cgipson1
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Yesterday my girlfriend and I were hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park... hoping to see some moose for photo ops. As we climbed higher, we came to a rock outcrop that looks out over the valley where the East Inlet trail is. We stopped there to do some shots of the valley. I was using my 10-24 on my tripod and had it in remote mode. I was also bracketing.
I hear my GF say "Charlie" in a very tense voice.. and I look around. There is a young, but fairly good sized bull moose standing about 15 feet away.. eyeballing us. I think "crap... gotta get the camera off the tripod, and get a decent lens on!". I was also thinking "God.. I hope he doesn't charge" since I was standing on the edge of a cliff with about a 600 foot drop below me. I look at my girlfriend, and she is just standing there with her D90 (with my 28-300 attached) at her waist.. not even shooting.
I whisper for her to start shooting.. the moose turns away and starts down a game trail that leads to the bottom of the valley. She started shooting.. I finally got the camera off of the tripod and I snap a couple of quick shots at 24mm.... and then switch to my 70-200 2.8 as fast as I can.. holler at her to watch the gear, and take off after the fast disappearing moose. I followed tracks all the way down to the bottom.. pretty steep.. I was hauling A$$. Never did see the moose again.. although he could easily have been within 20 feet of me once we hit the forest again... they move like ghosts. I was disappointed.. but hey, it happens! I have never had a bull that close before... it was wild. I have had cows literally push me off the trail.. but bulls are much more reclusive.
This is the best shot she got... at 28mm with a 28-300 lens.. she was freaked! The bull was broadside to us for maybe 10 seconds.. maybe 15 feet away... arrgghhh!
This is one of my 24mm shots while he was heading away...
Oh well.. maybe next time!
I hear my GF say "Charlie" in a very tense voice.. and I look around. There is a young, but fairly good sized bull moose standing about 15 feet away.. eyeballing us. I think "crap... gotta get the camera off the tripod, and get a decent lens on!". I was also thinking "God.. I hope he doesn't charge" since I was standing on the edge of a cliff with about a 600 foot drop below me. I look at my girlfriend, and she is just standing there with her D90 (with my 28-300 attached) at her waist.. not even shooting.
I whisper for her to start shooting.. the moose turns away and starts down a game trail that leads to the bottom of the valley. She started shooting.. I finally got the camera off of the tripod and I snap a couple of quick shots at 24mm.... and then switch to my 70-200 2.8 as fast as I can.. holler at her to watch the gear, and take off after the fast disappearing moose. I followed tracks all the way down to the bottom.. pretty steep.. I was hauling A$$. Never did see the moose again.. although he could easily have been within 20 feet of me once we hit the forest again... they move like ghosts. I was disappointed.. but hey, it happens! I have never had a bull that close before... it was wild. I have had cows literally push me off the trail.. but bulls are much more reclusive.
This is the best shot she got... at 28mm with a 28-300 lens.. she was freaked! The bull was broadside to us for maybe 10 seconds.. maybe 15 feet away... arrgghhh!
This is one of my 24mm shots while he was heading away...
Oh well.. maybe next time!
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