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Dec 11, 2015 06:24:58   #
DAVE FISHING Loc: Phoenix,Arizona
 
GREAT PICTURES :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

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Dec 11, 2015 07:21:04   #
auntmary Loc: Olathe Kansas
 
WOW!!!!!!!

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Dec 11, 2015 07:32:34   #
Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis
 
Anvil wrote:
It was a bit of a cat and mouse game, although our roles were reversed. The bobcat played the role of mouse, and I was the cat.

I was out hiking, yesterday, and, while descending a hill, I saw some motion, in the distance. It was a bobcat, going up the hill I was coming down.

One of the reasons I love photographing bobcats is that they don't usually bolt, immediately. I can often persuade a bobcat to pose for me, for a little while. Sometimes, the cat wants to make me work for it. Yesterday was such a day.

There are a lot of pictures that accompany this tale, but most of them are looking at the south end of a northbound bobcat. The cat would periodically stop, and check up on me, as if to make sure I was still following her. I followed this cat for approximately one-half hour. I would occasionally lose her, but she'd make sure I found her, again. She did stop, and allowed me to take a lovely portrait, and then took off, again. I kept following until she finally went down a gorge that I just couldn't enter. It was a lot of fun.
It was a bit of a cat and mouse game, although our... (show quote)

Fantastic!!!How lucky you were.

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Dec 11, 2015 09:22:02   #
Anvil Loc: Loveland, CO
 
Thank you all, very much. These are probably my favorite animals to photograph. They are beautiful and elusive, but not so elusive as to be impossible to photograph.

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Dec 11, 2015 09:24:23   #
RRS Loc: Not sure
 
Anvil wrote:
It was a bit of a cat and mouse game, although our roles were reversed. The bobcat played the role of mouse, and I was the cat.

I was out hiking, yesterday, and, while descending a hill, I saw some motion, in the distance. It was a bobcat, going up the hill I was coming down.

One of the reasons I love photographing bobcats is that they don't usually bolt, immediately. I can often persuade a bobcat to pose for me, for a little while. Sometimes, the cat wants to make me work for it. Yesterday was such a day.

There are a lot of pictures that accompany this tale, but most of them are looking at the south end of a northbound bobcat. The cat would periodically stop, and check up on me, as if to make sure I was still following her. I followed this cat for approximately one-half hour. I would occasionally lose her, but she'd make sure I found her, again. She did stop, and allowed me to take a lovely portrait, and then took off, again. I kept following until she finally went down a gorge that I just couldn't enter. It was a lot of fun.
It was a bit of a cat and mouse game, although our... (show quote)


Great series and story too. I find it easier to photograph wolves then bobcats. The bobcats have eluded me so far, still looking. How long of a lens did you use?

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Dec 11, 2015 09:31:41   #
MissStephie Loc: West Virginia
 
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Dec 11, 2015 10:03:52   #
Anvil Loc: Loveland, CO
 
RRS wrote:
Great series and story too. I find it easier to photograph wolves then bobcats. The bobcats have eluded me so far, still looking. How long of a lens did you use?


The camera is a Canon 7D mark II. Then lens is an EF 100-400mm 1:4.5-5.6 L IS lens (the older version, not the new one).

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Dec 11, 2015 10:12:31   #
photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA
 
Anvil wrote:
It was a bit of a cat and mouse game, although our roles were reversed. The bobcat played the role of mouse, and I was the cat.

I was out hiking, yesterday, and, while descending a hill, I saw some motion, in the distance. It was a bobcat, going up the hill I was coming down.

One of the reasons I love photographing bobcats is that they don't usually bolt, immediately. I can often persuade a bobcat to pose for me, for a little while. Sometimes, the cat wants to make me work for it. Yesterday was such a day.

There are a lot of pictures that accompany this tale, but most of them are looking at the south end of a northbound bobcat. The cat would periodically stop, and check up on me, as if to make sure I was still following her. I followed this cat for approximately one-half hour. I would occasionally lose her, but she'd make sure I found her, again. She did stop, and allowed me to take a lovely portrait, and then took off, again. I kept following until she finally went down a gorge that I just couldn't enter. It was a lot of fun.
It was a bit of a cat and mouse game, although our... (show quote)


I love 1 and 3, all good shots! :thumbup: :thumbup:

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Dec 11, 2015 10:13:46   #
RRS Loc: Not sure
 
Anvil wrote:
The camera is a Canon 7D mark II. Then lens is an EF 100-400mm 1:4.5-5.6 L IS lens (the older version, not the new one).


Thanks, I've got a fighting chance, I also have a 7D MK II. Love the full face shot, glad it wasn't a mountain lion. Off subject question, which one of the 6 cases are you using in regard to the 7D MK II?

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Dec 11, 2015 10:31:55   #
EkingbirdRI Loc: Warren, RI
 
All awesome shots but the straight on is solid gold!!

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Dec 11, 2015 12:57:40   #
ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas
 
Very good set Anvil.

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Dec 11, 2015 17:14:07   #
Anvil Loc: Loveland, CO
 
Thank you, all!

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Dec 11, 2015 17:25:15   #
Anvil Loc: Loveland, CO
 
RRS wrote:
Thanks, I've got a fighting chance, I also have a 7D MK II. Love the full face shot, glad it wasn't a mountain lion. Off subject question, which one of the 6 cases are you using in regard to the 7D MK II?


For land animals, I use something based on Case 4, but I think it is one of those that I may have tweaked. My settings are: Tracking sensitivity -2, Accel./decel. tracking 1, and AF pt auto switching 0. For land animals, I usually use either the extended focus point or the surrounded focus point.

When I am shooting wildlife or birds, I use one of the three custom presets that I base on manual mode. I like to control the aperture and shutter speed, but I let the camera select the ISO setting. Ideally, I'd like to control that, too, but wildlife/bird opportunities seldom give me any advanced warning. I may include exposure compensation with the auto ISO setting, particularly with birds against a bright sky.

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Dec 11, 2015 17:49:47   #
gwr Loc: South Dartmouth, Ma.
 
great set but #3, wow! awesome shot. gary

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Dec 11, 2015 19:28:09   #
RRS Loc: Not sure
 
Anvil wrote:
For land animals, I use something based on Case 4, but I think it is one of those that I may have tweaked. My settings are: Tracking sensitivity -2, Accel./decel. tracking 1, and AF pt auto switching 0. For land animals, I usually use either the extended focus point or the surrounded focus point.

When I am shooting wildlife or birds, I use one of the three custom presets that I base on manual mode. I like to control the aperture and shutter speed, but I let the camera select the ISO setting. Ideally, I'd like to control that, too, but wildlife/bird opportunities seldom give me any advanced warning. I may include exposure compensation with the auto ISO setting, particularly with birds against a bright sky.
For land animals, I use something based on Case 4,... (show quote)


Thank you so much for that added info. Look forward to seeing more of your shots! :thumbup:

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