{"id":78,"date":"2009-06-14T19:02:44","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T23:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/?p=78"},"modified":"2010-10-15T20:56:47","modified_gmt":"2010-10-16T00:56:47","slug":"solo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/solo\/","title":{"rendered":"Solo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had planned to stay at St. Mary Lake for an additional day and a half to practice what we had learned during base camp.  Having some free time to decompress and practice what Moose and Jake taught us was actually more beneficial than I thought it would be.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_79\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/VNM-20090614-060-Blog.jpg\" alt=\"Black Bear along Going to The Sun Rd., St. Mary Lake, Montana\" title=\"Black Bear along Going to The Sun Rd., St. Mary Lake, Montana\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/VNM-20090614-060-Blog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/VNM-20090614-060-Blog-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Bear along Going to The Sun Rd., St. Mary Lake, Montana<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nOne of the themes Moose was harping on me all week was not to take too many &#8220;head shots&#8221; and to think about how to present the animals in their environment when communicating with your viewers.  I tried to practice this much of the day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/VNM-20090614-032-Blog.jpg\" alt=\"Elk in Glacier National Park\" title=\"Elk in Glacier National Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/VNM-20090614-032-Blog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/VNM-20090614-032-Blog-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elk in Glacier National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But the highlight of the day for me came right at sundown when out of the corner of my eye I spotted a Coyote targeting a meal.  After working the spot I was able to get this shot when he came out of the brush!<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/VNM-20090613-737-Blog.jpg\" alt=\"Coyote, Glacier National Park\" title=\"Coyote, Glacier National Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/VNM-20090613-737-Blog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/VNM-20090613-737-Blog-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coyote, Glacier National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had planned to stay at St. Mary Lake for an additional day and a half to practice what we had learned during base camp. Having some free time to decompress and practice what Moose and Jake taught us was actually more beneficial than I thought it would be. 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