Snowy Bison

Gallery: WildlifePosted January 4, 2012428 views12 comments

Since I have little hope of seeing snow this year, I'm re-working some Yellowstone images from 07 and 08 and dreaming...
D200 (then)
500mm
1/200 sec, f/7.1
Mode: Manual
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: +1/3
ISO: 200
White balance: Auto

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on January 4, 2012 at 3:53 PM

Sandy this is a fantastic image! I hear you on the snow, so far winter has yet to show up here in Alberta as well!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on January 4, 2012 at 5:27 PM

I really like the comp on this one Sandy with the snow on the back of the Bison and the raised head. My only nit is the obvious blown whites of the surrounding snow. However, with that being said, I know this is not an easy one to expose and get details on the bison as well.

Saw tour response Sandy...sorry, didn't know for sure since you didn't state that in your post.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 4, 2012 at 5:33 PM

High key-ish on purpose, Kurt! Should have said that! The original snow was very uninteresting and bland, so played around a bit with it . Have been doing several high-key things to get the feel of snow which is sadly lacking here this year.

Sandy

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on January 4, 2012 at 7:42 PM

I especially like the touch of the frost encrusted weed in front of the body!

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Comment posted by scott lanz on January 4, 2012 at 9:57 PM

Very cool, Sandy. Great capture. You certainly have a wide range of images.

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Comment posted by John Launstein on January 5, 2012 at 3:33 AM

Sandy: love it. Absolutely gorgeous. Fantastic detail, great comp and very interesting overall graphic appeal. The frost-covered vegetation is a plus imo. I also think the high key makes this an even stronger image...really strong image. You and Max are killing me with these Yellowstone gems!

Registered on April 5, 2011, 223 Posts, 1193 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on January 5, 2012 at 4:29 PM

This is beautiful Sandy!!! Love the high key processing, I think the silhouetted vegatation in front of the bison's body makes this image, but the bit of color added by tongue puts it over the top. Very NIce

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Jess Lee on January 6, 2012 at 10:03 AM

Nice job of processing a rather uninteresting lighting situation into an interesting image.

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Comment posted by John Blumenkamp on January 6, 2012 at 5:11 PM

Nice work Sandy! I think the high key works really well here considering the light and subject.

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Comment posted by Neal Cooper on January 7, 2012 at 1:23 PM

Nice image Sandy. I like the very white BG and snow. I like it. Have you played around with black and white for this image.

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Comment posted by Dottie Short on January 8, 2012 at 12:39 PM

Sandy, Brrr! Nice to have images in your stock to pull from. I like the white BG, the composition and that tongue poking out from the Bison's mouth. One wonders what they find to eat during this time of year. Excellent image!

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on January 8, 2012 at 9:55 PM

What a character! I dig the high-key processing and that icy stare. I wonder how a tighter crop would fare?

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