nyweb2001

I got rid of my block ! But now I have another problem.....it's 18 degrees out there !!

nyweb2001

Faking ?

ravin

Just get shots of the stampede

DK Loc: SD

Eighteen degrees is a heat wave!

DK Loc: SD

If I get run over by a buffalo stampede, it would be neat to get photos of those hooves above me. Most photographers put a camera in the ground to do that. Mine would be a real perspective.

nyweb2001

Lol !!! Not when I've spent the last 10 years in Florida !!

Bruce with a Canon Loc: Islip

inspiration in unlikey places, instead of cars , parts of cars, instead of terees parts of trees

johnr9999 Loc: Carlton, OR

Sorry about your health issues, gessman. I know how that feels. Recently had to go through a series of surgeries and chemotherapy. During the chemo I had two very minor strokes (TIA's) and now I'm scared to get very far from home. Waiting for wife to retire (see what happens when you marry the younguns) so we can go on photo safaris.

jbert Loc: Texas

Photography Block. Do what I did, it works. Shoot a self portrait, blow it up and look at it. Mine scarred the heck out of me and I got back out there shooting.


PS Works with any make camera

gessman Loc: Colorado

My most profuse apologies are offered up for making the egregious error of mistaking you for a "he." I even went back and had a closer look and as hard as I tried I just could not see any gender markings on the "D" or the "K." And, I will attest that from my visit to SD, it is a beautiful place with a lot of nature photo ops. On the subject of protecting the area from a big influx of people, we had a bumper sticker here in CO a few years ago that said, "Welcome to Colorado, now go home." It was a popular sticker. :-)

nyweb2001

We have the same thing when I'm in Florida for the Yanks (I don't tell anyone where I'm from) !

gessman Loc: Colorado

Man alive, it sounds like you're been through it lately. I do understand your reluctance to wander too far afield and I think you're certainly justified. "Younguns" ain't a problem. We moved to Florida when my wife of, now, 54 years was in her early 40's. She slapped some blinders on me after we'd been there about a week so I don't even know what a youngun looks like anymore and might not know what to do if I stumbled upon one. I can't sympathize with you on that one. Still, good luck to you. I hope you continue to improve and are able to get out there and on safari soon.

gessman Loc: Colorado

I think I need to clarify my position about that although the comment may not have been aimed at me. It isn't that I "don't want to." It's a matter of not being able to do what I've always done which is to track 'em down as deep into the forest as it takes. I'm not a person who sits and waits them to come to me or drives through a game sanctuary shooting pictures. I've hunted deer, elk, bears, etc., with my camera as I did earlier with a rifle, chasing mountain goats and bighorn sheep all over a 14,000 ft. mountain, and am not content to do it any other way but physically, I cannot do it that way any longer. As I drove between the RV campground and Mt. Rushmore, through the area where the buffalo were roaming all over the roadway, coming up and sticking their heads into the car, taking pictures of 'em was like "kissing my sister." It just lacked the thrill of the hunt. No challenge. The only benefit was to be able to say I have pictures of buffaloes and I already had that. That's just not what I'm all about. I only brought it up because the theme of the thread was about "block" and my problem is sort of a "reverse block." The urge and will is there but it can't happen and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

nyweb2001

You sure aren't !! I used to hunt and hike through the woods most of my life but the development of MS in the last 10 years has severely curtailed all that !! That's ok....I'll just concentrate on different types of shots I guess !!!

DK Loc: SD

I grew up in the Black Hills area and I never heard of a buffalo sticking it's head in the car. That is the donkeys that do that. The buffalo (bison) are wild and while they may graze along the road, they are not friendly. Many tourists have tried to get close and learned that they would just as soon toss the unsuspecting tourist into the bushes as look at them. My friend and I used to stop on the road when tourists were approaching them and hope for an action shot. Too bad we never got that shot, but it would have been a good one of the tourist flying through the air or being gored into the ground. OK, I'm a little bazaar in my thinking! The best time to go there is when there are NO TOURISTS or photographers to disturb the wildlife or get in the way.