Pronghorn Scenic
by Clinton Bauder
It's Christmastime which means I'm in Colorado visiting my folks and taking a break from shooting underwater.
Found these pronghorn (Antilocapra americanain the San Luis Valley just SE of Villa Grove. They were quite tolerant of us though this was as close as I could get before they would start to slowly retreat. For being shot with a lowly D200 and an 80-400 I'm pretty happy with this. Someday I need to come back with a D3s and a 600 f/4. There's a bit of "hand of man" in the background but not too bad and I haven't bothered to clone it out.
Nikon D200, Nikkor 80-400 at 400
ISO 200, f/7.1, 1/640
Full frame, some mild levels adjustment and sharpening.
Happy New Year All!
Clinton
Comments
3 commentsVery cool Image. The pronghorn in their setting while grazing with the very powerful snow covered mountains is an ideal setting
and Very pleasing. If it were my image, I would like the pronghorn a small bit brighter while not losing the mountains at all. And a very bit more foreground.
Enjoy the image and do hope to get an opportunity myself to see something similar .
TFS
Bill
Nice scene. But forget the D3s - I think you need to go back with a D4 and a 600 f4!
I think the foreground here - both subjects and virtually all the brown grasses and brown background bushes - are a tad on the dull side. I think a selective brightening of this region of the shot would make a big difference to the visual appeal of this shot (at least to me). But still a very nice animalscape as posted that shows the type of terrain the pronghorns prefer very well.
Cheers...
Brad