Big Horn Sheep Portrait
Sep 15th 2009StevenAnimal & Photography
This last spring my wife Lynne and I took a cross country road trip from our home in Wisconsin to my last home in California. On the way back we stopped for a couple days in South Dakota. Our first full day there was spent visiting Mt Rushmore and Custer State Park.
Custer State Park is an amazing place. The wildlife there are very unafraid of people. Bison roam in front of cabins and block traffic along the road. Pronghorn stand within feet of the main roads. And then there were the six Big Horn Sheep camped out on the front lawn of the lodge. This guy was one of the six, he stood there posing for me while took pictures from the truck.
Luckily he was standing where I could get a good shot of him without getting the parking lot behind him in the frame. It’s quite a thrill to be that close to a wild animal and have him not be afraid of you.
Technical Details:
Canon Digital Rebel XTI
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
ISO 100
f/5.6 @ 1/500 sec.
Hand held with Image Stabilization turned on.
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Steven-you were here and didn’t even call me. I would have loved to see you and meet your wife : ( Well if you’re ever around here again-please let me know ok? YOu can get my ph# from one of the boys. Your pictures are still so awesome. Every time I think I’m looking at one of your best, up somes another one that I think the same thing : )