Coyote

[Andrew Merwin]

canon mark iv, iso 400, 1/500, f5.6, 100-400@400
Sharpened, minor adjustments with levels, saturation, shadow & highlight
I shot this image in YNP in the early fall. The coyote is looking at a group of people that were stopping him/her from crossing the road. Eventually the obstructionist people got bored watching the coyote watch them & moved on. Then the coyote moved on.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Andrew - Interesting to see the warm tones of this juxtaposed against the cool winter tones of Dale's coyote. I sort of like the way the dead trees frame the coyote. I am wondering if it needs a little ccw rotation as the whole body looks tilted not just the head? If it were mine I would reduce the hls in the bg and at the bottom edge and probably reduce the reds in the bg too. It's always a problem at YNP when people interfere with the movement of the animals.

TFS,
Rachel

[D. Robert Franz]

Very nice image Andrew... Quite the contrast to my image... Agree with Rachel on the rotation.. Minor point. Love the look the coyote has... Well done!

[Andrew Merwin]

The reason for the coyote seeming to need a little ccw is that he/she is stand on the log. Rachel, thanks for the suggestions re. HLs & the red in the BG.

[Mike Poole]

A nice pose from the coyote, and I agree with the points already raised. I would also prefer the subject to be a little further over to the right if you have any more negative space on the left. Great colours and details

Mike