Several years ago, my kids and I paid homage to God's greatness by visiting the Grand Canyon. When we got to the park and were purchasing our passes, the rangers were complaining that the coffee machine had broken. I had empathy for them because working nights, I required copes amounts of coffee. So, the next morning, I decided to get up very early to photograph a sunrise. Not having been to the canyon before, I wasn't sure where to go, so with doughnuts and coffee in hand, I went to the entrance gate and asked for advice. They saw the craft of coffee and their eyes got large. Asked how I knew and told them I had been in earlier when they discovered it was broken. Needless to say, I became their best friends for the day. They told me about a place that was 10 miles or so up the road, off the tourist radar and said that huge amounts of Elk were spotted there regularly. SO, I told them if I can up missing, that's where I would be found. In this area, there is no fences or guards, so since it was 4 a.m. and VERY dark, I had to be careful. The sun started coming up and on another ridge I saw a heard of elk that I'd bet was several hundred strong. On another ridge though was this lone guy, and I shot some nice images of him, this one being my favorite. I consider this my best "wildlife" photo (and don't really consider myself a "wildlife" photographer...), so am pretty proud of this shot. Hope you enjoy it as much as I (still) do.

Several years ago, my kids and I paid homage to God's greatness by visiting the Grand Canyon. When we got to the park and were purchasing our passes, the rangers were complaining that the coffee machine had broken. I had empathy for them because working nights, I required copes amounts of coffee. So, the next morning, I decided to get up very early to photograph a sunrise. Not having been to the canyon before, I wasn't sure where to go, so with doughnuts and coffee in hand, I went to the entrance gate and asked for advice. They saw the craft of coffee and their eyes got large. Asked how I knew and told them I had been in earlier when they discovered it was broken. Needless to say, I became their best friends for the day. They told me about a place that was 10 miles or so up the road, off the tourist radar and said that huge amounts of Elk were spotted there regularly. SO, I told them if I can up missing, that's where I would be found. In this area, there is no fences or guards, so since it was 4 a.m. and VERY dark, I had to be careful. The sun started coming up and on another ridge I saw a heard of elk that I'd bet was several hundred strong. On another ridge though was this lone guy, and I shot some nice images of him, this one being my favorite. I consider this my best "wildlife" photo (and don't really consider myself a "wildlife" photographer...), so am pretty proud of this shot. Hope you enjoy it as much as I (still) do.

Several years ago, my kids and I paid homage to God's greatness by visiting the Grand Canyon. When we got to the park and were purchasing our passes, the rangers were complaining that the coffee machine had broken. I had empathy for them because working nights, I required copes amounts of coffee. So, the next morning, I decided to get up very early to photograph a sunrise. Not having been to the canyon before, I wasn't sure where to go, so with doughnuts and coffee in hand, I went to the entrance gate and asked for advice. They saw the craft of coffee and their eyes got large. Asked how I knew and told them I had been in earlier when they discovered it was broken. Needless to say, I became their best friends for the day. They told me about a place that was 10 miles or so up the road, off the tourist radar and said that huge amounts of Elk were spotted there regularly. SO, I told them if I can up missing, that's where I would be found. In this area, there is no fences or guards, so since it was 4 a.m. and VERY dark, I had to be careful. The sun started coming up and on another ridge I saw a heard of elk that I'd bet was several hundred strong. On another ridge though was this lone guy, and I shot some nice images of him, this one being my favorite. I consider this my best "wildlife" photo (and don't really consider myself a "wildlife" photographer...), so am pretty proud of this shot. Hope you enjoy it as much as I (still) do.