Olderelder

Coyote

Driving along the road in Grand Teton National Park I saw this beauty standing in the field next to me

Driving along the road in Grand Teton National Park I saw this beauty standing in the field next to me
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Canon EOS REBEL T5i

settings

Aperture f/6.3 ISO 640 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 500/1

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Nov, 2015

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Awards

Chatter Award

Staff Winter Selection 2015

Outstanding Creativity

Superb Composition

Peer Award

Absolute Masterpiece

Magnificent Capture

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken in Grand Teton National Park, on the edge of the tree line. I never had a traditional photography class so I had to learn from trial and error, and Youtube tutorials.

Time

This is one of my favorite wildlife photos. I woke up early with the sunrise on that crisp morning Drove a few lonely hours out of yellowstone and into the Tetons It was a cold October morning, and I wasn't having any luck finding wildlife, it was like they knew I was trying to get their photo. Then I saw him, stalking through the grasses about 100 yards from the road. Small, but with a large coat of fur. A coyote looking for a bite of food. I pulled over, grabbed my camera and began snapping shots. It was 10:30am on October 8th.

Lighting

The lighting was all natural sunlight. I wanted the animal to appear as a king in his surrounding. His fur coat blended in with the surrounding grasses, giving him the appearance that he was truly in his natural habitat.

Equipment

This was shot with a Canon d700, Sigma 150-500 contemporary lens, and since I didn't have the time to set up a tripod I was using my car door to stabilize the camera.

Inspiration

One of the main reasons I took on this road trip expedition was to capture wild animal in their natural habitat. I have always enjoyed looking a photographs of wild and exotic animals that most of us don't get the opportunity to see. I wanted to capture a wild animal roaming free and enjoying life; outside of a cage.

Editing

I used the blur tool to create an effect that would draw the viewer into the photo a bit more. I also gave the photo a bit more vibrance to make the colors in the coyote's fur stand out.

In my camera bag

I carry two bodies, a canon 7D mark II and a d700. For lenses I use canon's 16-35mm f4, 55-250mm f4-5.6, I also use sigmas 50mm f2.8 and their 150-500mm f5-6.3. My tripod is a carbon fiber Zomei, it folds up easily for hiking and is very stable.

Feedback

When trying to capture wildlife, dawn and dusk are the best times in my opinion. The light is fantastic and normally there are not as many people around, these are the times the animals are usually eating. Take as many pictures as you can!!! Once you get your settings right, hold down that shutter because animal movements are sporadic and you don't want to miss anything that they do.

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Coyote

Driving along the road in Grand Teton National Park I saw this beauty standing in the field next to me

Behind The Lens

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