Posts in Category: Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone! Mule Deer in the morning
Mule Deer: Pebble Creek Campground area, Yellowstone National Park, October 2024 — Yesterday’s Mule Deer family was from further up toward Silver Gate. We found this family the next morning down my Pebble Creek. They were feeling a bit frisky in the cool morning air. These fawns are pretty well grown to still be nursing and I am sure the doe will not indulge them much longer. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400 Di 3 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Mule Deer
Mule Deer: near the Silver Gate gate, Yellowstone National Park, October 2024 — We saw surprisingly few Mule Deer in Yellowstone when we were there, and no bucks. The does we saw though, all had well grown fawns, generally twins. This is a late in the day, almost sundown shot on our way back out of the Lamar Valley to our lodging in Silver Gate. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400 Di3 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Coyote afternoon prowl
Coyote: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, October 2024 — Late in the afternoon after a full day in the park, headed back to Silver Gate for the night, we found this Coyote prowling along the road as we left the Lamar Valley. Beautiful light. Beautiful animal. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400 Di3 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator and assembled in FrameMagic.
Yellowstone! Last of the red dogs
American Bison: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, October 2024 — Now that I am back from Costa Rica, it is time to finish up the photos I took in Yellowstone in October. We were there just in time to see the last Red Dogs of the season…calves born late and still in their reddish-brown coats. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400 Di3 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Parking attendant
Raven: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, October 2024 — Another parking lot/roadside pull off attendant Raven. Sitting on the pull out sign waiting patiently for car jockey to empty their cheeto bag onto the ground. Or someone to leave the lunch cooler unattended in the back of a pick-up. Can’t have that you know. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400Di3 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Roadside Bison
American Bison: Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, October 2024 — On our first several visits to the Hayden Valley we saw none of the usual Bison. They were evidently still up high. On this swing through the valley though we saw numbers, and by the next day there were herds all along the river. This bison was right beside the road. These shots are at 178 and 444mm equivalents…so you can only imagine how close. Shot out the open window of the car, of course. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400Di3 as above. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Papa Moose
Moose: Upper Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, October 2024 — The young bull disappeared into the willows at one point, and we all heard a mighty clashing of antlers, so we knew there was another bull in there somewhere, and sure enough, eventually he emerged at the east end of the willow stand. He was not the largest moose you will ever see, but he was impressive, with an impressive rack. Good enough for me! Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400Di3 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife medications. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! More morning moose
Moose: Upper Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, October 2024 — We were still photographing the two cow moose when this feisty young bull, maybe with his first set of antlers, crossed the road west of us a ways and came up the other side through the valley, and finally came around to cross the road east of us and join the two cows along the edge of the willows. He might not have had much for antlers, but he made up for it in attitude. And he was, as they say, the picture of health…well built and solidly muscled. Fun to watch as he pranced his prance trying to impress the ladies. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400Di3 at 600 and 500mm equivalents. (The final shot is only at 500mm so you can figure how close he was.) Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Cow moose in the morning
Moose: upper Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, October 2024 — People had been telling us for a few days that they were seeing moose by the Pebble Creek Campground, and we had looked for a few days on our way back and forth from our lodging in Silver Gate, but to no avail. We got out early this morning and drove directly there in hopes of catching one. We caught them just leaving the meadows behind the campground and headed up over the hill to the west. As we were leaving though there was a car off the road down the way the moose had been going, and sure enough there was a cow moose grazing at the edge of the willows just barely 25 yards from the road. As we were photographing her, another cow came out of the willows just a way back toward the campground. This one was obviously carrying at least one calf, and maybe two. It was a great encounter. And it only got better. Stay tuned. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400Di3 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Yellowstone! Pilot and Index Peaks in Autumn
Not quite in Yellowstone National Park, but on the boarder in Montana, Pilot and Index Peaks dominate the skyline from the east, coming down off the Beartooth Highway into Cook City. The fall foliage in the foreground marks the season. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400Di3 at 117mm equivalent. Program mode. Processed in Photomator.