fantom Loc: Colorado

Thanks and glad you liked them. i didn't know the woman had ruined the picture until I downloaded and opened them. I thought I took the pic just before she passed and assumed it was a good picture. I never took my eye from the camera and just kept shooting and never saw her at all. That was probably better for the both of us.

The camera was a Nikon D750 with a 16 to 300 Tamron zoom lens. The settings were different for all the pix and I probably took 12 to 15 shots altogether. I am not at the computer where the pictures are filed so cannot access them to get EXIF data but I shot many on high ISO and Shutter priority. I would try to shoot at 1.5 to 2X the changing focal lengths of the zoom lens that I was using. It was a bright sunny day but the cat kept moving in and out of shadows and brush and I didn't have time to shoot manual and had to rely on Shutter priority to do the job. It performed well as the camera came thru for me by adjusting the aperture. I did have to adjust brightness a little on a few in LR. I tried to get exposure right by guessing where the cat would go and metering on that area ahead of it. That usually didn't work too well as the cat wouldn't cooperate and preferred the shadows. Sorry I could not be of more help.

We had a couple of inches of fresh snow last night so if I get a chance tomorrow I'll go back to that area and look for tracks and maybe I'll get lucky and see it or its den again. If I get any future pix I'll try to remember the settings but realistically I think I will have a better chance of shooting a unicorn than finding that cat again.

oregon don

JUST THINK, THAT OTHER GUY HAS TO LIVE WITH HER!!!

cucharared Loc: Texas, Colorado

fantom Loc: Colorado

Excellent point, assuming she could ever get married in the first place. There are probably a lot of desperate guys out there but probably not that desperate.

The other fella on the trail was not with her, just an innocent bystander like me.

FvS Loc: Netherlands

Very nice pictures 👍👍

fantom Loc: Colorado

Thanks for commenting.

billbarcus Loc: IPNW

Thanks for the info fantom. In all my years of wildlife photography I never got the chance to shoot a bobcat; they are so elusive and mostly nocturnal. I'll bet you like your D750 along with that Tamron lens ... I shot Tamron back in the day when they were struggling to make quality lenses at an affordable price. Back then couldn't afford a high-dollar long lens, so bit the bullet and bought a Tamron 200-500 f5.6 manual focus and was of course shooting 35mm.

Well, that lens made me a lot of money in publications and print sales over the years - it had a drop-in filter slot that I used only with a circular polarizer. When I went digital that lens just sat in the closet and collected dust, and one day I sold it for a song. What a dumb mistake! Really miss that lens ... went thru digital cams and then took a sabbatical for some years. Just picked up a D610, which although being in love with it, lots of the functions are somewhat still over my head. Have a Nikon 70-200 AF VR f2.8 that was my aerial platform ... rather than buy a tele-converter for it I'm looking at the Tamrons with a zoom to 500. Any thoughts on this??? Or, anyone else have some thoughts out there in Hedge Land???

In the meantime, that bobcat is hanging around that area for a reason. Keep trying to cross its path and you'll eventually score again.

fantom Loc: Colorado

You are right, I really like that D750 because of it sharpness and naturally its low light/low noise performance. I just recently switched from Canon which I have used for years, way back to the film days. I notice a big difference in image quality with the Nikon but the Canon ergonomics are far, far superior. It leads me to believe that Nikon hates photographers. Simply put, the Canon is a dream to use while the Nikon is quite cumbersome in comparison. I'll soon get comfortable with the Nikon but I doubt it will ever have the ease of operation that the Canon has. On the other hand the Nikon has some very clever operational features that the Canon lacks.

I also really like that Tamron lens. It is far sharper than I expected based on my use of other Tamron lenses and I am happy with the pics from it. Only complaint is that it weighs about as much as the spare tire on my truck.

I am afraid i don't have any suggestions re the teleconverter and the 500mm lens. I could go either way but I think it will depend on what you are shooting and how often you'd use it vs the price difference. Good luck but either alternative should probably work.

OneShot1 Loc: Wichita, KS, USA

That's so cool!

fantom Loc: Colorado

Thanks