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*** December 2025 Images & Videos Thread ***

Predator

This coyote was perhaps 50-75 feet from my fence, and while I was photographing him he was exchanging long looks with my dog, which is larger but not by much. We have had several attacks in recent weeks in the area, with some smaller dogs either being injured severely or simply not surviving. Last night my neighbor & his dog were stalked on the walking path. They are lovely animals, but they have become quite aggressive in the recent weeks. I suspect the state will have to step in sooner or later.

This is a 100% crop - probably should have had the 150-600 mounted, but this image does show the incredible detail the S-Pro 70-200 f/2.8 is capable of.

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  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • LUMIX S 70-200/F2.8
  • 200mm
  • 1/1300s
  • ISO 100
 
GeorgeHudetz said:
We have had several attacks in recent weeks in the area
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Nice picture. They are also a problem in my area. A big Coyote jumped our back fence and was in the back yard recently. We have a large dog and she ran it out. This is not supposed to be their most aggressive season so I don't know what's up.
 
CharlesH said:
Nice picture. They are also a problem in my area. A big Coyote jumped our back fence and was in the back yard recently. We have a large dog and she ran it out. This is not supposed to be their most aggressive season so I don't know what's up.
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Interesting!

I think this pack may have relocated recently. We do have some construction activity about 1 mile away that is removing a bunch of prairie land.

And, apparently today is predator day. This was with the 150-600 @ 600mm, 100% (deep) crop. AF was very hit-and-miss here. The branches were really playing havoc with the exact focus point. I started with AFC, and then moved to AFS, and that might have helped, but by then he was not really paying attention to me and thus I did get any “eyes-wide-open” shots. I did enhance the eyes with Capture One’s Iris Enhance feature.

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  • Panasonic DC-S1RM2
  • Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | S (L-Mount)
  • 600mm
  • 1/500s
  • ISO 400
 
A group of coyotes walked up our street in the wee hours this morning. I didn’t hear or see them, but their yelping woke my wife, and she got a brief glimpse of them in the dark. We see or hear coyotes here about once a month. We keep our cat indoors only, and we don’t have a dog.

Habit loss is the usual reason given for the increasing sightings of coyotes & other wild animals in urban/suburban areas.

I also have a theory that the recent trend in the U.S. of people owing smaller dogs compared to past years may be another reason. Smaller dogs are less effective at scaring wild animals away, and coyotes also consider small dogs as a food source. Again, just my theory. It’s a jungle out there.

After I receive my LUMIX S 70-300mm lens I’ll add coyotes my list of potential photo subjects (if I’m lucky). Note to self: Approach with extreme caution! :)
 
Yes, the “small COVID dogs” phenomenon probably does entice more coyotes into suburban neighborhoods.
 
GeorgeHudetz said:
Paul, I also like how you resisted the temptation to raise the shadows too much (or at all?). It really does give the image a sense of realism & being there.
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:)

This is the shot out of camera (raw with LR defaults).

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  • Panasonic DC-S5
  • ƒ/8
  • 21mm
  • 1/13s
  • ISO 640
 
GeorgeHudetz said:
Indeed!

So, all the more respect from me - well done.
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The S5 is really an amazing camera. I exposed for the highlights so of course the shadows are really dark. I ought to have shot a bracket. But it was actually getting quite dark, so the ISO is already dialled up to 640 and the darker parts are pushed +2 stops and +100 shadows. And yet, the image is still acceptably noise free (with some light touch NR). I shudder to think what my m43 gear would have made of this!

And once again, the little 20-60 is such a great performer. It loses nothing in comparison to the 24-105 or the 70-200 f4 (well, maybe a touch less sharp than the latter). And it out-performs the 14-28. My primes do a little better of course, but the improvement is only noticeable if the sole intention is to very carefully look for it. I doubt anyone on even a large print would be able to tell the difference between the 20-60 at 35mm and f8 with the Sigma 35mm i-Series at f2 (which in my view is an amazingly sharp lens).
 
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