Bighorn ram

Fine detail and the green backdrop makes it standout quite well

- Luke

Nice lighting and a fine composition Robert. The landscape and vegetation looks a lot like Jasper. No suggestions for improvement/change.

Nicely pose and nicely captured! I am interested in his slate gray color which seems unusual to my eye, as a matter of curiosity and not a critique. I am wondering if he is an individual variation, or if the bighorns in Yellowstone are different from the ones I am accustomed to seeing.

Nice image, a good powerful image of a bighorn ram. It does look slightly different in the coat color from the ones I have seen in Colorado and other places. Could be just an individual trait. The rubbing down of the horn tips is called "brooming" I believe and is a behavior of bighorns. Thanks for posting,

Great shot, Robert. I like the angle and the BG too.

István Pénzes
Győr, Hungary

Hi Robert,

A classic shot of an iconic species. I'm also struck by the slaty colour of this specimen - at all times of the year the sheep in my region are much more brown than this (much closer to the colour of the horns of this one). I'm curious if this is individual variation or geographic variation (where the bulk of the population where you shot this is grey like this).

When I look at the larger version it appears to me that the ram looks just a tad soft - I'm thinking just a little selective sharpening of the ram could pull out more detail. It's a minor thing though. Overall I like the composition. I'm thinking sliding the ram just slightly up and to the left (along that diagonal) would have given more room for those hooves and reduced the slight feeling of "dead-centeredness" I get from the image...

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

Very nice Robert, I love the super low angle and the nice OOF BG. Minor nits covered.

Beautiful frame n majestic pose, I like the way it is placed against the OOf tree.
Jagdeep Rajput

Lon,

I do not know why this ram looks so gray. I think for one thing there is a blue cast to the picture but not enough to make the color difference you are talking about. I have other pictures of Yellowstone bighorns where they look much more brown. If you look in my
porfolio you will see this image and another Yellowstone bighorn with quite a color difference.

Brad,

Looking at the large version I see the softness you mentioned. The original slide was sharp but I have had a few problems going to digital from film. Some scans work well and others not so much. Sometimes the colors are kind of weird and sometimes they don't look as sharp and they look grainy. I'm not sure why. Eventually I plan to buy a good scanner and I hope to get more consistent results. I have a lot of good slides that I want to convert to digital.

A fine portrait of a magnificent looking animal. I think that the image could do with a slight tweak in the colour balance to introduce a little warmth and then reduce the Gamma Correction to make the Ram 'pop'.. All the elements of a very nice image.

Brett

I like this very much. To me it captures the essence and majesty of this species. The elements work well together in creating a very western feel. Well done!

Beautiful portrait, Robert

Excellent clarity, light, and details Robert.
Great BG, comp, and I like the POV from slightly below too..
Nice work Robert, have a great weekend!