Nello Milanese wrote:
Excellent stuff Shelley! I like the close-up portraits the most like the first shot and the last one. What lens are you using for these?
Thanks Nello... the 70-200 F4 for most of these, except for the portrait of the bear.. that was with the 300 and 1.4 TC.

Oh God... you and Lou and the bears... How far away were you from it Shelley? I love to see pics of em, but I don't think I could do bears close up.

Very nice series... beautiful shots of the Rams on the hillsides.

Terry

Wow, I'm so envious !!. Beautiful shots, all. I kind of like 11 the best, but wouldn't want my life to depend on having to pick just one.

Fabulous bear shots, Shelley. You must have been waaay too close unless you were in your car. The ram shots are unbelievably good, but those bear close-ups are stunning and so hard to get. Very well done. I always enjoy your work.

Carole

Very nice series, I really enjoyed seeing these.



Wacky roger

Wow are these images amazing. I really like the ram portraits backed by the evergreens... While the bears are great, I think the young ram jumping from ledge to ledge is an awesome capture!
cheers,
bruce

#1 & #14 are my favorites. How do you pick your border colors? By each individual shot? Do you sample colors from the capture?

These are really nice. Thanks for sharing!

Nice shots: 1,7,8, & 11 are my standouts.
Jon

Fine series and hard to pick a favorite.
Harsha

WOW Very Well Done. Ed

DarrenMcKenna wrote:
Nice shots Shelley, I'm gonna have to drive out to Waterton very soon.
Thanks Darren... you'll definitely have to make a trip out there. Just spent the weekend there....LOTS of bighorn sheep around, and after numerous trips up Cameron Lake road... saw the same bear cub twice.

Karl Witt wrote:
Wow Shelley, that is a walk in the wild! Some how it seems that perhaps that bear was a little closer than you may have expected, what a beautiful coat of fur. The rams are very cool and massive, a few of your shots show a great perspective with the mountains in the BG and ridge line. Seems the ones on the run were feeding and got spooked up What a wonderul rugged outdoor hike that was, glad you shared it

Karl
Thanks Karl... this was no hke... just driving around Waterton. The bear cub was walking along the road... and when I came, he just sauntered over to the edge and just took his time looking around.. the bear shots were taken from the car. And the rams on the run... another person spooked them. I was sitting comfortably observing them.

Lars Johnsson wrote:
Really great series. love the first image
Thanks Lars.

Dave In La wrote:
such depth in 1 and 14....as usual, a real pleasure to view Shelley
Thanks kindly Dave.

Lil Judd wrote:
Great series of shots as usual Shelley,

boy do these make me wish I had more wildlife around me.....

Congratulations

Lil
Thanks Lil...it is such a privelege to live this close to the Rocky Mountains.. but winter can seem so long.

David Leask wrote:
Excellent shots Shelley - such great clarity in all of them. The bear captured are fab
Well done.
David

Thanks kindly David.

Rob Tillyer wrote:
Beautiful clear shots. That bear looked in pretty good shape after a long winter. Great Composition in number 1. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Rob.. yes, the bear looks extremely healthy. I never did see a sow around.

mark fadely wrote:
Really nice Shelley, these look so real. Great job shooting and processing. The image quality is stunning. Love those eyes in #3.
Thanks kindly Mark.

anthony whitmo wrote:
Back to the home herd I see Shelley Well done. The Ram always strikes a very powerful pose. The Bear looks like it was pretty darn close. How often do you see these guys a year? I've only seen one bear in the wild, it was at yosamite. And as I got out to take a few pics the Ranger appeared out of nowhere to scare it off as it was drawing a large crowd on the side of the road.

Anthony
Thanks Anthony.... last year, I saw so many bears, but did spend alot of time in Waterton. This year... hmmm , just got back from a weekend in the mountains. We got a heavy snow there on Friday, and after LOTS of driving around, only saw the same cub as I showed here.. and in the same spot. But it may be early, or our timing was just off. We'll see. We will camp there for 10 days in June with the hopes of finding some cubs. I was close to the cub, but he was on the road, and these were taken as he meandered off the road, and before he dropped down into a hillside where I lost sight of him.

reko wrote:
Nice job, I especially like the rams, the young one in mid-stride is great.
Thanks kindly.

Doug Bentlage wrote:
Shelley, you've done it again! I love this series, especially 1, 2, 3, 7 and the last two, outstanding job on all of these!

Doug
Thanks kindly Doug.

Tio Loco wrote:
Number 1 and the last one are stunning!
Thanks kindly.

jakita33 wrote:
Nice shots Shelley! I really like 14.

J
Thanks Jason.

suemcc wrote:
Enjoyed these, Shelley! Great job in hard light - lovely portraits!!
Susan
Thanks Susan