Solitude
A desert bighorn ram takes a break at Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada.
As we were driving around the park, we were hopeful of seeing some of the desert bighorns that inhabit the area. I just marvel at how they have been able to adapt to the harsh environment. We had seen a small herd on our last trip here in May, and this time I was hopeful to capture a ram with a large set of curled horns. We saw a couple of cars parked along the roadside and started to scan the hillside. As always, my wife saw him first (she is amazing!). I could barely make him out, but she assured me it was a ram. We stopped the car, got out and saw where a few other people were photographing this magnificent animal. We slowly made our way to where they were shooting and stayed with them for a good 15 minutes watching and shooting. He spent most of his time with his head turned away from us. He finally turned and we were treated with this display. I was hand holding the 80-400 hoping that I was steady enough for good images (I left the 600 back at the motorhome - lessons always learned the hard way!). As he was in no hurry to move and not wanting to disturb him we headed back to the car as we were not parked in a "legal" spot and I did not want to end this moment with a ticket.
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Solitude
A desert bighorn ram takes a break at Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada.
As we were driving around the park, we were hopeful of seeing some of the desert bighorns that inhabit the area. I just marvel at how they have been able to adapt to the harsh environment. We had seen a small herd on our last trip here in May, and this time I was hopeful to capture a ram with a large set of curled horns. We saw a couple of cars parked along the roadside and started to scan the hillside. As always, my wife saw him first (she is amazing!). I could barely make him out, but she assured me it was a ram. We stopped the car, got out and saw where a few other people were photographing this magnificent animal. We slowly made our way to where they were shooting and stayed with them for a good 15 minutes watching and shooting. He spent most of his time with his head turned away from us. He finally turned and we were treated with this display. I was hand holding the 80-400 hoping that I was steady enough for good images (I left the 600 back at the motorhome - lessons always learned the hard way!). As he was in no hurry to move and not wanting to disturb him we headed back to the car as we were not parked in a "legal" spot and I did not want to end this moment with a ticket.
Thanks or your views and comments!