Small Wyoming wildlife

pathfinder · June 16, 2005

So I just returned from riding in the Snowy Mountains with my son and several fellows from KTMtalk.com The weather was not good except for Saturday and we were riding most of the day then. But I did spend a morning in the snow at Libby Flats and in the plains west of Laramie,. and caught shots of Wyoming wildlife.

Antelope of course

Horses - not wildife, but typical of Wyoming

Ground squirrels galore at Libby Flats

And two ground squirrels - one more cautious than the other

And antelope laying in the grass in the rain

Criticisms, critiques, etc welcomed

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This is what the weather loked like much of the time

Steve Cavigliano · June 16, 2005

Very nice shots PF

Looks like you had a great time in Wyoming.

I love the 5th shot with the 4 antelopes. It may be my work monitor, but both antelope shots look a bit hot (bright) to me

But the composition of the 5th shot is super IMO

Steve

Phil U. · June 16, 2005

Great stuff!

I especially like this one because of its sharpness and its cute factor.

pathfinder · June 16, 2005

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

Very nice shots PF Looks like you had a great time in Wyoming.

I love the 5th shot with the 4 antelopes. It may be my work monitor, but both antelope shots look a bit hot (bright) to me But the composition of the 5th shot is super IMO

Steve

Thanks for your comments Steve, and the concern about the brightness of the antelope shots. I clocked the whites in them and the tail in the first shot reads about 254,254,254 so I am near the edge, but the rest of the highlights on the goats only read 220, 218, 230 or so, so I thought they might get a bye. But I agree that they seem a little hot, so I have redone the one of the four anteloopes laying in the grass and we'll se what folks think about the image in a litlle darker mode.

Is this any better??

This little fella was hiding in the grass as I walked out into the ditch to shoot antelope and stopped to look back at me as I caught him...

Here is some more Wyoming wildlife too

And some more antelope

pathfinder · June 16, 2005

Phil U. wrote:

Great stuff!

I especially like this one because of its sharpness and its cute factor.

I agree that of all the stuff I shot, I liked the ground squirrel images the best, and I would not have thought that for the world. Long glass just never beats getting really close in.

John Mueller · June 16, 2005

Sweet PF.
I think that kind of weather makes for some good shooting:):
Sounds and looks like you had a blast.
Thanks for sharing.

Harryb · June 17, 2005

Hey PF,

The second and third shots are excellent. The exposure on the horse shot is on the mark. There's some thing about the comp thats a bit off for me though. I think I would have either zoomed out a bit more to give to give a feeling of the size of the surroundings or I would have zoomed in more.

Steve Cavigliano · June 17, 2005

PF,
Yeah, the 2nd edit of the 'lopes works much better for me

thumb Everything looks fuller and richer (although that may not be what it looked like in actuality....lol). I hope you guys didn't have really hot weather while you were there

Steve

pathfinder · June 17, 2005

Harryb wrote:

Hey PF,

The second and third shots are excellent. The exposure on the horse shot is on the mark. There's some thing about the comp thats a bit off for me though. I think I would have either zoomed out a bit more to give to give a feeling of the size of the surroundings or I would have zoomed in more.

Harry I looked at the shot of the red horse and I agree that it lacks something. I think the problem is the lighter green area across the top of the frame. I have recropped it, and I think this may be a better effort. Ya think, maybe, Harry?

pathfinder · June 17, 2005

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

PF,
Yeah, the 2nd edit of the 'lopes works much better for me thumb Everything looks fuller and richer (although that may not be what it looked like in actuality....lol). I hope you guys didn't have really hot weather while you were there

Steve

I don't think it ever got above 70 degrees F. Usually highs of 60's, lows of mid 30's. Cooler up higher - typically mid 30's during the day at 9000 feet. Still lots of snow on the higher roads - this is what the scenery looked like. I looked for birds and only saw an occaisional mockingbird or raven. None close enough to shoot

Small Wyoming wildlife

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