Wolves from Yellowstone

Got these shots at the end of May in the Hayden Valley in Yellowstone.

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Excellent!

What lens was used? Looks very close.

Perfectly Frank wrote in post #19075952
Excellent!

What lens was used? Looks very close.

500 f4 with a 1.4X TC.

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Nice images, Rik!

Looks like you had a fair amount of time with them, which is awesome. My Yellowstone Wolf experiences have mostly been over in less than a minute.

Did you happen to road-trip from your place in Florida to Yellowstone? If so, did you stop for wildlife photography at any places along the route? I can think of a few in-between places that would be incredible to shoot at the end of May.
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RikWriter wrote in post #19076058
500 f4 with a 1.4X TC.

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I find it interesting that you stopped down from f5.6 to f9. . Would you mind telling us your reasoning for this?


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I flew to Jackson Wyoming and rented a car.

I stopped down because I was using a TC and I find the image quality with a TC is better stopped down, and also because I had been photographing multiple wolves on a kill and I wanted them all in focus.