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I had a rare encounter and photo opportunity with an elusive bobcat out in the Florida wetlands - happened to notice him sleeping way deep in the cypress stand - curled around the trunk of a tree - only the white fur on the belly gave him away. I had to shoot through 15 feet of thick foliage between me and him with my 300mm + 1.4X TC - manual focus only to cut through the clutter (also took advantage of the tilting LCD and live-view so I could stick the camera down at ground level to get under some thick branches and give that eye-level perspective)...he even woke up and noticed me, but didn't spook and run...he looked at me, licked himself a few times, and then casually walked off into the deeper foliage where I couldn't follow:

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Justin Miller
Sony DSLR-A580 / Sony 18-250mm / Minolta 50mm F1.7 / Sigma 30mm F1.4 / Tamron 10-24mm / Tamron 200-500mm / Tamron 90mm F2.8 macro / Minolta 300mm F4 APO
Sony NEX5N / 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 / 55-210mm F4-6.3 / Pentax K adapter / Konica K/AR adapter / bunches o' Konica & Pentax lenses!

Galleries:
http://www.pbase.com/zackiedawg

nice one, well spotted. Life encounters like that make it all worthwhile, for me anyway.

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Canon Powershot S95, Canon 7D, 15-85, Canon 85 1.8 USM, Sigma 30 1.4, 50mm 1.8, Canon 100 2.8L IS Macro, Canon 70-300L IS USM+Kenko 1.4 Pro 300DGX, Canon 430EX II and RS 4 Classic

Thank you. Agreed - I do love first-time sightings, and rare sightings, of nature and wildlife like this, and it was definitely memorable.

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Justin Miller
Sony DSLR-A580 / Sony 18-250mm / Minolta 50mm F1.7 / Sigma 30mm F1.4 / Tamron 10-24mm / Tamron 200-500mm / Tamron 90mm F2.8 macro / Minolta 300mm F4 APO
Sony NEX5N / 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 / 55-210mm F4-6.3 / Pentax K adapter / Konica K/AR adapter / bunches o' Konica & Pentax lenses!

Galleries:
http://www.pbase.com/zackiedawg

nice spot-good pics.