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Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

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p.1 #1 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

Came across this beautiful animal perched up in an aspen tree yesterday. He was completely calm the whole time � never moved from the branch. I kept my distance, grabbed a few frames, and left him right where he was. Such a great experience seeing this beautiful animal who is generally stealthy and unseen.

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Nov 24, 2025 at 09:42 PM

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p.1 #2 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

That's a beautiful cat. And impressive you were able to get AF through all that.

Nov 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM

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p.1 #3 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

RikWriter wrote:
That's a beautiful cat. And impressive you were able to get AF through all that.

Thank you! Yeah me too, I was surprised about the AF. I was planning to use manual focus, but set focus to animal eye AF and it locked right on!

Nov 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM

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p.1 #4 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

I like the first one but wonder why you posted many nearly identical images.

Nov 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM

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p.1 #5 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

Great shots and lucky you. Love that second shot. All show how good the AF is with that gear.

Tony

Nov 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM

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p.1 #6 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

Just liked the slightly different expressions. I like the first one best too.

Jeffrey wrote:
I like the first one but wonder why you posted many nearly identical images.

Nov 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM

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p.1 #7 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

Thank you Tony! I ended up firing off about 50 images total, nearly all were in perfect focus. The branches were definitely a challenge though, mainly for getting a clear composition since many images I captured were obscuring the cat�s eyes by the thin branches � wanted that clear view of both eyes and luckily got a few.

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Great shots and lucky you. Love that second shot. All show how good the AF is with that gear.

Tony

Nov 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM

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p.1 #8 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

Must have been thrilling to find this guy.

John

Nov 25, 2025 at 01:16 AM

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p.1 #9 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

The first is super Scott.

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Nov 25, 2025 at 07:42 AM

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p.1 #10 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

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Must have been thrilling to find this guy.

John

It was John! A friend actually tipped me off that one had been seen in the area.

Nov 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM

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p.1 #11 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

morris wrote:
The first is super Scott.

Morris

Thank you Morris�it was tricky getting a clear shot of the face and eyes, #1 was one of the few images where I was able to make micro adjustments in composition to get that shot. Appreciate your feedback!

Nov 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM

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p.1 #12 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

That is what being a wildlife photographer is about for me, just being there and getting to see things like this makes it worthwhile, thanks for sharing these. Bruce

Nov 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM

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p.1 #13 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

Wow, These are phenomenal

Nov 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM

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p.1 #14 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

I pick the bookends, 1 because its a great close up, and the last, because it's the only one you can fully see his ear tufts.

Nice catch!

Eric

Nov 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM

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p.1 #15 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

B Benson wrote:
That is what being a wildlife photographer is about for me, just being there and getting to see things like this makes it worthwhile, thanks for sharing these. Bruce

I appreciate that Bruce and agree wholeheartedly! I felt a connection as I looked into its eyes that I won't forget.

Nov 25, 2025 at 01:01 PM

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p.1 #16 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

tjbel05 wrote:
Wow, These are phenomenal

I appreciate that Tammy! I'm not much of a wildlife photographer and tend to only try it when it presents itself, but this was special!

Nov 25, 2025 at 01:02 PM

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p.1 #17 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

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I pick the bookends, 1 because its a great close up, and the last, because it's the only one you can fully see his ear tufts.

Nice catch!

Eric

I appreciate your comment Eric, I too like the one with the tufts and wish I could have gotten more. It was tricky though with all the tight branches getting a clear view.

Nov 25, 2025 at 01:04 PM

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p.1 #18 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

One more image I found where you can see tufts.

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Nov 26, 2025 at 04:45 PM

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p.1 #19 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

Great find and captures. Can't call the Fire Department to help get the cat out of the tree

Dec 08, 2025 at 07:15 AM

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p.1 #20 · Silent Watcher - Bobcat in the Aspens

He slowly disappeared leaving only the grin...

Great find!

Dec 08, 2025 at 08:59 AM

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