Wildlife Photo Competition 1 2013 : Entry Number 236

A rare shot of a bobcat fight. I wonder if the photographer was actually there, so close, having a real adrenaline rush wildlife experience. Or is this is a remote camera’s shot? In either case it is a great success with undoubtedly lots of pre-planning involved. Big well done! Story please…

This shot was taken at the Wildpark Pforzheim. Actually I am shooting together with a friend, pics for the new calendar 2014 of this institution. On the right side of the pic you see Kasimir, the eldest animal in a group of 6 living together in this habitat. The young one on the left was furios because Kasimir came to close to the photographers and the food we carried with us. Other pics from this shooting can be found on my website: www.betz-naturfoto.de - special lynx close-up with the wide angle lens. Congratulations to Bence for the 1st place - great as usual. Thanx Stefan PS: Sorry for my bad englisch, I am from Germany. Shot taken with: Canon 5D Mark II + EF 70-200mm 2.8 @ 1/2500 f4 ISO 800 70mm Postprocessing in LR4 contrasts, saturation, denoise, in PS5 selective sharpening.