{"id":4674,"date":"2012-03-24T04:00:16","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=4674"},"modified":"2026-02-19T06:01:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:01:57","slug":"side-lit-coyote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/03\/24\/side-lit-coyote\/","title":{"rendered":"Side Lit Coyote On Antelope Island State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SidelitSidelit Coyote – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/1000, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

Last November I spotted this Coyote wandering in some dried vegetation close to a\u00a0roadside.<\/p>\n

Although the lighting wasn’t optimal; meaning\u00a0that the sun\u00a0wasn’t directly behind me, I wanted to take some photos of the Coyote because I liked the rim lighting on the right side of the Coyote’s neck, muzzle and ears.<\/p>\n

Even though the setting is rather busy the Coyote<\/span><\/a> stands out well and I like the direct look I appear to be getting from it.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to view more of my Coyote photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I wanted to take some photos of the Coyote because I liked the rim lighting on the right side of the Coyote’s neck, muzzle and ears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,1022,26],"tags":[4004,733,4142,4002,3981,11978,4035,4046,1376,4342,4387,2315,30,4032],"class_list":["post-4674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coyotes","category-davis-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-canis-latrans","tag-close-up","tag-coyote","tag-davis-county","tag-desert-island","tag-nature-photography","tag-portrait","tag-side-light","tag-side-lit","tag-sidelit","tag-summer-3","tag-utah-2","tag-wildlife-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-sidelit-mia-mcpherson-3167.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1do","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7329,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/01\/30\/low-light-coyotes-in-snow\/","url_meta":{"origin":4674,"position":0},"title":"Low 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