Davev's shootout shots.

davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
edited December 19, 2007 in Journeys
Once again, Kate and I had a great time seeing everybody.
Here are a few of my shots. I hope to get to Kate's soon, but after being gone for this amount of time, I'm going to be busy for the next couple of days.

On with the pics.

Getting to Glacier late in the day, we went out exploring and found a full moon coming up over a ridge.
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One of the first mornings, we went to get a sunrise shot of the range getting hit by the first light.
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We also went on a couple of hikes looking for waterfalls.
Sometimes the falls were hard to see.
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But after a while, folks got out of the way.
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As most of you know, I shoot way more wildlife than I do landscapes, so here are a few
of the critters we found in and around Glacier.

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These need a little bit of the story behind them.
A mountain goat fell/died and a female grizzly and her 2 cubs (that were almost full grown) found it, and were living the high life off of it.
A female black bear with her 2 cubs (small) came upon the scene without seeing the grizzly family right away.

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The black bear family got out there in a hurry, and the grizzly family were pretty pleased with themselves.

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That's all for now.
Thanks again to Smugmug and to all of the Smugmuggers that made this a very enjoyable trip.
dave.

Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2007
    Dave,
    It was good seeing you again!
    Nice shots! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • jdmphotojdmphoto Registered Users Posts: 159 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2007
    Wow, beautiful photgraphs. I know where the waterfalls are but where did you take the Grizzly photo's?
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  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2007
    You are right, that Coyote does look familiar :D

    Great stuff. I love your bear shots.
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2007
    So great to see you guys again, too - and your photos are quite good thumb.gif

    Love your whole photographic attitude, Dave :D
  • ehughesehughes Registered Users Posts: 1,675 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2007
    203065058-S.jpg
    Awesome Shot....
  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2007
    Ah, now I get to see the Beargasm! With my longest lens being 200mm, they were just little brown dots on the hillside.

    Thanks for lending me your 400 for the eagle that morning. I was looking at the file later and thinking it was still blurry, but maybe if I'd shot it in jpg it would have been clearer. :D

    Great shots as always. bowdown.gif
  • denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,220 moderator
    edited October 2, 2007
    Beautiful...

    I love the second coyote shot, really makes me wonder what he (she?) is looking at.

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  • cwphotoscwphotos Registered Users Posts: 763 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2007
    Awesome Dave. They look great. Great to see you again.
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  • greenpeagreenpea Registered Users Posts: 880 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2007
    Amazing shots Dave! bowdown.gif
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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2007
    Shots to be proud of!
  • gluwatergluwater Registered Users Posts: 3,599 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2007
    Great, Dave posted. Now the rest of us can never post anything from the trip. It was great seeing you again Dave, hopefully I'll catch up with you this winter for some Eagles.
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  • CalfeeRiderCalfeeRider Registered Users Posts: 258 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2007
    Great shots Dave!clap.gif
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  • TerrenceTerrence Registered Users Posts: 477 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2007
    Your bear and coyote capures are to die for! Outstanding.
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2007
    Thanks everyone.

    I'm going to get a few of Kate's shots up tonight after dinner.
    A little home cooking sure tastes great after 2 1/2 weeks on the road.
    dave.

    Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2007
    I'm really interested in what lens you used to take your coyote pictures. Would you be happy to share that information with me? My second time looking at them and they are really good, clear, and sharp.
  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2007
    Great shots, Dave. Nice black bear - where'd ya find him? mwink.gif

    I told Nick, preshootout, that it wasn't a competition between him and you - all he needs to do is accept your superiority and move on.....rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif
    gluwater wrote:
    Great, Dave posted. Now the rest of us can never post anything from the trip. It was great seeing you again Dave, hopefully I'll catch up with you this winter for some Eagles.
  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,694 moderator
    edited October 3, 2007
    Great work.

    I really like your wildlife captures. They are outstanding!
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2007
    Thanks again.

    The lens for almost all of the wildlife shots was the Canon 400L f5.6 on a Canon 30D body.
    The darn coyote got so close, he/she was inside the min. focal distance a couple of times. :D

    Competition, Me and Nick? No way. He'll kick my butt every time.
    The kid's way better than he thinks he is. bowdown.gif

    One more coyote shot.

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    dave.

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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited October 4, 2007
    thumb.gif Love them all dave....cant wait to get home to process my bears. I had a bloody tree branch in front of mum dang nab it !

    Your coyote is amazing !
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited October 4, 2007
    Thank you for the info on the lens. I have the 70-300 lens, but the 400 is my dream :D . Well done!
  • digitalpinsdigitalpins Registered Users Posts: 448 Major grins
    edited October 4, 2007
    Great photos, number three is cool with all the photographers in different spots on the rocks. Also that first wolf photo is awesome.

    Again all great photosclap.gif
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  • Fred WFred W Registered Users Posts: 453 Major grins
    edited October 5, 2007
    Hi Dave. How the heck did you get such great shots of those grizzly bears? Super job !!!!!thumb.gif
  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited October 6, 2007
    Fred W wrote:
    Hi Dave. How the heck did you get such great shots of those grizzly bears? Super job !!!!!thumb.gif


    Just good clean living I guess. :D
    dave.

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  • grimacegrimace Registered Users Posts: 1,534 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2007
    davev wrote:
    Just good clean living I guess. :D

    My ribs are still hurting from this comment. rolleyes1.gif
  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited December 9, 2007
    I'm bring this back to the top for one reason, I found my last 12 shots from the shoot out.

    Digital Gopher told us of a road about 4-5 miles from the park to take a pano.

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    The larger (not full) version is here: Link
    dave.

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  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited December 9, 2007
    Hi Dave - love that prairie/foothills stuff. I loved driving along Duck Lake Rd , and the backroad from East Glacier, and as I've mentioned love the Alberta foothills. Great pano.

    ann
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited December 10, 2007
    Nice beautiful pano thumb.gif
  • BilsenBilsen Registered Users Posts: 2,143 Major grins
    edited December 10, 2007
    Every darn one in this set is a hanger. I am sooo jealous.
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  • PhyxiusPhyxius Registered Users Posts: 1,396 Major grins
    edited December 11, 2007
    Dave, awesome shot(s)! And, three words.

    Big Sky Country!!
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  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited December 11, 2007
    Dave, what an amazing view!! I'm glad you captured it in a mega-pano because it gives a fighting chance of making us feel like we're actually there. thumb.gif
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