He was so photogenic!

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Posted by Granite Head (209.252.105.53) on 19:05:02 07/11/12

In Reply to: Just enough time for a trip mini-episode posted by Granite Head

At this point I had to run back to the car, which we'd been lucky enough to tuck into a pullout 50 or 60 yards down the road, the minute we realized there was some action ahead. Note I was carrying my camera with a 70-300 zoom on it, oblivious to everything but the task of getting set up to take some photos before the crowd got big, the moose wandered off, or a ranger corralled us too far from the nice beast (Teton rangers are a bit overly sensitized by the rapacious behavior of photographers around the famous grizzly girls, 399 and 610 and their kids).

Next thing I know I'm on the ground (and so is my camera), on the gravel shoulder-pullout. I had missed the 4-5" dropoff between the tarmac and the gravel, which made my foot slide sideways off the sandal, and I and hit full force - got a 50¢ piece bit of road rash on my right knee and something terribly wrong with my left baby toe. It looked OK and the sandal went back into shape so in spite of the pain I just grabbed my tripod and went to work on Mr. Moose.

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A little more moose - Granite Head 19:07:24 07/11/12 (14)
- We return the next day - Granite Head 19:08:51 07/11/12 (13)
  - And there's more going on out there - Granite Head 19:09:55 07/11/12 (12)
    - But to return to the other main subject of this episode... - Granite Head 19:15:09 07/11/12 (11)
      - A couple more weeks of ignoring it - Granite Head 19:19:38 07/11/12 (10)
        
        Sorry, this is so off topic - Granite Head 19:25:55 07/11/12 (9)
        
        Hello - DavePA 11:05:20 07/12/12 (1)
        
        Your "Morning" report was good for a chuckle - Kent 16:35:24 07/12/12 (0)
        
        You know - Pat 05:33:25 07/12/12 (0)
        
        But, regarding "that moose shot" - Granite Head 19:33:01 07/11/12 (5)
        
        Sorry to hear about your lens GH........ - pattyk 07:11:48 07/12/12 (0)
        
        Ouch! - GA Tim 05:32:17 07/12/12 (0)
        
        OWIE! But great moose pics! - Ria 21:56:19 07/11/12 (0)
        
        not so off topic - michael in tucson 19:50:38 07/11/12 (0)
        
        I feel your pain, Granite Head - katjh 19:45:11 07/11/12 (0)

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