I just came back after a 4 days trip to the valley during the most recent Artic cold front, lowest temperature when I was photographing was on Wednesday morning at -30F. My primary objective was to photograph wolves, but I wasn't lucky enough to find any in a photographing distance. There was an elk kill in the area while I was there which was about a mile from the road, we were not allowed to go close enough for photographing (there was an official scavenger study was going on that carcass). Well, I got to shoot something else, changed the focus to the easily found bisons . Also it wasn't extremely difficult to find River Otters and Golden Eagles in action although Golden eagle shot was bit of challenge in adverse conditions and at bit of a distance. Anyway, Lamar valley is beautiful when covered in snow!
C&C Appreciated as usual and thanks for checking,
Shibu
1: Bison in strong wind drifting snow all around
2: Golden Eagle pair with Elk Carcass, leftover from the wolves
Shibu - Great set of images. Image #4 River Otters is a great shot. Too bad you are unable to see wolves, but you came away with some incredible shots.
G.E. Smith wrote:
Shibu - Great set of images. Image #4 River Otters is a great shot. Too bad you are unable to see wolves, but you came away with some incredible shots.
Greg
Thanks Greg, hopefully next time will see some wolves in a closer range, or at Walden, CO
Hey, I was there at the same time, the otters put on quite a show for three days. I saw the golden eagles on the kill at Soda Butte parking area and the frost covered bison. I got some frost bite on my hands while chasing the otters up and down the open water. I planned to be there while it was cold and really got it. We did see some wolves at a long distance near Mammoth but not close enough to photograph. I was surprised that there were so few Coyotes. You got some nice images under difficult conditions. Bruce
Grenache wrote:
That bison at -30 headshot is perfect!
Jim
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psharvic wrote:
A joy to view. Nice work on these. The Frosted Bison makes up for missing wolves IMO.
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morris wrote:
You have captured the mood in these fascinating images Shibu
Morris
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birdied wrote:
Lovely shots and what a mood you have captured. Nicely done.
Birdie
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Ronny Olsson wrote:
Awesome set my friend
Have a nice weekend Shibu
Ronny
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B Benson wrote:
Hey, I was there at the same time, the otters put on quite a show for three days. I saw the golden eagles on the kill at Soda Butte parking area and the frost covered bison. I got some frost bite on my hands while chasing the otters up and down the open water. I planned to be there while it was cold and really got it. We did see some wolves at a long distance near Mammoth but not close enough to photograph. I was surprised that there were so few Coyotes. You got some nice images under difficult conditions. Bruce...Show more →
. Also it wasn't extremely difficult to find River Otters and Golden Eagles in action although Golden eagle shot was bit of challenge in adverse conditions and at bit of a distance. Anyway, Lamar valley is beautiful when covered in snow! 
