These two November photographs were made just a few days apart and forgotten until today. The first one was made on a very cold morning in Pine using a fence post as a tripod. The second photograph was made from the passenger seat while traveling at highway speed in South Park.

I first saw his magnificent head ornament as he grazed with two smaller bulls at late dusk. Then I saw the short hind leg and knew it was “tripod” a bull elk I’d heard about and seen in a recent newspaper photo. I chose an ISO of 1000 to make a few images of [...]

In sunsets’ final gleam, a bull, a cow, and a calf from an elk herd during their seasonal rut, the only time the mature bulls and cows hang out together.

Two older bulls and two cows in the meadow near the creek. I was perhaps 600 feet from them, looking down into the valley’s dusk.
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Snow all day today. The elk knew yesterday. They often come down into the creek valley when it’s going to snow. Yesterday evening there were 40 or 50 cows and young near the creek road. This one was willing to pose for the camera a moment when I pulled over to watch them.

South Park – I watched a large herd of about 100 wapiti (American Elk) jump fences and cross a road toward a small lake. One of the babies couldn’t cross the fence. The whole herd stopped and called out encouragement, but still the baby could not make the leap required to cross the fence. Very [...]