Carnivores in the Wild

[ERHP]

I had crossed paths with this Gray Fox earlier in the morning as it tried, unsuccessfully, to go after a ground squirrel making its alarm call. About an hour later it crossed in front me and ended up sitting on a section of a boulder in the sun, where it took a brief nap.

1DX MK II 600 f/4L II w/1.4X 1/1000 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000

 

[Nat_WA]

I had crossed paths with this Gray Fox earlier in the morning as it tried, unsuccessfully, to go after a ground squirrel making its alarm call. About an hour later it crossed in front me and ended up sitting on a section of a boulder in the sun, where it took a brief nap.

1DX MK II 600 f/4L II w/1.4X 1/1000 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000

Excellent shot Ed, and nice story how it crossed your path
W.

 

[Click]

Beautiful shot, ERHP.

 

[Kit.]

Sabi Sands, 5D2, 100-400 II

 

[Click]

Great shot, Kit.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Kit.
Beautiful shot, fantastic subject, nice positioning (timing) shows power and grace of movement, excellent detail, lovely bokeh, did I mention it is beautiful!

Cheers, Graham.

 

[Kit.]

Somehow cannot manage the same color perception in Photoshop/LR and on the website. It looks more reddish on the website.

 

[Click]

Very nice shot, Kit.

 

[Don Haines]

Does this count?

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Kit.
Nice shot, looks kind of hyena coloured to me.

Cheers, Graham.

Somehow cannot manage the same color perception in Photoshop/LR and on the website. It looks more reddish on the website.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Don.
I’m not sure it does count, the food on a stick looks distinctly vegetable to me, in the animal, mineral or vegetable sense of the word!
Omnivore at best?

Cheers, Graham.

Does this count?

 

[Click]

Does this count?

 

[Kit.]

Well, if you prefer less distinctly vegetable food...

...as our safari ranger in Sabi Sands said, "I will only stop for an impala if I see it on a tree"...

Spoiler: ...careful, raw meat!

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Kit.
Very nice shot, my personal feeling is you don’t need a raw meat spoiler on a “carnivores in the wild” thread, this is nature at its most normal! A good day for the leopard, not so much for the impala.

Cheers, Graham.

Well, if you prefer less distinctly vegetable food...

...as our safari ranger in Sabi Sands said, "I will only stop for an impala if I see it on a tree"...

 

[Don Haines]

Coyote, in the middle of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

 

[Click]

Very nice picture, Don.

 

[MarCath]

JAGUAR of the Pantanal; we are at ten meters, and the prey (a crocodile) in the grass right in front of us. Very impressive through the viewfinder !!!

 

[StoicalEtcher]

JAGUAR of the Pantanal; we are at ten meters, and the prey (a crocodile) in the grass right in front of us. Very impressive through the viewfinder !!!

Excellent shot MarCath,
Did you see many jaguars while in the Pantanal?
Somewhere I've never been, but hope to once work no longer demands my time!

 

[Click]

Great shot, MarCath.

 

[MarCath]

Thank you both; we crossed five jaguars in three days.
Another carnivore with two cubs in northern Manitiba