Coyote (going for a swim)

[PrescottPhotog]

Hi,

I was out at the lake today and there were a couple of kids wandering around birdwatching. One of the birdwatchers came kind of close to me but didn't see me cause I was camo'd up and tucked into the weeds. He walked into the weeds going away from me and not more than 10 seconds later, exactly where he went in, this guy came wandering out. They had to almost run into each other. He wasn't spooked, just walking along looking like a wily coyote usually does.

He came walking directly toward me. When he finally spotted me he had nowhere to go except over me or for a swim because we were both on a little peninsula surrounded by water. I was trying to look thru the viewfinder while watching out of the other eye to see which he was going to choose because I had nowhere to go either since I was backed up to the weeds at the edge of the water.. just the route he wanted to take.

Finally he chose the water, but didn't like it at all. The cropped shot of his head was when he was about 30 feet (at the most) in front of me just before he went swimming.

Hope you like them..

#1
http://webblinks.com/postings/coyote/coyote_2.jpg
#2 (this is where he spotted me)
http://webblinks.com/postings/coyote/coyote_3.jpg
#3 (had to crop it this tight cause he filled the frame top to bottom)
http://webblinks.com/postings/coyote/coyote_4.jpg
#4 (pretty close even for a 500mm)
http://webblinks.com/postings/coyote/coyote_5a.jpg
#5
http://webblinks.com/postings/coyote/coyote_6.jpg
#6
http://webblinks.com/postings/coyote/coyote_7.jpg
#7
http://webblinks.com/postings/coyote/coyote_8.jpg
#8 (and then he was gone)
http://webblinks.com/postings/coyote/coyote_10.jpg

[bfjr]

Excellent work like the entire series, even the butt shot :rofl

again lucky to be there and be able to capture it so well :thumb

[Maestro]

Very nice series. Coyotes are very hard to capture because they are so shy of humans. The light is very good in these photos too.

[jwear]

#4 is a great shot all make a great series :thumb one morning I was close to getting a swimming shot of scares son but did not run fast enough :cry this set is :clap

[Ric Grupe]

Nifty!:thumb

:clap

[Harv]

Great series, Chris. Outstanding photos. Tack sharp and beautifully detailed. Two thumbs up.

[kdog]

Excellent series and story. :thumb

Cheers,
-joel

[Dee]

What a miserable wet looking coyote! :rofl :rofl :rofl

What a great series too! Thoroughly enjoyed looking at these.:clap

[Queen]

Great shots!! I love the look on his face in second one...he's givin' you the eye. :lol3

[dbaker1221]

love em! great captures:clap

[PrescottPhotog]

Excellent work like the entire series, even the butt shot :rofl

Hi Ben, Thank you very much for the comments.. butt..:rofl he wasn't much in the mood to stop and pose.

[PrescottPhotog]

Very nice series. Coyotes are very hard to capture because they are so shy of humans. The light is very good in these photos too.

Hi Stephen, Thanks for viewing. I don't see many 4 legged critters down at the lake so it's fun to capture one. The sun was in the perfect position but I was hunkered down in the weeds looking for BIF's so they have some clutter in them.

[PrescottPhotog]

#4 is a great shot all make a great series

Hi Jeff, Thanks for your comments. I really didn't expect him to go swimming. But when he did he never looked back.

[PrescottPhotog]

Nifty!:thumb :clap

Hi Ric, Thanks for viewing and your thumbs up !

[PrescottPhotog]

Great series, Chris. Outstanding photos. Tack sharp and beautifully detailed. Two thumbs up.

Hi Harv, Thank you for viewing and for your nice comments.

[PrescottPhotog]

Excellent series and story. :thumb Cheers,-joel

Hi Joel, Thanks for your comment. It got a bit spooky when the guy walked into the weeds and then Wily Coyote immediately came walking out.
After all, it was Holloween Eve..:rofl

[leaforte]

Coyotes are common in my neck of the woods. I see them most days, hear them most nights, but I have never seen a coyote swim. Thanks to you, I can never say that again! Way cool. Thanks for sharing.

[PrescottPhotog]

What a miserable wet looking coyote!
What a great series too! Thoroughly enjoyed looking at these.:clap

Hi Dee, Thank you for your comment and for viewing. You should see these guys here in the summer when it is 100 degrees, talk about mangy. He's getting a nice winter coat on and probably didn't appreciate me making him swim for it.

Now if it had been a Mtn. Lion it would have been me going for the swim..:rofl

[PrescottPhotog]

Great shots!! I love the look on his face in second one...he's givin' you the eye. :lol3

Hi Queen, Thanks for viewing. #2 is where he finally spotted me. I could tell even looking through the viewfinder.

[dallas]

Great shooting Chris, I would love to have him around to photograph. Ours only howl at night, and sleep all day. :clap :clap

[Queen]

Hi Queen, Thanks for viewing. #2 is where he finally spotted me. I could tell even looking through the viewfinder.
If you want to shoot another one, there's this one old fella that lives near the parking lot of Old Tucson Studios, he's over in the far side of the parking lot every day.

[ehughes]

Very cool shots, Love that first one.....:thumb

[PrescottPhotog]

love em! great captures:clap

Hi Dave, Thanks for your nice comments.

[PrescottPhotog]

I have never seen a coyote swim. Thanks to you, I can never say that again! Way cool. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Leaforte, Thanks for viewing. Living in Colorado for 20 years and then the Phoenix area I've seen 1000's. I've seen them standing on the street corner in downtown Phoenix and standing outside my home office in a heavy residential area, but I never saw one swim either.. and probably never will again..:rofl

[PrescottPhotog]

Great shooting Chris, I would love to have him around to photograph. Ours only howl at night, and sleep all day. :clap :clap

Thanks for viewing Dallas, Most of the ones around here do the same, I think this one got rousted out of his nap by the birdwatcher.

[PrescottPhotog]

Very cool shots, Love that first one.....:thumb

Hi Ed, Thanks for viewing and for your nice comment.

[BigAl]

Nice story, great set :thumb #2 really wins for me :clap

[PrescottPhotog]

Nice story, great set :thumb #2 really wins for me :clap

Al, Thanks for your comment and for viewing.

[raptorcaptor]

Very good set Chris!