Badger

naturezone · Apr 2, 2012

Spent about a half-hour with this badger last week. I was fairly close, but upwind and it didn't exhibit much more than curiousity with me. At one point, it even laid down in the sun and fell asleep. A sleepy badger doesn't make for a very exciting photo, so here's another one.

Canon 7D - Canon 500mm f/4

Nature Zone Photography

LaFoto · Apr 2, 2012

This makes me wish I had the funds for a lens like the one you used here! How far away were you?
He does look somewhat bored with you!

greybeard · Apr 2, 2012

I think he is thinking "GIVE ME A BREAK" lol. Great shot. good argument for getting a long tele.

PixelRabbit · Apr 2, 2012

Love the expression, great capture Karl

Austin Greene · Apr 2, 2012

Honey badger don't care.

Frequency · Apr 2, 2012

This is great

Joel_W · Apr 2, 2012

Just a rock solid composition. The only thing I don't like about it is your large watermark. Please consider making it a lot smaller, drop the Photography, and place it as low into the corner as possible.

wayler · Apr 4, 2012

The badger is pretty cool, but pic 18 on your site of the bighorn with the gray sky is insane - really cool!

CMfromIL · Apr 4, 2012

He's giving you the stink eye for sure!

xaviersaintcyr · Apr 4, 2012

very nice picture, really liked youre website too! a lot of impressive pictures!
where are you from to get much wildlife?

Rgollar · Apr 4, 2012

Your pictures on your web site are awesome. Did you take them with a canon 7d? Because If you did it will make my decision to buy the 7d much easier. Great pictures.

Compaq · Apr 4, 2012

Nice! These animals give rise to these

DId you get a shot from the front of it?

naturezone · Apr 5, 2012

LaFoto said:
This makes me wish I had the funds for a lens like the one you used here! How far away were you?
He does look somewhat bored with you!

The 500mm lens is a great lens... I love to shoot wildlife, so I've never regretted the purchase. In this case, I was probably about 20 yards away from the badger. Not because I want to be chased down by one of these nasty guys... but because I didn't realize it was there as I walked up on it. My website has some shots where it's looking straight at me from out of the den.

wayler said:
The badger is pretty cool, but pic 18 on your site of the bighorn with the gray sky is insane - really cool!

The bighorn (#18 in the Featured Photos gallery) is one of my favorites... the background is not actually the sky, but a rocky, snowy cliff behind the ram.

xaviersaintcyr said:
very nice picture, really liked youre website too! a lot of impressive pictures!
where are you from to get much wildlife?

Thanks! I live in Montana just about halfway between Yellowstone & Glacier Parks - the entire area is paradise... lots of wildlife.

Rgollar said:
Your pictures on your web site are awesome. Did you take them with a canon 7d? Because If you did it will make my decision to buy the 7d much easier. Great pictures.

The website was shot with a variety of cameras... but mostly Canon 40D's, 50D's, and the 7D. The 7D is a great wildlife camera... it has features the others didn't have - especially the focusing system.

Thanks again... Karl