1 shot out 200,000 - Iconic Image in Grand Teton -Amazing shot!!

7 years 8 months ago #490458 by Kristy Blake
Talk about persistence!   news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/1604...Content&sf24139274=1  


"I checked the camera once a week with one or two armed park rangers—approaching a bear’s lunch is a dangerous thing to do. We had protocols for getting from the car to the camera without risking our lives or the lives of the bears. The camera, a Nikon D7100 loaded with two 128GB cards, would almost always be full of images of ravens and vultures. I would skim through them on my laptop in my car before saving the good ones and deleting the bad ones. I’d then reset the cards, check the batteries, and leave."

WOW!!  Not to mention that D7100's life span all for this shot.  Incredible dedication.  


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7 years 8 months ago #490461 by effron
The D7100s durability isn't a story, its a Nikon after all.....:)

Why so serious?
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7 years 8 months ago #490466 by phaller
My goodness! Just amazing. Thank you for sharing this!


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7 years 8 months ago #490479 by TedReichner
Well worth the click!  Oh and the photographers click too!  :thumbsup:


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7 years 8 months ago #490487 by stuartsbarbie
Great to capture something so wild.


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7 years 8 months ago #490518 by Superman
Yeah, he nailed it

Nikon D90 & D40 18-55mm, 55-200mm, 35mm, 50mm, 105mm, SB600
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7 years 8 months ago #490586 by Kenya See
Considering everything, this was such a great shot!


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7 years 8 months ago #490654 by Jakov Barnes
Nailed it!  


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7 years 8 months ago #490705 by Pierce Steenken
Epic shot.  Truly his patience paid off.  


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7 years 8 months ago #490793 by Tim Dordeck
That shot deserves to be in the National Geographic, what an lifetime shot there.  


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7 years 8 months ago #490850 by Ruby Grace
+1 100%  such a well timed shot!

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 17-40mmL, 24-105mmL, 100-400mmL, 300mm f/4L IS, Sigma 12-24mm, 430EX, Extension tubes
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7 years 8 months ago #490880 by Amy Porter
Good for him, that shot is a head turner  


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7 years 8 months ago #490966 by Ontherocks
So this camera would fire off of motion?  Talk about luck of a shot!  


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7 years 8 months ago #490987 by Glenn Gee
Those ravens look surreal. What an incredible shot. Only thing that would have made it better is if you could see the peak of the Grand!


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