Bored young coyote
An image from late summer. Back lit, late afternoon, high clouds with lots of smoke from nearby range fires. Makes for nice soft light. This was a young coyote who was not concerned by my pesence. No eye, but dental work is a reasonable focal point IMHO. Nikon D200, Nikkor 200-400, TC 1.4, f/5.6, 1/160, iso 400, EV + 0.67, tripod. C & C appreciated.
How fun to have seen this, Gary.:cool: The coyote looks very relaxed-this is a nice behavior to have captured. I like the soft light and the vignette effect from the vegetation in the foreground.
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Gary, I agree that the dental work does keep the attention the eye would have so kudos to you there. I like the relaxed pose and the lighting is also very nice. I'm questioning the white balance here, though, as the greens look off and the ground seems to have a bit of a magenta tone to it. From a compositional standpoint, I'd take a little off the top - get rid of the top of the frame and bring the image back to more of a rectangular frame. You've got plenty of headroom at the top to remove a bit and get rid of the irregular stuff at the frame's edge.
How exciting to be this close to the wolf...what a special experience it must have been!
Jules, thank you for the crtique. I have taken the mottled BG off the top and tried to reduce the magenta cast. To my eye the greens are appropriate for late summer sage brush. I appeciate your time and effort.
DISREGARD THE NEW IMAGE, IT'S THE ORIGINAL.
Gary
Last edited by gary ellwein; 10-24-2010 at 01:30 PM. Reason: Posted the wrong follow up image.
Second attempt at submitting corrected image. Something about old dogs and new tricks come to mind.Originally Posted by Julie Kenward
Very nice. This is really close! Good behavior captured. I like the relaxed pose here. Nice second repost.
That does look better! The ground looks much more gray than magenta now.
Very nice shot. I typically don't care for subject centered in the the image shots, but that's needed here to give room for the body of the coyote. I like the soft lighting and the dof. The oof sage in the foreground really compliments the soft lighting by softening the image.
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I like this shot. Although the coyote looks very relaxed, the yawn is probably a stress yawn as canines indicate stress by yawning.
Andrew
Andrew, thanks for the comment. The yawn as a stress reaction in canines is new info for me. Inappropriate title for image. Another piece of info from this informative web site.
Gary
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