Motif- A Weasel from the Archives

A couple of years ago I was hiking in Denali National Park and stopped for lunch. Of course potential photo opportunities played into which patch of tundra I would use as a lunch room. I selected an area with numerous arctic ground squirrel holes, hoping to spot one. So I set up the camera and 500mm lens + 1.4 TC. Shortly thereafter I saw a flash of something off to my right. I looked closely, but saw nothing. About the time my attention span was waning, this little guy popped up.

Weasels are incredibly high energy. I had a real challenge to spot him when he emerged from behind a rock in the nearby boulder field, then find him in the viewfinder and finally get the lens focused. Even with autofocus, he disappeared from the view finder several times just as he came into focus.

But, luck was with me, I did get 5 reasonably good shots, of which this is one. No, the composition is not the best, I wish it was looking into the frame. But its a whole lot better than nothing and it brings back a wonderful memory of a fleeting creature that joined me ever so briefly for lunch.