Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep-Alert and ready
Aug 18, 2013 18:41:39 #
Hello everyone.
I'm finally home again from my summer travels and have lots of photos to post (when I get them processed). For a started I thought I'd display the Big Horn Sheep. Located him high on the alpine tundra on a ledge near a 2000 foot drop off. He was interested in a mineral lick and paid me no attention. Something moved on the distant tundra which seemed to alert and disturb this fella--as I caught this shot. The day was cloudy and dull, but the clouds made a great diffuser.
Shot with a Nikon 200-400mm lens plus tc1.4, hand held. ISO 400, F7.1 1/640. For the record that is a distant forest of lodgepole pines that is providing that soft blue/green background.
Thanks for looking.
I'm finally home again from my summer travels and have lots of photos to post (when I get them processed). For a started I thought I'd display the Big Horn Sheep. Located him high on the alpine tundra on a ledge near a 2000 foot drop off. He was interested in a mineral lick and paid me no attention. Something moved on the distant tundra which seemed to alert and disturb this fella--as I caught this shot. The day was cloudy and dull, but the clouds made a great diffuser.
Shot with a Nikon 200-400mm lens plus tc1.4, hand held. ISO 400, F7.1 1/640. For the record that is a distant forest of lodgepole pines that is providing that soft blue/green background.
Thanks for looking.
Male Big Horn Sheep--he is about 4 years old
Aug 18, 2013 19:29:12 #
splitriver
Loc: Cedar City, UT
Wow, pretty cool. I almost thought you messed with the background it looks surreal.
Aug 18, 2013 21:27:09 #
A great shot. Sharp and well handled. You really have a talent for wildlife photography. Terrific.
Aug 18, 2013 23:33:28 #
Aug 19, 2013 11:19:37 #
Beautiful shot - looks like it has been carved out :thumbup:
Aug 19, 2013 11:29:42 #
splitriver wrote:
Wow, pretty cool. I almost thought you messed with the background it looks surreal.
Thanks for looking. No background work, just straight out of the camera. Camera setting do help a bit however. :-)
Aug 19, 2013 11:30:39 #
ebrunner wrote:
A great shot. Sharp and well handled. You really have a talent for wildlife photography. Terrific.
Thank you. It is what I work on---shooting wildlife.
Thanks for looking.
Aug 19, 2013 11:31:39 #
gawler wrote:
very nice- like the stance
Thank you. It almost makes him look like a statue.
Aug 19, 2013 11:33:48 #
Rathyatra wrote:
Beautiful shot - looks like it has been carved out :thumbup:
I appreciate your stopping by.
Thank you for commenting.
Aug 20, 2013 00:50:38 #
Aug 20, 2013 19:04:25 #
sailorsmom wrote:
Very nice shot, Larry!
Thank you. He was a very cooperative subject.
Mar 7, 2024 08:46:23 #
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