Teton Grazing

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 22, 2010168 views5 comments

After a long, tough winter a small herd of bison are rewarded with emerging grasses to graze on with the snowy Teton Range standing watch in the background. While the bison are relatively small in the frame and lack fine detail I like this image primarily for showing their environmental surroundings.

50D, 100-400L @ 100, 1/320 @ f/10, -0.33 EC, ISO 200, FF

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5 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on May 22, 2010 at 8:22 AM

Good habitat shot. IMHO the mountains are a bit light, also I would try cropping off some of the bottom, about where the dead branches are just to see how it looks. The photo is very interesting.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on May 22, 2010 at 9:07 AM

I really like the textural detail of the landscape, especially the snow dusted Teton peak. The bison contribute to the layering effect. It would have been really neat to have one lone bison a little closer to one of the near corners of the frame! Overall, this is pleasing animalscape with an unmistakable sense of place.

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Comment posted by Sandipan Dutta on May 22, 2010 at 11:18 AM

Like the way habitat is shown in this image. Good work.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on May 24, 2010 at 8:33 AM

Hi Wayne,

I think this is a great image. I suspect that many are viewing it within the narrow confines of a "wildlife image" and it's being under-appreciated for that reason. I really like the many layers of visual interest, right down to the the depth-providing snags in the foreground. Like with many good animalscapes, I think this needs to be viewed at a VERY large size to be fully appreciated - the 720 pixel (or even 1200 pixel) versions simply don't do it justice. I can easily imagine seeing this as a large poster on a wall in a tourist info centre!

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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Comment posted by Wayne Rhodus on May 24, 2010 at 11:55 AM

Thanks everyone, I appreciate you looking and leaving a comment.

Brad I suspect you hit the nail on the head with your response. In this presentation you can see my tendancy toward making "landscape" images. The foreground anchor, layering patterns and inclusion of the bison as an element are all landscape constructs. So you caught me doing what I like doing best ... making landscape images.

As soon as I saw the bison in this setting I immediately knew what elements I wanted to capture for the viewer. Thanks for noticing.

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