Saturday, January 9, 2010

Feline...

While we were in northern Arizona, we were lucky enough to see a bobcat dash across the road in front of our car. Actually, it wasn't dashing so much as loping, but neither of us had a camera close enough at hand to get a shot.

Fast forward a week, and we are at the Sonoran Desert Museum in Tucson. It's kind of a living zoo, with plants, animals, and birds native to the Sonoran Desert region. Here, I had the opportunity to get my bobcat picture.

Shutter speed: 1/160 f/5.6 ISO 400, focal length 119 mm


11 comments:

  1. He's beautiful. Looks like he was posing just for you too. Perfect shot.

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  2. These cats always amaze me....I know they are dangerous, but boy do they look like a common house cat that you want to cuddle with! Beautiful shot, I love how he was staring you down! :)

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  3. Yikes ... er, 'nice kitty'. That's a great shot Val ... clear enough that it makes me want to sneeze.

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  4. He did pose, didn't he! Looks like you picked the right camera settings because the cat stands out from the background so nicely.

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  5. Every time we see these on Animal Planet I point them out to My Snow and tell her that is how real cats make a living, pulling down Bison and Elk etc, she normally just rolls over, I don't think she believes me.

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  6. Nice pose! A few years ago I got a shot of one dragging a jackrabbit he'd killed, and even with the large rabbit, he was moving quickly. They don't pose too often!

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  7. Very expressive shot. You got him right at the perfect moment. Good thing you have a good zoom because he doesn't look too friendly!!

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  8. You really did make it pop from the background, so well done.

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  9. I wrote a comment on this fabulous picture, but I don't guess that it got posted. I am having trouble going from Wordpress back to Blogger to comment. It is a wonderful photo, Val. Great detail in his fur and his eyes are scary.

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  10. He was posing for you.. great shot..

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  11. I like the way he's staring straight into the lens - it gives the shot a nice intensity.

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