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wapiti1997
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p.1 #1 · Coyote Series

I went out last week to attempt to call in and photograph a coyote. I had an afternoon where the sun was peeking in and out of clouds, great lighting. I took my Nikon D300, Sigma 80-400 and a tripod. I took a padded seat and some camoflage netting and a cottontail rabbit distress call (mouth).

I cut a hole in the netting near an edge to fit over my lens behind the lens hood. It then draped around the tripod in front of me and blended me better with the large tree I was sitting in front of.

I'd made two one minute series of calls and was attemting to take a photo of an interested red-tailed hawk, when the first coyote suddenly appeared. There 5 total and they came at a full run one at a time. Only one animal was stationary at any point. I was only able to photo 4 of the 5 and took 32 images in 21 seconds, that's how fast it happened! ISO 500, f7.1, and 1/500 to 1/800 ss, I was shooting Aperture priority.

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Mar 23, 2008 at 09:55 PM

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p.1 #2 · Coyote Series

Great shots Joe.

My favorites are # 1 & 5

Lil

Mar 23, 2008 at 10:38 PM

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p.1 #3 · Coyote Series

Wild stuff Joe! Too cool. Thanks for sharing. Great expressions.

Tim

Mar 23, 2008 at 10:48 PM

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p.1 #4 · Coyote Series

That's a very exciting thing to do, calling them in! Never know what will run in to you!

Great stuff!

RT.

Mar 23, 2008 at 10:54 PM

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p.1 #5 · Coyote Series

Those are great shots. What part of the country were you taking them at?

Mar 23, 2008 at 11:03 PM

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p.1 #6 · Coyote Series

Great shots. Crisp, clear and lovely colors.
Harsha

Mar 23, 2008 at 11:07 PM

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p.1 #7 · Coyote Series

Wow,
what great looking animals!!!!! Great shots, you should be proud.

Mark

Mar 23, 2008 at 11:59 PM

wapiti1997
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p.1 #8 · Coyote Series

Thanks everyone, this is in central KY.

Mar 23, 2008 at 11:59 PM

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p.1 #9 · Coyote Series

You must have had some practice with the distress call to get em running in that fast and hard.

Great job

Anthony Whitmo

Mar 24, 2008 at 02:31 AM

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p.1 #10 · Coyote Series

Excellent work, your technique is very effective and the animal wasn't spooked a bit, these are awesome.

Mar 24, 2008 at 04:59 AM

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p.1 #11 · Coyote Series

Thanks, they became quite spooked when they hit my scent at about 20 yards. They then went downwind and barked and howled at me for a while.

The key to using a distress call is to indeed sound like something hurt.

Thanks for looking.

Mar 24, 2008 at 11:01 AM

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p.1 #12 · Coyote Series

All the more impressive shots knowing they were truly wild. Maybe I'm imagining it but I swear you can see their intent in their eyes in those first 2 shots.

Mar 24, 2008 at 12:07 PM

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p.1 #13 · Coyote Series

That is so true reko, they have a "focus" towards prey that is difficult to capture with a camera.

That particular animal had that look all the way until it hit my scent.

Mar 24, 2008 at 05:24 PM

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p.1 #14 · Coyote Series

Joe, An amazing set - wow! All well done and thanks for sharing your methods. Steve W

Mar 24, 2008 at 06:11 PM


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