Bobcat in Darkness

Patches of green offered a false sense of warmth to the nine hours planted in waist-deep snow. I’d spent the last four years dreaming, searching and failing at the idea of sighting a Bobcat in Yellowstone National Park.

The dream became reality on a cold winter’s day. I whispered my appreciation with each click of the shutter and thanked my lucky stars for the stroke of good fortune. I captured the cat in all her glory, as she emerged from the darkness into the light of the rare winter sunset.

“ .. but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.”
                              ~ Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.

Bobcat, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, 2015

Canon 1DX, Canon 600mm F/4, RRS tripod, Canon 2X III teleconverter, f/8, 1/1250s, ISO 3200, RRS TV-33 tripod