Slow Stalk

[D. Robert Franz]

Had this bobcat SLOWLY stalking waterfowl on the Madison River last winter

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Copyright: D. Robert & Lorri Franz
Shutter speed: 1/1600 sec
Aperture: 7.1
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: +1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 200
Focal length: 800mm

[gail bisson]

Wow! I love this. The great crouching pose, the water, the crop.
The really nice thing about this shot is the diagonal snow trail created by the cat
Well done,
gail

[Walker Noe]

Fabulous tack sharp image with great setting and suspense.

TFS

Walker

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Superb image, great setting for the cat and the pose is awesome.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Super pose, sighting and capture Dale.
Good call on including the river in front to add context.
Was it successful?

[Marc Mol]

Love the lighting and stalking pose here Dale, agree on the habitat inclusion adds good context.
TFS

[Karl Egressy]

Great pose and excellent framing.

[Giovanni Frescura]

Very very nice ed excellent shoot for situation and right composition

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Dale - Exposure and comp look perfect. Great detail in the snow and the river really adds to the image. Hope you have similar luck this year .

TFS,
Rachel

[Neil Burton]

Pretty darn amazing! Everything works.

[Steve Canuel]

Nice capture of an elusive subject. This is a really well composed image. You've got the horizontals of the water, cat, and log and then the two diagonals leading to the front and back of the subject. Well done.

[Jonathan Ashton]

A real gem of a shot the cat looks so intent. I just noticed the size of those paws! It must have been a great experience to have been there.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Dale, lovely stalking pose and outstretched from paw and intense stare, focused!

Light handle very well, was this metered off the snow? Great detail all round and the snow has that lovely 'crustiness' to it. In an 'ideal world' having the snow as the complete backdrop would be great, love the low POV and FG water running by.

TFS
Steve

[Anette Mossbacher]

Hi Dale, beautiful image, love it all the way. You handled great the light.

ciao Anette