Waking Dreams

While walking through the Nature Center once again, the cougar was taking a nap inside of the shaded box provided within the enclosure. As we approached, the eyes opened, peering back into the group that had come to see the ghost of the forest. Silent, powerful, invisible, yet on display for us to admire here. It watched us from the shade, hearing the camera clicks, and watching the lenses as we meandered a bit, trying to find the composition we wanted, this is my attempt.

Of the several compositions I worked on, this ended up being my favorite. I have an alternate of the same cougar framed through the thick brush growing up around the area, but in wild life we don’t often get to choose our compositions. We must react to the situation, going to a park we have time to capture all sorts of interesting compositions. So take your time, don’t hurry through. Enjoy the freedom for a few moments, but do your best not to linger to long and stress the animals out. At the end of the day, we are very lucky to see animals like this still.

Finally, when you get your composition figured out, get your settings right, take the exposure, make sure its clean and move on. Don’t take just one exposure, get several do your best, and enjoy. Make plans to go and see them again.

Until Next Time!

Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 1250
SS: 1/125th
Focal: 400mm

Fujinon 100-400mm