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When coyotes are truly wild, they are extremely difficult animals to approach and get photographs of. One spring, I happened upon two pups playing frantically in a small clearing near the Trans-Canada Highway by Canmore, Alberta. I spent the next ten minutes sneaking through the forest until I was sure I was at an excellent angle to photograph the pups from, but as soon as they saw me they bolted back into their den a hundred metres away. For the next three days, I spent hours at a time sitting patiently and not so patiently at the edge of the clearing waiting for that perfect moment when the pups would come out and play again where I could see them. I could often hear the pups running about near me, and I saw their parents several times from a distance, but I stuck to my guns and kept waiting. I was afraid that if I approached the den, the adults might abandon it and take the pups elsewhere, leaving me with nothing to photograph and of course disturbing the coyotes needlessly. Finally, on the fourth day, within minutes of my arrival, the pups raced into the small clearing and began to chase each other, allowing me to capture this shot. |
