Your best animal shots!
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Boy I'm on a role. Had to cut grass and there it was a big dangerous venomous rattlesnake ... oops ... actually a tiny Prairie garter snake. Still, it was an excuse to grab the camera and fun! 
Unfortunately late evening and low light, 300 X2 with not enough DOF.
Jack
Unfortunately late evening and low light, 300 X2 with not enough DOF.Jack
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Very nice picture, Jack. 
Thanks guys. Well, September was to be the big transition date from granite cutting to 1DX II but now I'm being tempted by 30 MPs! That would be another wait! 
It really has been a bummer being so involved with work this summer.
Jack
It really has been a bummer being so involved with work this summer.
Jack
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eml58 said:
You're an inspiration, Edward. You did see the black panther fighting with the wolf ... or have I got mixed up here. I was so hoping for better results but you know how that goes. I was imagining I was on one of your safaris!
No, but apparently there are black bears but it would be more than unusual for one of them to show up in my back yard; that's about it. A skunk went in my shed yesterday so maybe another animal shot will materialize. All in all I am very blessed to be living on an acreage, in spite of all the work. Now if I was in Gary's shoes living in Utah, now that would be .....
Other than African, for wildlife that is, where are you planning to shoot in the future?
Jack
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Jack Douglas said:
How lucky are you to see foxes in backyard? I have never seen one before, except for this one time I was driving down a highway and in a field to my right I saw what I believe was a fox, in gorgeous golden hour light in some tall yellow grass. By the time a turned around, the animal was no longer in sight. It was most likely a golden retriever or something similar as it was some farm land with houses not far away. But I would like to believe it was a fox.
On the topic of backyard animals, here are two of a family of 4 raccoons that seem to have made home right beside our house. Theses shots really had me wishing I had a faster lens. f6.3 handheld is not fast enough for moving subjects in the shadows sometimes.
5d3 Sigma 150-600C
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Ryananthony, that's a cute shot. I don't have any raccoons, and as I understand it that's probably best.
I do have skunks but so far no pics. One was in the shed but I was reluctant to go in there to encourage it to leave.
Jack
I do have skunks but so far no pics. One was in the shed but I was reluctant to go in there to encourage it to leave.
Jack
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From a recent trip to the Cataloochie Valley in the Great Smoky Mountains. Hiking along a path next to a creek, we had stopped at a point to take pictures of the creek when this fella took off by us on the path. He must not have heard us due to the running water until he was quite close. It stopped up the path and looked back long enough to get in a few shots, then kept on wandering up the path.
Shot taken with 5DS and 100-400LII at ISO 1600, wide open in aperture mode.
What a rack by Barry Scully, on Flickr
Shot taken with 5DS and 100-400LII at ISO 1600, wide open in aperture mode.
What a rack by Barry Scully, on Flickr
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@Mikehit
Just wonderful pictures
I prefer to see them like this instead of seeing them in a zoo
Just wonderful pictures
I prefer to see them like this instead of seeing them in a zoo
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Mikehit said:
Very nice .... where abouts were these guys?
Nice to see a few new super posts in this thread!
Jack
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