This is from the lessons learned file.

[Bonhomme Richard]

One of my "many" issues shooting is remembering to look at the complete frame. It is easy to get excited when you are sitting in the woods alone and coyotes start coming up on you. It wasn't until I got home that I realized that there was a limb across the coyotes face. Ugh. I guess just getting out and shooting "a lot" is the best cure.
Now I relax and pick my shot spot rather than rushing.
A side note, the coyote never saw me but he heard the shutter when I started shooting. I stood up and he ran off.

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[Solly Mack]

1. Been there. Done that. Cursed myself.

I seriously need to learn to relax and pick the shot. I'm so guilty of rushing.

Cute coyote. I love critters!

[intheflow]

2. Ah, Coyote the Trickster!

Hiding behind a stick! At least you got a clear, decent shot. True story: every time I've tried to take a photo of a coyote my camera has jammed. No lie. Three times on three different occasions! Trickster, indeed!

[alfredo]

3. I had the same problem with Athens Greece. I went there three times and

Every time something happened and I was left without a photo record.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Still a very good shot.

[Celebration]

5. I'd love ANY photo of a coyote

And this photo is nice.

Seems like we all deserve some limb removal software.

This is a serious problem with bird photography. It can be really hard to to avoid limbs, even if you do try to frame it.

[Bonhomme Richard]

6. I really make an effort to relax now and not rush it.

Today I was out late in the day in an area I keep returning to. (I have been on a quest to get pictures of a local mountain lion and cubs here in CT..that's another story) I was proud of myself because a group of about 10 deer came out of the woods on the hillside and were working their way down a rock ledge toward me. I anticipated were they were going and picked a clear area for the shot and waited until they walked into it. LOL, I never got a decent shot because the deer were too big and the clearing was too small. It was also way too far but it's the way I thought it through that mattered.
I learning. Slowly but surely.

[SouthernDonkey]

7. Awesome!!!

It's pretty tiny, but I believe I see the word "ACME" printed on that stick!

It is still a good shot!