Should have brought a longer lens. (bobcat)

[TylerW]

Well, except the 70-200 is the longest lens I own! Even still, managed to snap this one yesterday in the Marin Headlands.

http://exactingscience.smugmug.com/photos/130710638-L-1.jpg

[saurora]

Nice composition! Thankfully the 20-700 f/4 is a really sharp lens even if it isn't the longest! :thumb

[Pupator]

A really tight close up of his face would have been good, indeed....


And yet, this is quite real. When you're out there hiking around, this is what you see. Not a close up of his face, just him standing far off, watching you closely.

As such, I agree with saurora about the composition.

[ShepsMom]

Neat, i'd be packing my stuff and heading south....:D
Would love to meet one of those in a wild, not here in FL, umm, i meet gators, does it counts? :rofl

[TylerW]

A really tight close up of his face would have been good, indeed....


And yet, this is quite real. When you're out there hiking around, this is what you see. Not a close up of his face, just him standing far off, watching you closely.

As such, I agree with saurora about the composition.
We followed him for a few minutes, but this was the closest safe distance that he deemed ok. There was another fellow out there shooting with much longer glass, so I backed off to let him get some (presumably) better and closer shots.

The composition is a fairly extreme crop (down to 60-50%) so I figured if I couldn't get real close, I could at least make an interesting image.

Thaks for the comments everyone!

[Harryb]

Excellent capture Tyler. :thumb I've seen a few bobcats down here but I've yet to get a shot of one.

[raptorcaptor]

Bobcats only show up when you have the wrong lens. I think it is a rule. You might consider getting a teleconverter for your 70-200. I broke my main telephoto while on vacation, and only had my 70-200 as a backup. I put a tc and got some nice pics.