Yellowstone at different places. I think it was a productive day.
Sep 17, 2018 14:25:53 #
Sunnely
Loc: Wisconsin
[quote=TheShoe]
Indeed, people were too close to the bull elk. My wife (reddish jacket in foreground) spotted this elk right away coming out of the woods. We had our car doors opened ready to jump in just in case. I had a Tamron 18-400 mm which is long enough to take photo from a safe distance.
Attached is a (my wife's cell phone) photo of the same bull elk checking out the surroundings before he came out of the woods. She also took a video of the elk coming out, crossing the road, and belting out a loud love call to his mate after he crossed the road. Never heard that sound before. It seems to work. His mate showed up a few minutes later and they met up in the woods. Have a partially obstructed but blurred picture of the meeting. It was neat!
DaveO wrote:
Very nice series that shows some of the things Yellowstone is noted for!/quote]
I agree.
One note: Those people are way too close to a bull elk during the rut in the 5th picture. Those guys are too fast, too strong and too unpredictable to trust your ability to escape when they charge. That is why telephoto lenses exist.
Very nice series that shows some of the things Yellowstone is noted for!/quote]I agree.
One note: Those people are way too close to a bull elk during the rut in the 5th picture. Those guys are too fast, too strong and too unpredictable to trust your ability to escape when they charge. That is why telephoto lenses exist.
Indeed, people were too close to the bull elk. My wife (reddish jacket in foreground) spotted this elk right away coming out of the woods. We had our car doors opened ready to jump in just in case. I had a Tamron 18-400 mm which is long enough to take photo from a safe distance.
Attached is a (my wife's cell phone) photo of the same bull elk checking out the surroundings before he came out of the woods. She also took a video of the elk coming out, crossing the road, and belting out a loud love call to his mate after he crossed the road. Never heard that sound before. It seems to work. His mate showed up a few minutes later and they met up in the woods. Have a partially obstructed but blurred picture of the meeting. It was neat!
Sep 17, 2018 14:27:11 #
Sep 17, 2018 14:32:51 #
Sunnely
Loc: Wisconsin
no nameJoe wrote:
We were in Yellowstone in 2004 the traffic stopped to let some bison cross the road and a young asian woman got out of their car and grabbed a bison by the tail the result was not pretty I could not believe my own eyes we had to wait for the fangs and ambulance tocl=AR the road my wife almost went into shock at such idiocy
Two simple words: Common Sense. Like Forest Gump would say, "Stupid is as stupid does."
Thanks for looking.
Sep 17, 2018 15:16:02 #
Sunnely
Loc: Wisconsin
cameraf4 wrote:
Very fine images. Yellowstone wildlife at its best. I would be a huge fan of #3 if it was a tad more level. The bison parade is pretty cool.
You are so right. That's another step that I keep forgetting to check during post processing - leveling. I went back and corrected the level. Here it is. I hope this new version finally converts you into a full-fledged fan of #3.
Thanks for your keen eye.
Sep 17, 2018 15:18:46 #
Sunnely wrote:
You are so right. That's another step that I keep forgetting to check during post processing - leveling. I went back and corrected the level. Here it is. I hope this new version finally converts you into a full-fledged fan of #3.
Thanks for your keen eye.
Thanks for your keen eye.
Absolutely. The question is; Do YOU like it better this way? You are the artist. I'm just some faceless dude on the web.
Sep 17, 2018 21:05:02 #
DaveO wrote:
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When we lived south of Tucson, they were called pronghorn deer, although they are not deer. Not only the fastest in NA, but second only to cheetah among land animals.
Sep 17, 2018 21:14:05 #
Sunnely
Loc: Wisconsin
cdayton wrote:
When we lived south of Tucson, they were called pronghorn deer, although they are not deer. Not only the fastest in NA, but second only to cheetah among land animals.
Pronghorn deer?
Pronghorn goat?
Pronghorn antelope?
Any other pornghorn species out there?
Sep 17, 2018 23:59:57 #
Bear2
Loc: Southeast,, MI
Sunnely wrote:
Pronghorn deer?
Pronghorn goat?
Pronghorn antelope?
Any other pornghorn species out there?
Pronghorn goat?
Pronghorn antelope?
Any other pornghorn species out there?
They are correctly just “Pronghorn”.
Sep 18, 2018 01:20:35 #
Sep 18, 2018 08:04:34 #
Sunnely wrote:
Pronghorn deer?
Pronghorn goat?
Pronghorn antelope?
Any other pornghorn species out there?
Pronghorn goat?
Pronghorn antelope?
Any other pornghorn species out there?
I should have kept silent!
Sep 18, 2018 08:10:41 #
Sep 18, 2018 10:43:05 #
Sunnely wrote:
Here's the story behind the following (10) picture... (show quote)
the pronghorn is such a beautiful animal, and so fast...my favorite shot of the 10, sunnely.
Sep 18, 2018 12:08:24 #
Sunnely
Loc: Wisconsin
cameraf4 wrote:
Absolutely. The question is; Do YOU like it better this way? You are the artist. I'm just some faceless dude on the web.
Yep! Like it leveled. In fact, I started re-leveling the other photos that need re-leveling. I plan to put into a slideshow for posterity selected photos of the trip. Also, for easing viewing when the reminisce bug hits me someday.
Again, thanks for your suggestion.
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