Bison in a Snowstorm

Gallery: WildlifePosted April 11, 20181,444 views12 comments

I like photographing wildlife during a falling snow, but sometimes it's coming down so hard and thick that conditions for photography get a little challenging. I find myself looking to emphasize patterns and shapes in those cases, since details are often difficult to discern. In this case, I slowed my shutter speed in hopes of "painting" lines of snow across the bison's dark body. It was a fun experiment. I converted to monochrome in order to emphasize the patterns and textures more.

Canon 1DX
Canon 100-400mm
ISO 100
1/15th
f/22

Max

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Craig Moreau on April 11, 2018 at 12:37 PM

Max, this is really, really cool. I love the almost silhouetted look with all that texture on top. I'm not sure if I like that you can see the very subtle ridgeline and small bush in the background. I'm thinking I want to see the top completely white, but that may not work in reality. Might be something to try for a more graphic effect.

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Comment posted by William Bickle on April 12, 2018 at 8:40 AM

Very Cool

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on April 12, 2018 at 9:31 AM

I think this is a really compelling image. The white out is so cool. Great choice of shutter speed to show the snow fall. Love it.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on April 12, 2018 at 11:39 AM

Very different n very original, love it !

Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on April 12, 2018 at 1:58 PM

This rocks Max! Way to think outside the box. Very cool! devil

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on April 12, 2018 at 7:12 PM

Unusual image and unusually good. Well done.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on April 14, 2018 at 5:37 PM

I like bison in the snow! Well done.

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on April 16, 2018 at 11:39 AM

Max: love the idea and the execution is excellent. Richard

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Comment posted by Skip Layman on April 21, 2018 at 7:32 PM

Makes you wonder how they survive the Winter. This really captures the severity of Winter in Yellowstone. Well done.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 22, 2018 at 4:39 AM

Beautiful high key image. Everyone has (or wants) bison-in-the-snow images, but this one is very unique.
Congrats on the EP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on April 22, 2018 at 11:28 AM

Thanks, guys. And thanks to the mods for the WP.

Max

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 23, 2018 at 10:13 AM

Max, a neat change from the "classic" snow covered YNP Bison shot. This is quite striking and nicely artistic.

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