Florida Panther
Florida Panther in the wild taken at Dinner Island Wildlife Management Area, April 6, 2008 at 6:56 PM. The number of living panthers is estimated to be between 80 to 100. A very lucky sighting!
This photo was taken on April 6, 2008 in Hendry County, Florida, US, using a Nikon D80.
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Heather Green Photography, John Elias Photography, Chad Anderson, Chrissy Avila Photography (cHrIsSy1554), and 51 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Heather Green Photography (51 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Florida Outdoors (Post One, Comment One), and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Frank, DAMN! This is an absolutely amazing shot! This would for sure be a 'life' shot for me. Of course I'd probably see one and be in such shock I'd forget how my camera worked, lol.
Again, wow! Super shot!
John Elias Photography (51 months ago | reply)
Outstanding...we were just there yesterday talking about how we are suprised we have never saw one....I am soooo jealous! great job..if you are out there and see a blue tahoe say hey...that will be me...
Rick Shackletons Photographic Adventures (51 months ago | reply)
Frank, no way. What a wonderful and rare siting yet alone being able to capture a great photo of it.
O.K. maybe I shouldn't wander to far off trail. A shot of a lifetime Frank, congrats.
Chad Anderson (51 months ago | reply)
WOW!
Pardon me but I really cant believe it. Well done, I'm sure you had to be quick on the draw to get this.
Ok well I'll see you at dinner Island!!!
Chad Anderson (51 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Florida Conservation Photographers, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Chrissy Avila Photography (cHrIsSy1554) (51 months ago | reply)
OMG!!! You are so luckey... what a great shot!!!!
Nature Photos by Scott (51 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Gold Seal of Quality 1post:2Comment, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Fantastic Capture, Great find...
InWaves (51 months ago | reply)
yes awesome!
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Rhode2Boston (51 months ago | reply)
He looks HEALTHY.
Congrats! Great find, great photo. And he didn't eat you, so we all get to see his photo.
"INTERNATIONAL REALTOR" (51 months ago | reply)
You deserve the Gold Seal of Quality Award !!!
Thank you for sharing your photo !
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Geoff Coe (51 months ago | reply)
Just GREAT...
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FLkrakr (51 months ago | reply)
OMG!!!! I would have wet my pants for sure! What an awesome shot.....as Heather said "a life-shot" for sure. Great capture Frank.
Heather Green Photography (51 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Dinner Island WMA Photographers, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Just started up a group for dinner island! :-)
unintelligiBill (51 months ago | reply)
Excellent capture, I grew up in South Fla. and have been lucky enough to see a few of these, but never with a camera at hand. Back in the mid80s, i saw a black one here in Central Fla. close to the Orange-Lake County line. I have been told numerous times that I was mistaken, that there are no black ones here, but I know what I saw.
p simmons (51 months ago | reply)
Where is this Dinner Island WMA My God its like Eden!!
Heather Green Photography (51 months ago | reply)
info here on Dinner Island:
www.flickr.com/groups/dinnerislandwma/
MS2171 (50 months ago | reply)
Holy ****! How lucky and congratulations! Once in a lifetime shot - ... and during the daytime.
nal from miami (50 months ago | reply)
I have been - faithfully - going to ENP and Big Cypress trying to get a good shot of one. Have I seen them? Yes, twice - perhaps thrice, but there is a debate going as to what we saw one evening. Have I been able to get a shot? Heck no! CONGRATULATIONS! You have just proven to me that all I have to do is keep looking for the right time, the right place, the right light...... : )
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robyn L. (50 months ago | reply)
It's such a beautiful cat.
Judd Patterson (50 months ago | reply)
Such a beautiful, healthy looking cat! You really did a nice job to capture this image in the wild.
p simmons (49 months ago | reply)
Judd makes a great point a lot of times they seem scrawny and undernourished in pics but I think all the hogs and deer in Dinner Island are keeping this one healthy.
Seeing one in the wild would be a once in a lifetime experience capturing the moment as well as you did is beyond description.
kat images (48 months ago | reply)
woww, lucky Frank. just beautiful and wish the wild one has good days outside. thanks for sharing.
Photo's by The Swamper (47 months ago | reply)
Wwoiw, what an incredible shot, I am envious, I did not get a pic of my only panther sighting (near gate 12 on Janes Drive)
IITW (47 months ago | reply)
WOW !!! I dream of seeing one of these in the wild. Such an awesome capture...way to go !!!
Tambako the Jaguar (47 months ago | reply)
Hey! Your shot is purrrrfect! I invite you to submit it to my 'Pumas' group.
Thanks in advance!
CapitalgCapitals (47 months ago | reply)
Would'nt want to turn around and see that.
nal from miami (45 months ago | reply)
Well...I'm back...A week ago Saturday, Loop Road, in the stretch between the bathrooms South of Monroe Station entrance and the Collier County sign, I came across one TWICE on the same day! Again, only one lousy shot. I will not give up...
٭Missi٭ (43 months ago | reply)
AMAZING! I would pass out if I came across a panther at Dinner Island! Super fabulous shot!
Vagabond nation (41 months ago | reply)
awesome lucky guy
Indystone (38 months ago | reply)
I pick this photograph to be on the cover of National Geographic
National Geographic: Are You Good Enough?
Unbeevable!
Fraggle Red (35 months ago | reply)
OMG! Had to go looking for this shot after Heather told me you got a shot of one. This would be a dream come true for me. Fantastic.
Klaus (kjpweb) (32 months ago | reply)
Wow! Great find and good job, taking it!
sjim2004 (32 months ago | reply)
wow, incredible! Dinner Island is definitely a place I need to go back to...
skippyanne (32 months ago | reply)
Wow!! Fantastic get! I think a couple of us are going back to Dinner Island next weekend, before hunting season begins!!
RAD CAD (31 months ago | reply)
Wow! I hope you play the lottery with luck like that.
Photos Nature (29 months ago | reply)
A great and lucky shot ! I added this one to a gallery I had make on my photostream, about Florida's wildlife !
ms.martin001 (26 months ago | reply)
Awesome!!
W R Silver (26 months ago | reply)
Amazing shot!
GregMatthews (21 months ago | reply)
Wow that's amazing, that's my Holy Grail of subjects. Beautiful shot
Jeremiah J. Folk Photography (20 months ago | reply)
What a great shot of such a magnificent creature!
Enrique Pino's Photography (19 months ago | reply)
that is really amazing
Floridas Gone Wild (19 months ago | reply)
U n b e l i e v a b l e!!!!!! Wow!!!!!
This photo was invited and added to the The Florida Panther - Puma concolor coryi group.
Jamie Felton Photo (4 weeks ago | reply)
I just heard about this photo through the grape vine and had to come find it and take a look. You have my undying admiration!!! Awesome Frank!!! Just wonderful.