Post by: popeshawnpaul on January 01, 2009, 11:42:47 PM
I figure a bunch of photos is the proper way to start contributing again. I know some of you may have seen some of these on fm, dpreview, yellowstone.net, and backcountryhunting but many probably have not. These are some photos from a few of my recent trips. If you would like to know a bit about each photo, you can go to this thread on backcountryhunting.net, a great site: http://www.backcountryhunting.net/forum/index.php?topic=473.0 I hope you enjoy them. So which one is your favorite?
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Post by: coop2424 on January 01, 2009, 11:47:41 PM
Post by: cascademountainhunter on January 01, 2009, 11:49:17 PM
Post by: bigdave on January 01, 2009, 11:54:12 PM
Welcome back.
Dave
Post by: NWTFhunter on January 02, 2009, 12:11:34 AM
Those sheep are :yike: I have never seen any as big as those boys !
Excelent photos ! Thank you.
Post by: bucklucky on January 02, 2009, 12:18:08 AM
Welcome back man! Those are some of the best Ram phots yet! You've been buisy!
Glad to see some more Pope photos on here again!!
Post by: Timberstalker on January 02, 2009, 05:57:56 AM
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Post by: Antlershed on January 02, 2009, 09:19:25 AM
Post by: Basket Rack on January 02, 2009, 09:28:15 AM
Post by: robodad on January 02, 2009, 09:33:23 AM
Missed you around here, especially your excellent pictures. I have also missed asking you dumb questions about taking them !!!
Welcome back Shawn !!!
Post by: ThePascoKid on January 02, 2009, 09:43:38 AM
Post by: skybusterbo on January 02, 2009, 09:45:03 AM
Welcome back! Way to hard to pick a favorite, they're all great+1
Post by: Gobble on January 02, 2009, 10:05:24 AM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on January 02, 2009, 10:07:42 AM
Love that one of the old guy missing most of his teeth. Awesome pics Shawn!
Yeah, I love that ram as well. He is your Eastmans sheep issue cover photo from last year taken by Tony Bynum. Here is a link to more shots of him...
http://www.tonybynum.com/gallery/4692462_wiLZB#277545748_xoK9H
I have a 16x20 of the cover photo with him coming at you with the teeth. It is an amazing picture and turns out way better than I can describe and on the computer. Everyone who sees it is astounded. I would highly suggest everyone get a large print of this ram from Tony and support a great photographer.
Anyways, sadly that ram is probably dead. He was bleached out and sick in that picture I took of him. I can't imagine he will make it the winter.
Post by: popeshawnpaul on January 02, 2009, 10:10:03 AM
Post by: EastWaViking on January 02, 2009, 10:14:28 AM
Good call Basket. A lot of my photos over the years come from Rock Creek. It use to be easy to find 190"+ bruisers from that herd. Now I think the best sheep area is the breaks. But you can find a large ram in any Montana unit really.
Who is this? A new member? Welcome to the site. ;)
Post by: Curly on January 02, 2009, 10:20:18 AM
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Post by: MuleySniper on January 02, 2009, 01:58:56 PM
MS
Post by: wilsongideon on January 02, 2009, 06:51:04 PM
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Post by: Red Dawg on January 02, 2009, 07:04:14 PM
Post by: gramps on January 02, 2009, 08:15:39 PM
Post by: BIGDOG on January 02, 2009, 09:41:05 PM
Jerry
Post by: Basket Rack on January 02, 2009, 10:01:43 PM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on January 02, 2009, 10:57:11 PM
Welcome Back. Great Photos. I see Tony has a couple in the Montana Outdoors photo issue. Do you send any to them? You should.
Thanks Gramps. No, I'll leave the professional photography to pros like Tony. Keeps it fun that way for me.
Post by: 7mag. on January 03, 2009, 10:52:34 AM
Post by: boneaddict on January 03, 2009, 12:25:17 PM
Bigbuckdown, we don't need any past *censored* on here, so I nuked your post. Celebrate by PM or by acknowledging the posts. Leave the negative feelings at home.
Post by: ICEMAN on January 03, 2009, 02:05:30 PM
The pics are OK I guess..... ;)
Post by: cohoho on January 03, 2009, 03:04:09 PM
Post by: swanny on January 03, 2009, 04:20:53 PM
Really like the fighting ram shots. Thanks for sharing!
Post by: popeshawnpaul on January 03, 2009, 09:19:51 PM
Post by: bowsandhose on January 04, 2009, 11:14:24 AM
Love that one of the old guy missing most of his teeth. Awesome pics Shawn!:yeah:
Post by: ICEMAN on January 04, 2009, 03:40:59 PM
Yeah, you guys are relentless. Filled up my inbox a few times while I was gone. Thanks everyone.
It was really strange while you were gone.........Usually you cant keep a lawyers mouth shut.... :IBCOOL:
Post by: popeshawnpaul on January 25, 2009, 11:16:44 PM
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Post by: mossback91 on January 25, 2009, 11:18:51 PM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on January 25, 2009, 11:20:15 PM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on January 26, 2009, 07:34:06 PM
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Post by: huntnphool on January 26, 2009, 07:39:23 PM
Post by: Wacenturion on January 26, 2009, 07:47:31 PM
Big ram anyone? Sheep love to kick each other in the nuts. This kick was a little off target...
Absolutely incredible photo................
Post by: ICEMAN on January 26, 2009, 09:00:49 PM
Mother of God! :yike: No wonder they pound each others skulls in! Someone kicks me in the junk and I will pound my 300+ pound forehead thru their face too!
Post by: dreamingbig on January 26, 2009, 09:09:00 PM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on January 27, 2009, 12:34:50 AM
Post by: Ricochet on January 27, 2009, 01:27:22 AM
Bucks can get rowdy too. Here's a shot of a young buck giving his buddy a shot to the nads, no wonder the old guys are usually by themselves.
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Post by: Elkstuffer on January 27, 2009, 12:18:02 PM
I almost peed my pants I laughed so hard at your reply Iceman. I got a visual that was kind of funny... :chuckle:
Ditto!!!
Welcome back Pope.
Post by: bucklucky on January 27, 2009, 12:33:32 PM
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Post by: popeshawnpaul on January 27, 2009, 06:12:48 PM
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Post by: jager on January 28, 2009, 06:29:44 AM
Those are some beautiful photos! Thanks!
Post by: popeshawnpaul on January 28, 2009, 06:39:44 PM
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Post by: huntnphool on January 28, 2009, 06:44:34 PM
Post by: TeacherMan on January 28, 2009, 06:52:36 PM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on January 28, 2009, 07:01:53 PM
Thanks for the compliments Teacherman. No, I'm not a pro photographer. I'm just an attorney that likes to take a few pictures. That bug eyed buck is a nice buck. Tony and I call him the Smooth Fork buck because his back left side does not branch. He is decently wide with good mass. Unfortunately, he kept getting his butt kicked. He had got a little too close to the other buck and the 190 just ran him off right to me. He didn't care less about me but was really worried as he looked back to see if the 190 was still coming after him... Interestingly enough, he was able to get about 5 does later that day so kudos to him. Actually, the big 190 started running around after a doe in heat and he just took over as the dominant buck in that little harem.
Oh, feel free to use it as your wallpaper.
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Post by: WonkyWapiti on January 28, 2009, 07:43:17 PM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on January 29, 2009, 12:19:49 AM
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Post by: popeshawnpaul on January 29, 2009, 07:05:59 PM
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on January 30, 2009, 03:05:50 PM
"Deer? No. No deer here?.."
Post by: popeshawnpaul on February 04, 2009, 05:31:09 PM
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Post by: bankwalker on February 04, 2009, 06:16:21 PM
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Post by: SW Blacktail on February 05, 2009, 01:21:35 AM
Post by: PacificNWhunter on February 05, 2009, 07:02:16 AM
those bases are HUGE compared to his head.
X2
Post by: popeshawnpaul on February 21, 2009, 05:45:44 PM
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Post by: bowsandhose on February 22, 2009, 06:14:04 AM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on February 28, 2009, 12:00:32 AM
Canon 40D + 300mm f2.8 L IS @ ISO 400, f2.8, 1/1000th
Who says you can't do wildlife photography at 300mm? ;) One of the reasons a razor sharp lens is useful is you can crop it heavily and still get a decent image. This lens is the sharpest Canon makes, IMO...
Post by: boneaddict on March 03, 2009, 05:32:55 AM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on March 03, 2009, 05:05:06 PM
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Post by: Ricochet on March 03, 2009, 05:38:56 PM
Post by: huntnphool on March 03, 2009, 05:43:46 PM
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I'm going to try and do my best to further that goal by posting good pictures
I agree Shawn, I have been trying to get new pics up every couple days but its not working to this point.
Post by: rosscrazyelk on March 03, 2009, 08:59:05 PM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on March 03, 2009, 10:24:36 PM
I'm so tired of the whining and crying about Obama, the country, liberals, etc. that we see pop up every day. If you look to the recent topics, half are usually concerning subjects like these. I am as much to blame as anyone as I go at it with many on here in these threads. This site use to be dominated by hunting and photography. I'm going to try and do my best to further that goal by posting good pictures and talking more about hunting in threads.
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:yeah:
I actually decided about a week ago to just quit reading and posting on anything that looked political. Was getting too worked up about stuff. It was just turning into a bunch of posturing and everyone trying to sound smarter than they are... I am sticking to hunting. I suck at photography. Maybe I'll post some paintings... :chuckle:
Post by: popeshawnpaul on March 04, 2009, 10:16:04 AM
I'm with you on that, Pope, let's concentrate on what we have in common. Unless I'm in school. I'll be ready for a velvet buck session over at the Malheur this summer. Since my chance of returning to my old job blew away yesterday, I'm thinking I might have to move over there. If I'm gonna go broke, I might as well do it in a place I enjoy. :chuckle:
If I'm ever disbarred or my wife divorces me, I'll have a camper on the back of my truck and just drive around to all the photo spots all year long. That would be fun!
Post by: Ricochet on March 04, 2009, 01:05:50 PM
Post by: boneaddict on March 05, 2009, 06:11:44 AM
Post by: Dipsnort on March 05, 2009, 04:58:52 PM
I was looking at Tony's pic of his goat on Fair Chase magazine and thinking Goats are on my list for this spring.If you're interested, I can give you the specific location in Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park where I snapped this picture. From our hiking adventure it became clear that goats spend a heck of a lot of time in this particular area. If I had your photography equipment and skills I'm sure there would have been lots of great shots to be had that day. :)
Post by: popeshawnpaul on March 05, 2009, 10:36:20 PM
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Post by: Curly on March 06, 2009, 07:46:21 AM
Post by: Dipsnort on March 06, 2009, 12:42:41 PM
I would think Rainier would be snowed in good for a while...?Definitely. It'll be mid-late Summer before a person could hike up into the area in my pic and snap some pics.
Post by: gramps on March 06, 2009, 08:53:32 PM
Post by: cascademountainhunter on March 06, 2009, 09:16:20 PM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on April 18, 2009, 04:59:41 PM
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Post by: bow-n-head on April 18, 2009, 05:31:41 PM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on April 18, 2009, 08:03:09 PM
Thanks bow-n-head
Post by: EastWaViking on April 18, 2009, 08:05:26 PM
You have a lot of great shots!
Post by: popeshawnpaul on April 18, 2009, 08:08:29 PM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on May 03, 2009, 10:58:06 AM
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Post by: robodad on May 03, 2009, 11:21:42 AM
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I'll have to redo this photo. It looks ovesharpened to me.
Yeah that's exactly what I was thinking, it really makes it hard to even look at !!! :P
Post by: Tom Reichner on May 03, 2009, 11:43:26 AM
What a wonderful body of work! I'm new to this site, and therefore have never seen these images before. The sheep images are some of the nicest I've seen, and I've seen many, many sheep photos.
I've spent quite a bit of time up high photographing sheep, but I've never had the good fortune to find the full-curl-plus, trophy caliber rams that you feature here. I think that for every massive B&C class ram, there are about a hundred good, mature rams. So you've really put your time in to find rams like this. Or else you're very lucky. But then again, isn't it funny how some guys just seem to get lucky all the time? Makes me think it isn't just luck.
BTW, when were the bulk of your trophy bighorn photos taken - how recently?
-Tom
Post by: popeshawnpaul on May 03, 2009, 04:56:14 PM
People think they can just drive up to a spot, snap a couple pictures and leave. It's not like that. Most of my shots I have to hike a ways for. I spent 10 days in ram country last year during the rut in November just to get some of these shots... Most people would be bored after a couple days so it takes patience to get some of these shots as I'm sure you are aware. Others don't realize this though. When I spend 5 days waiting for a shot and finally snap it I get the feeling like I hunted the animal and took it. I get to take it home with me and keep the memories forever. Good times.
Thanks for the kind words. It's always good to get a compliment from a guy who knows what he is doing.
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Post by: popeshawnpaul on July 20, 2009, 09:09:41 PM
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Post by: BC CHASER on July 20, 2009, 09:13:15 PM
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 20, 2009, 09:47:02 PM
LOVE that second shot. Ridiculously good. wow
:yeah:
I think that is the one I would use for my avatar...
That sick ram looks like he's part camel... Any idea what was wrong with him?
Post by: BLKBEARKLR on July 21, 2009, 09:27:39 AM
Looks like that third one is starving to death, wonder if his stomach flipped on him??
Post by: whacker1 on July 21, 2009, 09:37:53 AM
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Looks like that third one is starving to death, wonder if his stomach flipped on him??
I think all the nourishment and growth is going directly into his gonads. :chuckle:
Post by: Curly on July 21, 2009, 10:07:47 AM
QuoteLooks like that third one is starving to death, wonder if his stomach flipped on him??
I think all the nourishment and growth is going directly into his gonads. :chuckle:
:chuckle: :chuckle: ; :yeah: :lol4:
Post by: popeshawnpaul on July 21, 2009, 10:16:19 AM
LOVE that second shot. Ridiculously good. wow
:yeah:
I think that is the one I would use for my avatar...
That sick ram looks like he's part camel... Any idea what was wrong with him?
I would use it for my avatar but I recognize people's posts on here quickly by the avatar. When you change it it would throw me off. I'll stick with my old standby but I know what you mean. I love that ram. He might still be alive and he is in the 190's. I'm going to go see if I can find him in the bison range here sometime in the future. I doubt he made it another year though.
I don't know what was wrong with that sick sheep. It was August so there was plenty of food but he looked bad.
Post by: popeshawnpaul on July 21, 2009, 07:31:24 PM
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 22, 2009, 11:43:46 AM
Post by: tlbradford on July 27, 2009, 07:59:59 AM
Post by: cully on July 27, 2009, 10:14:19 AM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on July 27, 2009, 11:03:32 AM
Post by: huntnphool on July 28, 2009, 03:21:29 PM
Post by: bowhunter1972 on July 28, 2009, 03:53:34 PM
Post by: Slider on July 28, 2009, 04:02:13 PM
Post by: popeshawnpaul on July 28, 2009, 04:23:08 PM
Just curious Shawn, why would you underexpose the the pic and yet shoot it at 400 ISO? Why wouldn't you just drop the ISO to 200 or 100, wouldn't that give you the same result but less noise?
(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10250/tripod_buck.jpg)
This shot is at ISO 400, f4.5, 1/500th of a second. If I had dropped my ISO to 200, the aperture priority settings would have adjusted the shutter speed to 1/250th. That is fine but I like 1/500th to ensure a sharp photo. Because the buck is sitting in the shade, the camera was trying to compensate by making the dark foreground/buck too bright. When I underexpose the shot a half a stop it made the buck darker and balanced the shot better. If the shot wasn't underexposed by -.5 then the shutter speed would have been 1/350th. Even if I drop the iso to 200 I still have to tell the meter to underexpose by a half a stop. The meters aren't accurate all the time as they try and bright objects dark and dark objects bright. Hopefully that makes sense?
Also, remember I was in aperture priority so the camera will compensate the exposure when I make changes to the ISO. Had I been in Manual mode then changing the ISO would have affected the exposure.
Post by: tlbradford on July 28, 2009, 04:51:24 PM
Thanks for the lesson Pope. That is very helpful to someone like me. :tup:
A couple more questions. Do you use landscape mode for most of your wildlife shots? What were your WB settings or do you adjust that in PP if needed.
Post by: Tom Reichner on July 28, 2009, 04:56:02 PM
This is like coyote hunting. Everytime you think you have things figured out a little bit, you get smacked upside the head with some more knowledge that makes you realize what a greenhorn you still are.And it never stops! That "greenhorn" feeling, I mean. There's always so much out there to learn. At times we need to just enjoy what we do know and not stress too much about the rest.
Post by: huntnphool on July 28, 2009, 05:04:04 PM
you get smacked upside the head with some more knowledge that makes you realize what a greenhorn you still are.
Do you use landscape mode for most of your wildlife shots?
LOL, get reay for that slap upside the head :chuckle: He shoots primarily "Av" or aperture priority, never ever in "program" mode or auto, "landscape"
Post by: popeshawnpaul on July 28, 2009, 05:54:05 PM
A couple more questions. Do you use landscape mode for most of your wildlife shots? What were your WB settings or do you adjust that in PP if needed.
That's a great question tbrad. I don't think you mean the landscape mode with the mountain on the mode dial on top of the camera. I use Av or aperture priority for 95% of what I do. I think you mean landscape mode in the picture styles menu. To answer the question...heck no. Here is why. It just bumps the contrast and saturation on the photo before you put it on lightroom or your raw editing program. It also sharpens!!! I hate the in camera sharpen as it is awful. I have nearly ruined some photos that I had to change the style in canon raw editing programs to fix that way. Keep your picture style on neutral or do a custom profile where it does nothing to your photos. The editing programs like photoshop do a much better job at sharpening photos. If you have a picture style that sharpens then you are bound for bad sharpened photos.
With WB I just shoot auto. I gets half the shots right and the other half I just change on lightroom. I find that canon's wb settings are too warm for my liking. Good luck tbrad.
Post by: Skyvalhunter on July 28, 2009, 06:06:02 PM
Post by: Tom Reichner on July 28, 2009, 06:47:25 PM
Shawn, I've found the same thing to be true for me. I used to stress over getting WB set properly, constantly adjusting it every time the subject or location changed a little bit. Now I just leave it on auto WB and do a bit of fine tuning in PP when that's necessary.
With WB I just shoot auto. I gets half the shots right and the other half I just change on lightroom. I find that canon's wb settings are too warm for my liking. Good luck tbrad.
Post by: tlbradford on July 28, 2009, 07:25:44 PM
I just saw the "L" on his lcd screen, which prompted my question. I want to get as much right "in camera" as I can because I don't have too much time for PP. Thank goodness for batch processing.
Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. It is much appreciated.
Post by: popeshawnpaul on July 28, 2009, 09:46:55 PM
So Pope what we are pretty much talking here is that most of the photos you shoot some kind of touch up is done via Photoshop or some other photo editing software?
Yeah, with RAW you definitely have to get basic adjustments like exposure and white balance tweeked. Like any good picture though, the better the photo the less you have to do to the photo. I have the photo thread series where I do a thread on what I do for post processing. I generally tweek the white balance, adjust raw exposure/fill light/contrast/vibrance. Sharpen in photoshop and save. Sometimes I'll use a noise plugin to reduce noise. Sometimes I'll remove dust with a clone stamp.
If my camera was in Landscape mode Tbrad, it was on accident... :bash: