Yellowstone wild mountain lion

Posted by D. Robert Franz on Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:13 am

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A couple of weeks ago in Yellowstone near Tower Falls park visitors and photographers were treated to a rare site. This mountain lion rested on a cliff for the entire day. Lorri and I we're on scene from 11:00am to 8:15pm. The lion was across the canyon of the Yellowstone River, a long distance away. I triied every combination of lens and converter, f stop shutter speed ISO I could think of. I wasn't expecting much since we were shooting through so much atmosphere. I was astounded at the results. I've printed this 13x19 with stunning results. We had every type of light from full sun to overcast to late evening shadow. Here I used the overcast light to control the contrast.

Canon Eos1d2, EF600mmF4IS with 2x converter, Gitzo & Foba, ISO 400, 1/50th @ F11, raw converted in RSE

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by bobsmith on Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:32 am

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Robert, its so great to capture these animals in the wild. For the conditions (distance), this is a really nice pose of the lion. I missed this event by two days!

You may be familiar with The Cougar Fund, which I am a charter board member of along with Tom Mangelsen. Protecting these magnificent cats from over hunting and orphaning of kittens is a major goal.

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by Jim Neely on Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:54 am

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Well done, Robert. This is a toughy and you did a great job. Congratulations for taking advantage of the opportunity.

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by Paul Skoczylas on Sun Jun 12, 2005 12:04 pm

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I suspect this is the first picture of a wild cougar that I've ever seen.

And it's a great one!

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by Bob Ettinger on Sun Jun 12, 2005 1:00 pm

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WOW, well done.

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by AForns on Sun Jun 12, 2005 3:40 pm

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What a treat !!!!!

Image looks great !!! Big Congrats !!!!

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by Rich S on Sun Jun 12, 2005 5:34 pm

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Wow! Way to capitalize on a rare opportunity. Effective 1560mm at 1/50th! Way to go!

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by Jim Zipp on Sun Jun 12, 2005 5:40 pm

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This one image is worth all the game farm images combined! What a great experience. The only wild one I've seen was in Glacier where it bounded across the road in front of us in about 3 seconds!

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by stevebein on Sun Jun 12, 2005 6:34 pm

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beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What they said

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by Tim Grams on Sun Jun 12, 2005 8:01 pm

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First the coyote and griz, now this! I can't wait for the next incredible post....

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by Jess Lee on Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:27 pm

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Nice Dale,
I have seen many versions of this and the print you showed us is as nice as any.

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by PF on Mon Jun 13, 2005 1:43 am

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It must be an amazing moment!

The pose is close to the one in the picture that David Jernigan posted a few weeks ago.

Looks a little oversharpened to me.

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by Pete Zwiers on Mon Jun 13, 2005 11:04 am

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Wow, the ultimate capture ... a wild cougar!

Congratulations on the sighting, and the great photo!.

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by Carol Clarke on Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:27 am

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This is the second shot I've seen of this beautiful cat and what a treat to see this in the wild! A wonderful experience!!

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by Matthew Whitley on Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:34 am