Musk Ox
by Dennis Plank
I'm posting this here because if you look closely at the top of the image, you'll see some vehicles and buildings in the background. While we tend to have deer wandering through the suburbs down here, in Nome they have Musk Oxen. This was taken on a little dirt spur road on the edge of town with some kind of industrial operation in the background. Most of the time, like most herbivores, they had their heads down filling their bellies, but this one was nice enough to actually look up at me for a few seconds. I think it was letting me know that there was a youngster back in the bushes and I shouldn't come any closer-I didn't.
7Dii, Sigma 150-600 C @ 150 mm, hand held, f/9, 1/640, iso 1600, aperture priority, pattern metering, -1/3 EV. Processed in LR & PS CC. Cropped to a 16.3 MP 4x5. Taken at 11:50 am on June 9th.
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4 commentsIf you cropped out the buildings I see no reason this could not have gone into the Wildlife Gallery. I have had a few interesting events with muskox in a couple zoos I worked in, brings back memories. Thanks for sharing.