This picture of an Iberion wolf was taken by Jose Luis Rodriguez and has won an award for nature photograph of the year. The Wolf is spectacular, but I also love the gate he is jumping over.I hope you do too. Part of the gate got cropped so if you want to see the whole picture just click on the blue link below the picture. It’s worth the effort to see the complete gate. Enjoy

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10_03/wolf_482x449.jpg
-- Mike, American in Norway






















21 comments so far
DaveR
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posted 31 days ago
That’s pretty cool. Thanks for posting it.
FWIW, if you add an exclamation mark immediately before and after the link, it ought to show the image in your post. That one is fairly wide though and would probably get cropped if you do make it appear here.
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stefang
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posted 31 days ago
Thanks a lot Dave. You taught me a new trick. Watch out IT world, here I come!!
-- Mike, American in Norway
DaveR
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posted 31 days ago
Good job, Mike.
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firecaster
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posted 31 days ago
That is a great picture.
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Rustic
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posted 31 days ago
awesome PIC
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woodworm
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posted 31 days ago
Nice picture.,
but why the wolf chose to jump over the fence???
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John in SD
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posted 31 days ago
WOW !
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spanky46
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posted 31 days ago
Super photo!
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Paul G
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posted 31 days ago
Amazing. Thanks.
Jim Bertelson
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posted 31 days ago
I have seen just a couple of wolves in the wild. Unless you are studying them and on a mission to find them, they will avoid you. Amazing to get a photo like this.
-- Jim, Anchorage Alaska
NBeener
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posted 31 days ago
And … there’s WOOD in the picture!
Beautiful. Once-in-a-lifetime-kind of shot … particularly if the wolf is lunging for YOU ;-)
-- -- Neil
HokieMojo
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posted 31 days ago
MY guess is the wolf enters the gated area through this same path every time. All you’d need to do is set up a motion sensor and a camera and then wait/hope. Anyone else think that is how it was done?
Photographers are special people, especially the ones that capture nature. The number of hours spent hoping to get the perfect shot, that may never materialize takes such patience. I don’t know how they do it.
nmkidd
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posted 31 days ago
Great photo….thanks for sharing.
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Ken Waller
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posted 31 days ago
It’s a little known fact that this is tha last picture taken by Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother on that fateful day :-)
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Charles Maxwell
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posted 31 days ago
fantastic post. thanks!
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a1Jim
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posted 31 days ago
Wow Mike that’s cool did you notice there’s a wolf jumping the fence too. LOL
It’s a wolf in wolves clothing. enough being crazy Thanks for sharing an amazing photo you can certainly see why it won an award.
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
stefang
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posted 31 days ago
LOL Jim. I sent an email to my kids and their family with this photo. Afterward I said to my wife that I should have just mentioned the fantastic rustic gate. They would think that typical of me.
-- Mike, American in Norway
notottoman
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posted 31 days ago
Amazing color.
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degoose
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posted 31 days ago
only a woodie wood have seen the gate anyway
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a1Jim
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posted 30 days ago
I’m the same way Mike. It is a really cool gate.
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
MsDebbieP
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posted 26 days ago
beautiful gate!!!
fantastic photo.
beautiful animal.
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