These photos were taken in Yellowstone National Park at the end of May, 2012, just after the most recent snows had melted. At this time of year male and female bighorns travel in separate herds. When the males came into view, a ram jam quickly developed. Everyone stopped to get photos, and the Park Rangers struggled to both move traffic and maintain adequate distance between the eager sheep watchers and the grazing sheep. Luckily for us photographers, the bighorns seemed to ignore the growing crowd.
surfnron wrote:
Nicely done John. 3 is my pick. In 4, the guy in the blue shirt must have been too excited - he brought the lens, but forgot his camera... ~ Ron
Thanks, Ron. Yeah, I wondered about that lens with no camera, too. Maybe he's with the light-haired woman--he does have the scowl of the bored spouse. The lens is waaay too short. The group of photographers is a long distance from the bighorns, which are moving in my direction..
---John
~ Ron