple of coyotes have attacked dogs being walked on leashes, killed them and made off with the bodies. In one case covered by local media, after knocking down the owner.
The times they are a changin'. On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 6:56 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > You don't often see them in daylight, usually dawn or dusk. When my current > dog was just a pup, I was stalked by a young inexperienced Coyote. If he'd > known his business I would never have known he was there, as it was both the > dog and I were well aware of his location the entire time. OK, so he wasn't > staking me per se, he was stalking the pup, (who probably thought it was > just another dog, the pup wanted to meet and greet, the Coyote wanted to > eat), I was much too big to attack, so everything ended well for all > concerned. > > That is a lovely action shot. > > On 2/16/2015 5:03 PM, Knarf wrote: >> >> I have no idea where the term "Coyote Ugly" came from because these are >> beautiful animals! First time I've ever seen one up close. >> >> Down by the lake yesterday two of them rounded the corner about 40 yards >> in front of me. I thought they were dogs and was looking for their owner. >> Then they walked into some brush and decided to make a run for it, right >> past me on a path. >> >> I had my M200 f4.0 on the camera and everything on manual so I just >> snapped and hoped for the best. It appears I had pre-set the right exposure >> and out of about 1/2 dozen I was able to shoot, this was the most >> acceptable. Not as sharp as I'd have liked and the framing is not the best >> (it's full-frame other than a bit cropped of the left for balance) but I can >> say unequivocally it's the best wild coyote shot I've ever taken: >> >> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/02/coyote-beautiful.html?m=1 >> >> Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. >> >> Cheers, >> >> frank > > > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
