"Forest's Ghost" (Cougar of Horse Lk_ 608-0689)

Image of wild cougar at Horse Lk area in the Cariboo.

I guess I was not the only one this evening trying to see some new

fawns in the area.

How do I rate and critique the shot of a wild cougar? Just to be there and miss the shot would be enough for me. I live in cougar country in California, 20 years, never seen one, neighbor sees one, not me.

The open shade feeling here creates a very nice tone with no harsh highlights, good of you to have the model sit in such a comfortable place. Great work with model, angle of head, well done, expression, solid, background, true green.

Smile if you want, this is a cool shot and I know I would be fumbling with the equipment and miss the whole thing.

PDE

Lovely shot George, the color range makes this image very compelling, not to mention the fact that you managed to take a shot of a very elusive creature.Well done, greetings from Greece

Beautiful, FORTUNATE shot! Aside from just being able to take a shot of one in the wild, I like the framing - I also enjoy the peaceful yet powerful look on the Lion's (we call them Mt. Lions here in CO) face. Well done!

 

 

Thanks Craig, I did some fumbling with the camera settings from the excitement before I settled down and made my camera adjustments. It only took me 30 years to get this image and the other one I posted.

This is an excellent image in just about every way. I just wish you could have zoomed in closer on him, and I like it cropped a bit from the top. What a beautiful creature! And you've done him justice.

last week for the first time I spotted one of these walking out onto the side of highway on way down to brandon florida , the suprizing part of it was when i got to the retirement party , the schools logo was .....you guessed it a Cougar ,,,Unfortunatly when i saw mine it was on oppistie side of highway with us going 70 miles an hour away from it ...great catch !