Tom and Shawn's Yellowstone Photo Safari

[popeshawnpaul]

Tom and I just got back from a 2000 mile Yellowstone trip.  We did good and I ended up taking about 1500 photos with my new Canon 7D.  We got elk, black bear, griz bear, moose, ruffed grouse, blue birds, and a few landscape shots.  We'll post shots in here as we get them downloaded and as time permits.  I was only half way through my Canada shots and now I got more work to do...   

This was a rutting pronghorn we ran into this morning.  I thought he was bigger than he was but he was active and photogenic.



The best landscape shot of the trip happened when I was coming home.  Anyone in eastern WA can attest to the amazing sunset we got tonight.  I was in Ritzville when I got this shot with about 400mm of lens.  I don't shoot landscape shots with a telephoto but this required it.  I didn't even notice the wind towers until I downloaded the shot onto my computer.  Not one adjustment made to this photo other than a light sharpen.  Truly an amazing sunset.



More to come from Tom and I...

[scoyoc5]

right on pope..this is gonna be good! 

[Huntbear]

Very cool pope.  Can not wait for the rest of the pics. 

[bear]

You guys are too good!  Your pics are amazing.

[tlbradford]

I can't wait to see what you guys came up with.  I am loving that antelope pic.  Ghostly. 

[elk311]

Here is the reason why you got that fantastic view/sunset:

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/40000/40590/wash_TMO_2009277_lrg.jpg

It can be seen literally from space. Awesome, you were in the right place at the right time. In fact if you had been a little earlier you would have been forced to stay in Spokane as I-90 was shut down for 18 hours...

http://www.komonews.com/weather/blog/63562137.html

Can't wait to see your excellent pictures (as usual).

[cohoho]

Oh you know how to get people excited, two weeks from going for Antelope and the first picture is of a shooter....  Can't wait for the rest..

[tlbradford]

Here is the reason why you got that fantastic view/sunset:

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/40000/40590/wash_TMO_2009277_lrg.jpg

It can be seen literally from space. Awesome, you were in the right place at the right time.

That NASA photo is very cool.  The detail is extraordinary.

[popeshawnpaul]

We ran into some blue birds one day.  Tom let me shoot a few out the car window.

 
We ran into some ruffed grouse.  Tom was really excited and we shot them for a while.  It was a good opportunity.

 
We were driving down the road and a couple of cars were stopped.  They said there was a moose.  Then one ran across the road and I gave chase.  I ran after this guy and he wouldn't stop.  I decided to give out a cow estrus sound and he stopped.  Huffing and puffing I took a couple quick pictures. 


We ran into a nice griz on Dunraven pass.  They were eating frantically trying to fatten up for the winter hibernation.  We had this guy at about 20 yards for about 45 minutes.





 

[huntnphool]

Hey, you broke the Cardinal Pope, no pun intended, rule. There are no eyeballs in that last pic

[popeshawnpaul]

True true.  That's one big behind huh?  I think that bear won't have any problem this winter. 

[javman]

Sweet pics. I like the tones in the first one, almost looks like a painting.

[EastWaViking]

Great shots...as usual from you!  Looks like you had a fun trip.

[Hornseeker]

Very Nice Shawn! Thanks a lot. That bear butt pic is Great!

[tlbradford]

That bear butt is great.  I love seeing photos that I would never imagine being that enjoyable, turn out to be a favorite later on.