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Talking about a once (twice) in a lifetime shot

This is no photomanipulation Rather, this is a Eurasian wolf at Tierpark Sababurg that has amazed me with his unusual behavior many times before

He was rather excited because there were dogs present and to see better over the wall, he stood up on his hindlegs and stayed like that for a good 5 or more seconds.

This is the only really sharp photo of the sequence, and he was starting to drop back down here already. One image earlier, he was still standing completely upright and it's sharp, but didn't turned out quite as well in terms of exposure and sharpness.

I will upload it anyways... here you go:

FYI: this is the same wolf leaning sideways on the other wolf's back here:

And yes, you may use this photo for reference, read more about that here: [link]

Update: I talked to Monty Sloan... actually he's taken a couple of shots like that too of Tristan at Wolf Park over the years, and they could put this behavior on cue so he would display it on command. It's called "Observation Leap" - it's normally a rather rare behavior, which explains why I have never seen it happen before. Learn something new every day

Some EXIF:

Camera model: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Lens: EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM
Shutter speed: 1/640 sec
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f/2,8
ISO: 320
Focal length: 115,0 mm

Description
Talking about a once (twice) in a lifetime shot

This is no photomanipulation Rather, this is a Eurasian wolf at Tierpark Sababurg that has amazed me with his unusual behavior many times before

He was rather excited because there were dogs present and to see better over the wall, he stood up on his hindlegs and stayed like that for a good 5 or more seconds.

This is the only really sharp photo of the sequence, and he was starting to drop back down here already. One image earlier, he was still standing completely upright and it's sharp, but didn't turned out quite as well in terms of exposure and sharpness.

I will upload it anyways... here you go:

FYI: this is the same wolf leaning sideways on the other wolf's back here:

And yes, you may use this photo for reference, read more about that here: [link]

Update: I talked to Monty Sloan... actually he's taken a couple of shots like that too of Tristan at Wolf Park over the years, and they could put this behavior on cue so he would display it on command. It's called "Observation Leap" - it's normally a rather rare behavior, which explains why I have never seen it happen before. Learn something new every day

Some EXIF:

Camera model: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Lens: EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM
Shutter speed: 1/640 sec
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f/2,8
ISO: 320
Focal length: 115,0 mm