Go, Ely Timberwolves! New pix!

[finnbay]

Sumthin' is happening to the wolves over the last couple of weeks! I don't have a story like Steve did, but I did bump into these guys today. Saw the black fella first, but the second one dashed onto the road. They were in sight for a total of about 15 or 20 seconds, so just got two short bursts in. About 90 yards away, I was happy to get 'em!

[Steve Foss]

Dude! Guess I should have gone with you over your extended lunch hour instead of heading from the Tomahawk over to Sax-Zim! What a great encounter.

Uh, you could always e-mail me and tell me where you found them.

[MN Shutterbug]

You guys are making me SO envious. Great captures, Ken. The first is definitely my fave.

I'm darned tempted to take a week and head your way.

[yakfisher]

Congrats Ken, I'm happy to see that you had your new camera in your lap and ready to go. I like the pose in the last one for sure. I keep having to go the to the zoo to find wolves.

[Jim Almquist]

Those are some really neat shots Ken and X has it right. "I am so jealous" Makes me think I need a road trip

[mmeyer]

Great captures Ken. You guys sure no how to be in the right place at the right time!

[MN Shutterbug]

Both Steve and Ken should be buying powerball tickets.

[Steve Foss]

I did. I never win.

If you count up the many thousands of hours I've spent in the woods looking for wolf photographs and weigh them against the photographs I've got, the odds of getting wild wolf photographs are still far better than the 80,000,000 to 1 odds of winning the Powerball.

Still, I keep trying on both fronts. You can't win if you sit in front of your computer and don't play.

[MN Shutterbug]

You can't win if you sit in front of your computer and don't play.

True, but sitting in front of my PC isn't costing me anything.

[finnbay]

I agree, Steve. I buy one Powerball a week and haven't won a buck in over a year. With wolves I've won the jackpot twice in the last two weeks!

[Steve Foss]

Originally Posted By: stfcatfish

You can't win if you sit in front of your computer and don't play.

True, but sitting in front of my PC isn't costing me anything.

Mike, I wasn't thinking of you in particular. But, nor is sitting in front of a computer winning us anything.

Ken, you buy Powerball when you got back in town? This run of wolves has simply been amazing.

[finnbay]

Sure has, Steve! You made the call on the weather forecast - I'm anxious to get back out but don't like what it looks like for rain.

[MN Shutterbug]

Mike, I wasn't thinking of you in particular. But, nor is sitting in front of a computer winning us anything.

I realize that. BTW Steve, you seem to change avatar as often as I change underwear, lately. Love the new avatar though.

[Steve Foss]

BTW Steve, you seem to change avatar as often as I change underwear.

TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!!!!!

For the record, I think I've had three of four different avatars over the last sixth months. One hopes that you change your undies a little more often than that.

Sorry Ken, your thread, not ours.

Go wolves!

[MARINERMAGNUM]

Great images!

Don't those guys attack people or other living creatures at times? Yikes!

[finnbay]

No, no. The more the merrier! I like the banter!

[Steve Foss]

I have to admit when I saw the title to this thread I thought you'd be posting sports images from the local high school team.

What a pleasant surprise that these wolves weren't wearing red uniforms!

[finnbay]

You've been using up all the good titles, I had to come up with something different!

[MN Shutterbug]

For the record, I think I've had three of four different avatars over the last sixth months.

It's just that your last avatar, the hawk, had only been up a day or two.

Back to you, Ken. Actually, I assumed the same as Steve, and almost didn't check out the thread. It would have surely been my loss, if I hadn't. After these close encounters, do you dream about wolves at night? I can guarantee you, I would.

[Jim Almquist]

You've been using up all the good titles, I had to come up with something different!

I have to admit when it came up on the sidebar I thought that Finnbay must have took the 50D to the basketball game to get some shots with bad lighting just to test the high ISO

[WCS]

I had the same thoughts as jimalm. I was looking forward to some indoor sports shots with the 50D. The real wolves is a nice surprise! What a great experience it must be to get so close to some beautiful animals.

[finnbay]

Thanks all. It's always a rush to see a wolf, or moose, or deer, or eagle, or pine martin, or just about anything! Some are just more rare than others.

Steve's been out and about so much lately (successfully) he's going to have to come up with some new material for titles!

[Steve Foss]

Probably I'm heading out to the North Shore today, too. Might have to do some Lake Superior scenics under this curtain of rain. Tough photography conditions, but rewarding for all that.

We'll see.

Ken, any wolf we see today's gonna be a bedraggled mess of wet fur.

[Dbl]

Nice encounter Ken!

[Iambjm]

I too thought you were posting about sports as my niece is on the Ely Timberwolves cross country team.