From the grassland

I haven't been to Pawnee before so I figured that I'd better have a scouting trip before the blooming season. This is from 2 weeks ago and it turned out that I spent too much time on the road checking out those pronghorns that I missed the sunset at the buttes. But it's still fun.

1. Spotted those pronghorns along Hwy 14 near Briggsdale. They are very smart and shy and will run away if they detect you slow down. This is the 400mm end of the 100-400 lens.

2. Wish I had pronghorns in this image..

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4. It rained half of the night with constant lightning and I had to stay in the car until after midnight before returning to the tent

5. Pretty sweet glow, but just for 1 minute or so

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7. Glad that I woke up instead of sleeping in when this guy slipped by.

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10. That's it. On my way back on Interstate 25 exit 250.

Very nice, looks like a great trip. #2, #3 and #6 are really nice.

Great shots !

Nice collection, Tien-Chien. Most of them look too contrasty to me, and the vignetting from the 100-400 is pretty severe here. But it appears you have some good images from a foundational standpoint.

They all look really nice. I like #'s 2 and 3, and I like #10 because of it's simplicity.

Very nice set. I especially like the last 3.

I really like 3,5 and 10...nice series!

5,6,8,9,10... b4 I forget. Very nice set with much drama. The Pawnee on full display for an audience of one!

Nice series! Although not to everyone's taste, I like the punchy, contrasty look here.

Wonderful series with some terrific light!!
Something about #10 that I really like a lot. A fine art piece to my eye.

Overall a nice set of images, especially the last one. However, the first two are a little too contrasty and the vignetting is a bit much in #8. And this coming from someone who likes contrast and vignetting!

Well done and I really like the ones with the Godbeams.

#2 and #3 are my favorites, nice series. Side note, were you shooting with high ISO as some of the images seem fairly grainy?