Braving the Storm

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 2, 2012230 views9 comments

I thought I would post another image from our past Yellowstone trip. My dad and I had woken up early to look for some wolves. We went to Lamar Valley, but only spotted wolves far in the distance. On the way back (still in Lamar, though) we spotted 3 nice pronghorm bucks. Two of them were staring at each other (I was hoping they would spar a bit...but they didn't

), and the other was laying down in the snow. This guy was the best to take pictures of because he just wouldn't stop posing! After a while he decided to move closer to the other two bucks. It was starting to snow a little harder...now I'm not saying it was a blizzard, but I might say it was a storm

. This image, however, does not show how heavy the snow really was

. I positioned myself for the shot and tried my best to focus through all the snow. Luckily, it worked and I am very happy with the results!

Thank y'all for lookin'!

Nikon D300
Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 ED VR with 1.4TC @ 550mm
ISO 400
1/1000sec @ f/9
shot on beanbag from truck window

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on May 2, 2012 at 11:04 PM

Nice job of getting sharp focus in a snow storm! I do wish just a bit more detail in the snow. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on May 3, 2012 at 2:40 PM

He is obviously struggling to walk into that gale force storm wind Jenaya

. I like the strong forward moving pose with the good leg separation as well as the the fact that he is angling a bit towards you. The all white environment sets off the buck nicely too. More 'visible storm' would have been cool though and make this a bit more interesting. That of course was not within your control.

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Comment posted by Sally Wood on May 3, 2012 at 5:37 PM

This is a lovely image... tells such a story, of the life of this animal........... how it perseveres and plods on ...... yeah for you to weather the storm.......... I grew up in northern Minnesota, so know of snow storms! love the contrast of the buck with the snow......... nice job!

Registered on March 8, 2012, 39 Posts, 509 Comments

Comment posted by David Hemmings on May 3, 2012 at 9:30 PM

Jenaya, this is a beautiful photograph. I love the somewhat minimalistic feel to it and the detail is superb, well done

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on May 4, 2012 at 9:01 AM

I like the treatment here and the blown out snow does the image well. Different strokes for different folks. Bravo

Registered on February 18, 2012, 534 Posts, 2755 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on May 4, 2012 at 9:09 AM

Good "eye" on your part in timing this buck for the optimum walking posture, giving separation of legs and at a moment in the stride to add the best sense of movement/tension. Techs look great. I think this is one of your best postings!
!

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Comment posted by Danny Laureys on May 4, 2012 at 2:43 PM

Excellent Shot!!!!

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on May 6, 2012 at 5:08 PM

Techs look superb here Jenaya...agree that it's one of your best to date...love the falling snow, just wish it was more (like Vincent)

Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on May 7, 2012 at 2:26 PM

The leg angle and positioning of the buck in the frame work very well together to give him the leaning forward to move attitude. Very nice with the snow flakes and all white backdrop.

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