American Bison

scottwdwscottwdw Registered Users Posts: 52 Big grins
edited February 3, 2010 in Wildlife
Earlier this month, I visited the Theodore Roosevelt National Park near Medora, North Dakota. I happened upon a heard of American Bison or Buffalo.

Here's an iPhone shot of the entire herd.
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Like Bison in other national parks, they are used to people stopping to watch and photograph them. As the temperature was a crisp -15 degrees F out, I was content to photograph them from a car. Eventually, the herd meandered up near me. Using the Nikon 80-400VR, I was able to get some good closeups.

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Nikon D70/80-400VR, 1/250s, f/8, ISO 200, EV +0.3, 400mm fl

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Nikon D70/80-400VR, 1/640s, f/5.6, ISO 200, EV +0.3, 195mm focal length

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Nikon D70/80-400VR, 1/320s, f/5.6, ISO 200, EV +0.3, 400mm focal length

The classic snow muzzled closeup. :D

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Nikon D70/80-400VR, 1/200s, f/8, ISO 200, EV +0.7, 230mm focal length
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Comments

  • DeeCajunDeeCajun Registered Users Posts: 515 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2010
    Amazing and rare photos!
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2010
    Excellent ste of images from what looks to have been a great trip.
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  • scottwdwscottwdw Registered Users Posts: 52 Big grins
    edited February 3, 2010
    I consider myself lucky to not only finding this group of bison but to have them all to myself for over two hours. I chronicled my time with them on my blog here: A Day with the American Bison/
    Scottwdw
    Nikon D700, 50 f/1.8, 24-120 VR, 28-300 VR, 70-200 VR, 80-400 VR

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