For 35 years I've be tromping around and exploring the American west. In that time I've only seen 5 mountain lions and have photographed one. Two of these sightings were in Yellowstone National Park. In May of 2005 Lorri and I were fortunate enough to watch and photograph this mountain lion for an entire day from about 10am to 7pm. The cat was lying on a rock ledge across the Yellowstone River canyon near Tower Falls. Most of the time the sun was out but it did cloud up at times and I got my best images then since it lowered the contrast. The subject was far away and I used everything I had to capture this. I had my 2X on my 600mm with the 8 megapixel Canon 1Dmk2 camera. I used the very best technique I could and stopped down to F11 to help with the sharpness loss you get with the old 2x. I tried keeping the ISO as low as possible, the cameras just weren't as good back then. I've printed this to 20x30" and it looks great. Shown full frame...
Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Shutter speed: 1/50 sec
Aperture: 11
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
Lens: EF600mm F4
Focal length: 1200mm







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. A remarkable image and I bet the image stands proud at home. 
