Portrait of a Young Ram

As many of you know, I'm completely taken with bighorn sheep! It's hard not to get narrowly focused on the big rams at the expense of all the other important members of the species (just like it's hard to leave the big bull elk for younger males or cows and calves--probably true for lions and elephants and most species when you get right down to it I guess). I decided to make a commitment earlier this year that I would begin photographing all age classes and genders in the species I was pursuing, although I made no such commitment to end up with equal representation across the board. ;) 

In any event, I tore myself away from the bigger rams recently when this handsome young fellow posed so elegantly for a high-key portrait. Hope you like him as much as I do...Josiah and I are hopeful we will meet him again in the years to come and see what good habitat and good genetics result in!

Thanks for your time and comments!

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Nikon D600
Nikkor AF-S 500mm f/4 IF-ED
ISO125
1/200sec @ f/5
Mounted on FEISOL Elite CT-3372 Tripod with Acratech GV-2 ballhead and Wimberley Sidekick

Cropped to app. 95% of original after slight CW rotation/correction.