Mountain Lion Escape

[Michael Stern]

Back from a recent trip to the mountains of Montana...Mountain Lion in a tree jumping for land! He made it..so did I!! My flash seemed to worked just right... the snow was HEAVY and focusing was difficult and as such lost quite a few photos (too dark). Hope you like this one! Some adjustments in Photoshop : some cropping; removed a couple of snow flakes that blurred the image and lighting adjustment (even this one was a little dark).
Mike
Details:
Canon 40D
Shutter speed: 1/1600 sec
Aperture: 4
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -1/3
Flash: External E-TTL High speed sync
Flash exposure compensation: -2
Metering mode: Evaluative

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice, Michael.
Was this at Triple D, was this Andy?
Luckily the eyes are not facing you, otherwise red eye is the consequence of using flash in mammals.

[Gus Cobos]

Nicely done Michael,
I like the action captured...the composition and framing is dead on...I like the use of the rock on the lower right side of the frame as the anchor point...looking forward to your next one...:cool:

[Dennis "Curly" Buchner]

Great capture in a tough environment

[Zenon Char]

Ditto on the tough environment. Great capture.

[Alfred Forns]

Good timing Michael Particularly like the setting .... does look like Andy !!! Excellent image !!!!

[peter delaney]

hi michael..what a fantastic image... how happy you must have been in checking the lcd to see that you had captured him.. well done ..the snow really adds to this ..wonderful ...

peter

[John Ippolito]

This is a well executed image of a a difficult subject! The leap in full conditions is very dramatic. Nicely done!

[Ken Watkins]

A remarkably good capture given the difficult circumstances.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Michael,
Nice capture in difficult conditions. Who is Andy?
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Chris van Rooyen]

Certainly works for me! Would have been even better if the animal was suspended mid-air not touching but heck, still a fantastic shot!

[Stephen Earle]

Superb image. The snow is such a bonus.

[Mike Lentz]

Michael,
Nice capture in difficult conditions. Who is Andy?
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

Saby,

Andy is one of the captive cats at Triple D game farm in Montana.

I like how the shot was setup and executed!

[Stu Bowie]

Superb timing to capture the take off, as cats are extrememly quick and agile, and dont give you any hint that they are going to spring. Congrats on an outstanding image.