Snowy Bison Portraits (Original Photography)
Howdy, folks!
It's been awhile (again), but I finally got some photos of the bison. Having a state park so close is a godsend, when the workload and stress start piling up. A ten minute drive and I can be out in nature, chatting with these furry giants. Okay, well they don't say much, but it's still a great stress reliever.
Pair of Pointies
This time, they were trying to escape! One of the park rangers was chipping ice out of the cattle gards that keep them from wandering off. Apparently, the ice had created a bridge across what is basically a grate, and one of the older bison was trying to cross.
Ice Cream Nose-ache
Frosty-Face eyed me up and down for quite awhile. That gave me plenty of time to snap a few really crisp images. You can actually see my Jeep reflected in her eyes in some of the shots!
Big Butt!
The yearlings are still much more spunky than their elders. I think the older one in this last shot was about to throw a fit. The younger bison kept butting heads and tring to shove her around. Kids these days!
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I love the second photo. It's like it would be saying: HUH?! What the hell are you doing here? I'm doing something important here (playing with snow) so get out! :D or another one could be DUH?! Yes, that's snow on my face :D
Oh, I just love the faces that animals can make. You don't really realize it while you're there but once you come home you can't stop laughing :)
Great photos, funny words! Well done!
Thank you for sharing!
Thanks!
Last summer, I got one of a bull that still makes me laugh every time I see it. They do strike some great poses sometimes!
Wow.......those are great photos @fotosdenada I love that snow covered face. Well Done!
Nice to see an update of the big woolies again. Superb photos, and I always love your comments. Give me a chortle. These beasts sure are impressive. Sound smarter than cows too. They used to paint yellow or white lines on the pavement for the cows in Idaho, to fool them into thinking they were cattleguards. I think the bison are a bit smarter than your average Hereford. I hope. There's only one way to go. (I probably just insulted a few ranchers. Sorry folks.) But they would just run in front of us for hours in the woods. Never got off the road. We stop, they stop. We go, they go. Faster, faster. Slower, slower. For hours on end. It was OK in the truck, but on a motorcycle, they'd just spray the road with digested grass, and make it a real hazard. Fun times. Maybe these guys are a bit smarter. And a WHOLE lot bigger. Do you shoot them from inside your vehicle? Or are you away from ramming speed junction with a fence, etc? Think I've asked you that before, but that was then, and this is now...(Mr. Memory)
Thanks! The bison definitely seem more intelligent than cattle, though they also seem a bit more lethargic. Some of that is probably because it's so cold out but, even in the summer, they don't like to move fast unless they have to.
The park ranger was worried the one trying to cross would go through the ice and break a leg.
Funny that the cows fall for the paint job. They're not really known for being the smartest creatures... lol
The state park has a quite large bison enclosure wit cattle guards on both ends, so I usually get photos from my vehicle. In the summer, I occasionally walk the fence and get some photos that way, too. You wouldn't want to be on foot near them, though. I've seen them try to skewer people through the fence who were trying to take selfies with the bison in the background. They were far enough away from the fence. One heck of a photo bomb!
Yes, THAT would be a priceless selfie! Love Love the bison shots you take. These ones, I always take the time to expand them :)
Thanks! Frosty-face was very cooperative.
Shot it right!!
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Great photos.... Those big guys look good in the snow!
Howdy sir fotosdenada! These are all great shots man! Lol..frosty face, ice cream nose ache! lol. Great job sir. Very fun post and those animals are something else. How close did you get to them and how tall do you think they are?
They can look right in the window of my Jeep, so they're pretty big. They're a lot stalkier than cattle, too, so I'd say they probably weight at least a cow-and-a-half. How's that for using the metric system? lol
They actually get really close to the vehicles, sometimes. When I drove my truck through, last year, one was actually trying to lick the salt off my bumper!
haha! Those guys are really cool sir fotosdenada, I'm glad they're there. I just hope they don't every charge your jeep.
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