Pronghorn Animalscape

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 29, 2015139 views8 comments

Whle in Yellowstone, I found lots of Pronghorn rutting activity along the Lamar River in the Lamar Valley (Little America area). This buck had herded his ladies up against the Lamar River in an atempt to make it easirer to defend them from a rival buck that kept trying to steal them. It was fun to watch. He would corral the ladies and then chase the rival buck up a hill off to the left. Of course, when he was on the hill, the ladies drifted away from the river. He would then race down and herd the ladies up against the river once again. Lots of energy expended.

Processed using Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC 2014. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7 Mark II

Canon 200-400f4 L IS

f5.6

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Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter Engage)

ISO 100

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8 comments

Comment posted by Clinton Bauder on September 29, 2015 at 2:18 PM

Fantastic picture and post. Definitely a different sort of environment from where I'm used to seeing pronghorn. The animals stand out very well from the background and the pose of the buck surveying his domain is perfect. Love it.

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Clinton

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on September 29, 2015 at 11:28 PM

Nice environment and like the poses of the pronghorn Jerry, If nine, I might be tempted to crop this tighter (loosing some from the left and a sliver from both the top and bottom). I would be trying to place the left pronghorn on the left third of the image. Still nice work!

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on September 30, 2015 at 12:58 AM

Jerry,

This is an unusual shot of Pronghorns in comparison to those I have seen before, The unusual habitat adds wonderfully.

I agree with Kurt regarding the crop suggestion.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on September 30, 2015 at 11:25 AM

When I first glanced at the small photo I thought it was a herd of elephants in the water! Not until I opened it up did I see a very neat pronghorn photo. I agree with the crop comments, but not too much reduced as this is neat to see them in a non prairie habitat. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 30, 2015 at 12:02 PM

I love the setting, so unlike the usual sagebrush prairies. Thumbs up!

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on September 30, 2015 at 12:17 PM

I tried the suggested crop. I think it improves the image.

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on September 30, 2015 at 6:03 PM

Jerry: very nice shot in a most unusual setting for pronghorns. I think the crop is an improvement. Now can you bring up the rocks a bit? cool Richard

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Comment posted by David Bogener on October 4, 2015 at 4:16 PM

A really unique pronghorn image. Great setting, well captured. Consider a pano crop eliminating the upper 1/3 of the image?

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