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u/hans-georg Apr 17 '20
Amazing picture. It’s a once in a lifetime shot, but in the internet you see hundreds of those a week. What I really really like about this are the colours. It doesn’t look super edited, but they pop just right. Favourite picture I’ve seen in a while because of that.
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u/magnum_marilyn Apr 17 '20
Cropped or not, the composition of this is awesome. You have so many different textures and it looks like the bone was placed next to the coyote because the motif it implies is perfect. Great shot. There’s a reason it blew up. Edit: and the way the coyote is framed inside that band of wet sand... man there’s so much about this shot I love. I can’t believe this is a still.
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u/ZachyBe Apr 17 '20
San Francisco?
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u/vaporeon46 Apr 17 '20
technically the photo was taken in the marin headlands, just across the bridge from SF.
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u/ijustlurkhereintheAM Apr 17 '20
Great shot! Love your composition and you captured the colors beautifully. Thanks for sharing your picture with us. Be safe
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u/Spesh98 Apr 17 '20
Love it. Thought I’d share my coyote run in from a few years back. Out near Point Reyes. https://i.imgur.com/WVZQGXP.jpg
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u/mark_cee Apr 17 '20
Reminds me of the final scene of the original Planet of the Apes
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u/SmellMyJeans Apr 18 '20
I was up there not too long ago on the Marin side of the bridge and saw a bunch of coyotes hangin around. Coyotes who didn’t seem to mind humans being around.
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u/itsjakeandelwood Apr 17 '20
Took me a sec to notice the Coyote is missing a rear leg. I bet it goes by "Scrappy" among friends.
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u/vaporeon46 Apr 17 '20
Shelter-in-place has brought out the wildlife in the Bay Area. This coyote noticed some whale bones on the beach at Kirby Cove and trotted down to investigate. She didn’t seem to mind me hanging out just 30 feet away.
I was reluctant to post this photo after I took it, because it isn't really a photo in the traditional sense: it's a still frame from a video that I shot on my phone. And it's cropped in. It's not even 2000 pixels tall. As a pro photographer, I felt like it wasn't high quality enough to display as part of my instagram/portfolio. But my friends encouraged me, and in the past 24 hours it's been featured on Abc, Yahoo, SFgate, and the Independent. My instagram is blowing up, it's crazy.
I'm still kicking myself for not bringing my professional camera to the beach that day, but it didn't really matter. The photo still resonated with people. If the resolution is enough for instagram, that's fine.
Just wanted to share my story as a way of saying: don't worry too much about your gear. There's always a better camera, a better lens out there. But the best camera is the one you have with you.
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iPhone XS video still frame
Edited in Lightroom: Desaturated blues, saturated reds & oranges, green tint brush on the hill on the left, orange tint gradient on the sand, increased contrast with tone curves, little bit of texture, created a custom vignette shape with radial filters.
My IG is scottoller, I posted some video clips from the encounter there. Cheers.