Almost Skunked 64233 by Gordon W

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01-AUG-2007

Almost Skunked 64233

A very aggressive skunk was not intimidated by my Canon! :)

Looked like it had just crawled out of the nearby ditch and was having
a really bad hair day. It actually charged at me, but even being
60 years of age I was able to easily outrun it, although neither of us
took our eyes off each other until I had passed beyond sight of it.
Gave me quite a turn though for a second. Little bastard.

Photographed near Carleton Place, Ontario Canada.

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
1/50s f/8.0 at 300.0mm iso1600 hide exif

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	01-Aug-2007 05:52:33
Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS 20D
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	300 mm
Exposure Time	1/50 sec
Aperture	f/8
ISO Equivalent	1600
Exposure Bias	-0.67
White Balance
Metering Mode	matrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program	aperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Lloyd & Sandy Spitalnik		28-Aug-2007 00:23
Great photo and story! Glad you were able to get this shot, cause it's definitely worth a thousand words. S&L

Sandi Whitteker		12-Aug-2007 12:30
Boy do I have some skunk stories. Not my favorite critter. But what happened to this one! You're braver than me! V

Tracy Howell		08-Aug-2007 22:00
Ohh Now that is a bad hair day...LOL Bet your hair was standing on end too by the end of your surprise meeting?

brianmicky		01-Aug-2007 12:22
Great shot hope you weren't downwind!

Renee Lockett		01-Aug-2007 11:57
LOL! This shot makes my day. :) Look at his tail! hehehee. :) Your commentary is hillarious. Big vote. :) Cheers. :)

Guest		01-Aug-2007 11:36
LOL....betcha you were wishing you had a 500mm prime lens on you (maybe with a teleconvertor on it as well)! :)