It was a gathering of most of the male Bighorn Sheep that hang out in the Mount Norquay area. I spotted them all sitting in a open area at the end of the day. I am so used to taking picture of wildlife as they move from one area to another. Here I was doing the moving around, to get the best angle for the picture. I would have had preferred my wide lens to get all the males in the frame, but I was not carrying that with me. So it was the zoom lens that got used to get this picture.
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Amar
I do pass on more pictures then I take, always waiting for something different to take place. I'll forget about everything else and only focus only on where my subject is. Because with wildlife things happen fast, sometimes you only get a second or two to get the picture you have been waiting for.
This young grizzly being escorted by two coyotes, one visible in this picture. More then likely the bear had gotten too close to the den belonging to the coyotes. The two were determined but kept a safe distance from a possible charge by the grizzly. You never know what you going to see out there.
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Amar
One of the best thing a photographer needs to do to get pictures, after learning how to use their equipment and learning about the subjects and in my case many subjects, is to get outside. There is no easy solution when it comes to shooting wildlife then that. In the mountains there is no one place where all the wildlife is waiting for to be seen. It is a simple formula, the more you get out the more you will see. Moose is an nice example, there is no one place in the park where one can see them on a daily basis, but the amount of times I get out, I know I will see one or more every few weeks.
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Amar
The moose was about 100 meters away, walking through the calm water in the evening. The calm water helped reflect the beautiful colours of the trees and the willow shrubs. Making for an interesting picture.
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Amar
This female Mountain Goat was spotted a week ago, licking minerals near the bottom of the valley. Few weeks from now they will start losing their winter coat, so its was good to get pictures of them before that takes place.
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Amar
As it gets warmer there are more things to see out there. More bears are moving around on the landscape, which increase the chance of seeing them. But with warmer winter and low snow pack, they will spread out faster as well. I was happy to see this female from top of a slope.
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Amar
Why did the grizzly cross the railway tracks? Well when you're the biggest grizzly around and have know to have eaten at least two black bears, a whole frozen elk and lot, lot more. His number tag 122 might as well be his I.Q., for the way he is able to navigate the valley to start at least two families. When other large males run from him, whereas anywhere else they would be the kings. Who cares why he crossed the tracks, you get out of his way and let him.
Mountain goats have two toes among their cloven hooves, providing them with better balance. The rough pads under the toes give the goats the grip they need to be great climbers. You only have to see them once high above to verify this ability. Here's a two year old doing just that, while an adult watches from above.
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Amar
Spotted this garter snake in the thermal spring water, even the many mild days we had this winter are not enough for snakes to be in the open. So for the few that are spotted over the winter, is thanks to the heat provided by the thermal water. Unlike us, where we get our heat from the processes occurring inside our body. The snakes like other reptiles get it from the outside, in this case from the near thirty degree celsius temperature of the water.
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Amar
We all need to rest, a way to recover and get our strength back. This bull was doing just that one afternoon, middle of the open field away from others. When I came out of the trees and spotted him, he opened his eyes and looked at me before closing them again to continue his rest.
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Amar
On February the 4th I'll be going over my 2014 adventures with a slideshow presentation. Sharing some of my favourite pictures from last year and the stories that go along with them. So if you are free that evening, please join us at the birthplace of our national parks, Cave and Basin NHS from 7 to 9pm.
The temperature had dropped considerably over night, in the morning everything in sight was covered by snow or frost. With overcast weather, the surrounding looked black and white. In middle of this were four elk bulls, but I was focused on this guy, who I had seen several times over the months. He seems to pop out, surrounded by monochrome like settings.
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It was late afternoon and light snow was falling. This male who had just few days before dropped its antlers was eating away with another bull, who was outside the frame. With a cold morning and the heavy snow on the road kept me near home, so it was good to end the day taking pictures of two moose.
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Amar
It's pretty easy to find out if there are American Marten in the area in the winter, their tracks are hard to hide in the snow. But coming across one is less likely and getting a half decent picture of them even less. We first saw this marten cross a side road, then I quickly spotted it up a tree. If you give them space, they will provided plenty of photo opportunity as they make their way down to the ground and continue their journey looking for food.
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Amar
From a distance the coyote was walking toward me, so I got ready with the camera. As expected, as it got closer it walked around me, keeping a safe distance and keeping its eyes on me. Once around me, it continued his way to where ever it was headed.
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Amar
I have been taking pictures for many years now and hope to keep taking for even more. But what will make me press the shutter button on the camera is still the same. I have to have interest in the subject, something about it that grabs my attention. And slightly more important reason why I press the shutter, is to capture the beauty that is in front of me. In most case both of reasons are present in each image I take, as they are in the case of this grizzly's picture, who I have know about for the last few years.
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Amar
Moose don't have much problem getting through deep snow. with their long legs they move through the snow to get at a common food in the winter. The winter limits what they can eat, so top of willow shurbs is a regular part of their diet. This one was in a meadow with one other bull, both resting and eating all day long.
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Amar