A pair of coyotes following a trail in the snow (probably their own). The storm gave a brief respite, but it was hard to see the trail through the viewfinder.
Shot during Chas Glatzer's Yellowstone workshop last February.
Canon 1D MkIV, Canon 800 mm, manual exp., 1/640 @ f/6.3, ISO 200
Excellent shot, and you have nailed the exposure. Exposing snow is down right hard at the best of times, but you have detail across it, and good definition of the trail and the animals.
IMO, this is a great example of breaking one of the 'rules' and doing it well !, (dont' shoot animals from behind). With the Trail leading in, the heads looking off to the side, and the path leading out again into 'nothingness', it all just works.
If I HAD to find something to suggest as an improvement, I'd like to see a few more pixels on the right side, so the edge of the trail rolls off, rather than touching the edge of the frame. That way, following it keeps you 'in picture' rather than leading out the edge. Not much, just a small amount.
On a personal note, I find it an interesting juxtoposition of the white coyotes in the snow, vs the red dingo in the Red Desert I posted earlier today. Similar animals, so utterly different environments.
You did well framing this image. I particularly like the tracks acting as a leading line. Going vertical was the way to handle this comp. It would have been better if you did not touch the right edge frame to the tracks however as that disturbs your viewer's eyes when they get to the edge of the image.
On the exposure of snow; I am sure that Chas taught you how to exposure for the snow and why it is not such a big deal. Meter snow and set exposure two to three stops over the metered EV.
Ignacio - I too like the comp and agree with the suggestions above. Nice job on the exposure. No one else has mentioned it but I see a pretty pronounced halo around the coyotes.
Thank you all for your comments. I do see the halo in the JPG; wonder what causes it, I haven't done any selective PP here.
I agree on some more space on the right, but as I said the trail was almost invisible through the viewfinder.
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