Just a quick bit of fun to cap the week. I was out shooting wildlife a while back at Shoreline Park in Mountain View, CA and came across this curious blacktail jackrabbit.
I was walking down a path photographing birds and turned around and noticed that this guy was following me at a distance. Taking a chance (as they usually spook easily), I turned my lens back toward him and caught this photo.
He didn’t seem too bothered and actually came a bit closer and sat down. This gave me a few moments to get some tighter head portraits. Eventually, he got up and loped off the trail into a nearby field.
He put on speed, running very fast through the short grass. Luckily I was prepared for motion, and had my camera set up with eye-autofocus and a fast shutter speed, allowing me to capture him mid run.
Overall it was a fun little encounter with an animal that usually keeps their distance. You never know what you’ll see unless you get out there.
