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Captured after a deliberate and carefully guided descent from a ridgeline, this image features a juvenile cougar momentarily pausing in brush, set against a sweeping mountain backdrop. Our guide, drawing on over a decade of experience, recognized a shift in the cats’ attention and led our small group downslope toward a lake, anticipating the natural path the animals would follow.
Moving quietly through dense vegetation and into a gully, we waited. During this time, I considered how best to interpret the scene—not just documenting the encounter, but creating an image that spoke to scale, place, and presence. I prepared both a longer lens for expected moments and a medium focal length lens for a less likely, but more meaningful opportunity.
When one of the juveniles stepped into a softly lit opening and paused, framed by brush and distant peaks, that vision became reality. Framed by vegetation that gives these animals an advantage in hunting, and set against the vast mountain range beyond, the scene came together. The light, the pause, the scale—it was the moment I had been hoping for.
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