Someone came along with a bulldog as this was all going on. The coyotes sniffed her and seemed to want to play but the dog wasn't interested so off they ran.
Perhaps it wouldn't have been so innocuous had it been a smaller dog. Thanks for the comment! Cheers, frank On 16 February, 2015 6:56:15 PM EST, "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 -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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.
