The Bobcat

I'm very honored to have won the "Grand Prize" for National Wildlife Federation's 2018 Photo Contest. I just finished up photographing the snow geese and sandhill cranes in the front ponds of Bosque Del Apache NWR. On a hunch, I changed my camera settings in preparation that something just might happen. We were cruising nice and slow, to my surprise, in a crouched position, a bobcat with a coot in it's mouth. The coot was still alive and it fortuitously (for me) raised its wing blocking the bobcat's vision. With her vision obscured she began to walk slowly towards the road and closer to me. The struggling coot drops it's wing exposing me to the bobcat. Her dinner already captured, she increases her pace to a full sprint. I was able to capture this bobcat as she bounded away from me, the shot of a lifetime.
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https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2019/Dec-Jan/PhotoZone/2018-Winnersst!
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    National Wildlife Federation Photo ContestWinners.

  • Nature's Witness

    Nature's Witness

    I visited the National Wildlife Federation's Photography Exhibition "Nature's Witness" located in Washington D.C. this past Friday, I was very honored to have two wildlife images on display in the exhibit. Lisa Moore, the editor of the magazine was kind enough to meet up with me and gave me a personal tour of the exhibition.

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  • The "Bosque Bobcat"

    The "Bosque Bobcat"

    I just finished up photographing the snow geese and sandhill cranes in the front ponds of Bosque Del Apache NWR. On a hunch, I changed my camera settings in preparation that something just might happen. We were cruising nice and slow, to my surprise, in a crouched position, a bobcat with a coot in it's mouth.
    https://www.nwf.org/Home/Latest-News/Press-Releases
    https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2019/Dec-Jan/PhotoZone/2018-Winners
    https://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2018/11/12/amusing-monday-rare-moments-frozen-in-winning-wildlife-photos/

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  • Bosque Bobcat

    Bosque Bobcat

    The coot was still alive and it fortuitously (for me) raised its wing blocking the bobcat's vision.
    https://www.nwf.org/Home/Latest-News/Press-Releases
    https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2019/Dec-Jan/PhotoZone/2018-Winners
    https://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2018/11/12/amusing-monday-rare-moments-frozen-in-winning-wildlife-photos/

  • The "Bosque Bobcat"

    The "Bosque Bobcat"

    With her vision obscured she began to walk slowly towards the road and closer to me.
    https://www.nwf.org/Home/Latest-News/Press-Releases
    https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2019/Dec-Jan/PhotoZone/2018-Winners
    https://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2018/11/12/amusing-monday-rare-moments-frozen-in-winning-wildlife-photos/

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  • The "Bosque Bobcat"

    The "Bosque Bobcat"

    Her dinner already captured!
    https://www.nwf.org/Home/Latest-News/Press-Releases
    https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2019/Dec-Jan/PhotoZone/2018-Winners
    https://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2018/11/12/amusing-monday-rare-moments-frozen-in-winning-wildlife-photos/

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  • The "Bosque Bobcat"

    The "Bosque Bobcat"

    She increases her pace to a full sprint. I was able to capture this bobcat as she bounded away from me, the shot of a lifetime.
    https://www.nwf.org/Home/Latest-News/Press-Releases
    https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2019/Dec-Jan/PhotoZone/2018-Winners
    https://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2018/11/12/amusing-monday-rare-moments-frozen-in-winning-wildlife-photos/

  • The "Bosque Bobcat"

    The "Bosque Bobcat"

    The landing at 1/2000 of a second, enough to freeze the action, the bobcat takes her prize back to her resting place to have a nice fowl dinner, until tomorrow, it all starts over again.
    https://www.nwf.org/Home/Latest-News/Press-Releases
    https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2019/Dec-Jan/PhotoZone/2018-Winners
    https://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2018/11/12/amusing-monday-rare-moments-frozen-in-winning-wildlife-photos/

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  • The "Bosque Bobcat"

    The "Bosque Bobcat"

    The sequence in it's entirety.
    https://www.nwf.org/Home/Latest-News/Press-Releases
    https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2019/Dec-Jan/PhotoZone/2018-Winners

    BobcatNational Wildlife FederationWildlifeNatureCatsBosque Del Apache National Wildlife RefugeNWRNational ParksOutdoorsPhotographyUSANew Mexico

  • The "Bosque Bobcat"

    The "Bosque Bobcat"

    She increases her pace to a full sprint. I was able to capture this bobcat as she bounded away from me, the shot of a lifetime.
    https://www.nwf.org/Home/Latest-News/Press-Releases
    https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2019/Dec-Jan/PhotoZone/2018-Winners
    https://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2018/11/12/amusing-monday-rare-moments-frozen-in-winning-wildlife-photos/

    BobcatNational Wildlife FederationWildlifeNatureCatsBosque Del Apache National Wildlife RefugeNWRNational ParksOutdoorsPhotographyUSANew Mexico

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