Yellowstone Spring

I just returned from two weeks in Yellowstone and am getting used to humid MN air again. The weather in Yellowstone was sunny, cloudy, snowing, and hailing one morning. The wildlife was in its spring glory as were thousands of tourists.There is a mythical and realistic Yellowstone experience which I will share with you over the next several posts. I urge you to read the recent issue of National Geographic magazine. It gives an overview that glosses over the experience of the individual visitor.

Morning in the Wild

My last post was of an intimidating bull walking toward me on the parade ground in Mammoth. This bull was on Swan L. Flat heading toward a solitary cow. While head shots are nice this seems much more intimate with me peaking over the sage. Now that I am back in Minnesota with internet access I'll be posting daily until the images run dry and fall color begins here.

Technical: All wildlife images are stills taken from C100 video footage.Only two wildlife images were taken with the Canon7D and both were pitched. My transition to wildlife video is about 99% complete.

Looking through me

I've been in Yellowstone for the last several days recording aggressive elk behavior. The first night I got more than I bargained for when this guy ran onto the patio where about 20 of us were watching. The "sport" is watching him ram cars that stop to take his picture. One night he charged about a dozen. Needless to say recording aggressive elk behavior in the wild is a little harder to record, still working on that.