Porcupine
This little dude was dining on tree bark when we saw him. We had about 10 minutes of setting sun left when we saw him so the image is a little orange. I desaturated the oranges a little in this image.
1DMKIV manual
300mm f2.8L IS hand held
ISO 400
1/400s @f3.2
That's a tough situation Michael. I'd probably try for a portrait with a bigger lens. The light is nice.
First this is a daylight Porcupine a great rarity, second it is in a tree something I have never seen in Africa.
Not exactly in the best position but still an amazing "record" shot
Nice sighting, don't get to see them to often in this light. To bad you weren't able to get him more in the clear.
TFS
Todd
gee, in a tree? nice sighting! which kind of porcupine is this, and where was it taken?
light is nice, and the branches in front is a pity :)
North American porcupines are typically found in trees. Tree bark is one of their main foods.
True. I was very lucky to have the opportunity to shoot it. Typically they are nocturnal. I found this guy at the Mackenzie Reservoir east of Tulia, TX. We detoured through there during the trip to Bosque.Originally Posted by Jeff Parker
Michael next time you visit the Bosque come up to Albuquerque there are plenty of porcupine along the Rio grande. Nice capture of one.
Cheers
gary
excellent capture
TFS
Great lighting and I like how he is looking right through the V in the branches. Could use just a little sharpening.
Gary- Sounds good. We spent a lot of time looking for "other than bird" shots when we were at Bosque this year. Sounds like a non-typical thing to do but it's kind of the norm for us. It's possible that we spotted a Mountain Lion when we were there (twice actually) but it was dusk and early morning, we weren't close enough to see details, and we didn't shoot any images so at this point it's debatable. If it was a Mountain Lion it was a young one. The "j" shaped tail made me think it was a Mountain Lion... but I can't say that for sure.
Thanks Harshad
Dan- I agree. I've gotten bad about not putting a lot of processing time into my images. I skipped the sharpening step entirely on this one.
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