"almost" a great photo...

[Limbwalker]

Just missed the shot I wanted. But managed to get this one. He was just a bit too quick for me to have everything ready when he leaped over that fence.

I did get some consolation shots of a White-tailed hawk having a mouse for breakfast though!

[BowTech 4 life]

thats awesome i love wildlife

[ETX_REAPER]

Sweet photos!

[super_dave]

Still beautiful. Awesome shots

[Mjjust]

Almost???!! I think it IS a great photo. Looking for wildlife photos to print and frame to decorate my kids' house at college on San Angelo. I would love to have a copy of that if your willing to share it

[Limbwalker]

Mjjust, thanks. It is interesting alright, even if it's not exactly what I was hoping for. I was literally 1 second too late on the trigger.

PM me with your email and I'll send you a file.

John

[Patton]

I think both pics look great, and now you have more experience to catch him jumping next time

[Coach W]

Better watch out... alot of folks dont like "fence line hunters" here.

Great pics!

[SeaSpray]

Cool pics!!!

[elkbowhunter]

Great shots!!!

[elkbowhunter]

If money were no object what would the best wildlife telephoto lens you would buy for a Canon SLR?

[NotJose]

Cool pics

[billinkb]

Great pics

[Shallowater]

great stuff

[Limbwalker]

Thanks guys. I had buck fever with my freakin' camera! LOL! It all happened so fast I was fumbling around.

If money were no object what would the best wildlife telephoto lens you would buy for a Canon SLR?

There really is no "best" wildlife lens. Everything is a compromise. The pro's will use everything from a small 300/f4 up to a 600/f4 plus teleconverters. I think Canon even has an 800 prime now. They are HUGE lenses, and impossible to hand-hold, which means you're married to a tripod or at best, a window mount. Forget about walking around with one for more than 20 minutes.

Canon's newest "must have" wildlife and sports lens is a 200-400/f4 with a built in 1.4X teleconverter, which gives you the option of making it a 280-560mm lens by flipping a switch. It also has Image Stabilization and is "nearly" small enough to hand hold. However, it also costs $12,000 !!!

Most wildlife pros swear by their 500/f4 or 600/f4 lenses. If I had a stack of cash, I'd probably get a 500/f4 with image stabilization next. It's a reasonable size and the next logical step up from my Tamron 200-500. But we're still talking $5000.00 for a clean used one.

My lens doesn't have IS, but it is very compact and lightweight and easy to hand-hold for a lens that goes to 500mm.

Tamron is coming out with a new 150-600mm zoom that's supposed to be a killer lens, with their "vibration reduction" technology, and it's going to be priced at $1069.00 new. I think I may have to get one. It's being heralded as the next great wildlife lens for amateurs.

John