Gallery

Selected photos from Yellowstone

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A pine marten baby!!! I got extremely lucky on a h

A pine marten baby!!! I got extremely lucky on a hike the previous weekend, when I found a family of American martens: one adult and three kits. As I was bushwhacking through dense forest, surrounded by a billion biting mosquitoes, I suddenly heard a noise I had not heard before. Hoping it was some kind of baby owl I climbed up a little hill, mostly over fallen deadwood. I didn’t hear the sound anymore at that point, so I sat myself down on a log and caught my breath again. While sitting there looking around suddenly I see a creature in a tree. It took me a moment before I realized I was looking at a pine marten! I was so excited for that one animal, but not much later I see a second, and third, and a fourth! Four pine martens in one tree! There was barely any light coming through the forest so taking photos was very hard. Then, they all seemed to fall asleep and once again I sat myself on a log, dozing off a little myself. Some hour later the adult had rallied the young ones and started to carry them out of the tree! I sat silently hoping for a better photo opportunity, but soon I was amidst of some marten chaos, when first the adult fell down with one kit, some 20 feet! Then the adult started to transport the babies to another tree one by one, location to location. The second kit however, was placed right under the log I was sitting on! Slowly I tried to move away, and then the baby peeked up from the log and I could take some photos. Wow. A.baby.pine.marten!
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#pinemarten
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#killingmachine
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#yellowstonepledge
#wildlifefeaturez
#yellowstoneguide
#yellowstoneforever
#sony
#keepitwild

Northern saw-whet owlet!! Firstly, this photo was

Northern saw-whet owlet!! Firstly, this photo was not taken in Yellowstone National Park, but somewhere in Montana. Secondly, I was over my head delighted to find this small owl! It had been one of my goals this Spring, but as time was progressing I wasn’t very hopeful. As the park was still closed and the state opened I started venturing out more often and explore other areas, mostly in search of owls. I found a great variety: great horned owl, short-eared owl, long-eared owl, Western screech owl, and on a search further away from home even my first ever flammulated owl. However, my goal for the Spring had been a baby saw-whet owl, and one on of my trips I got extremely lucky by finding this one. I even found it three days in a row! It was camouflaged so well, that I still wonder how I ever found them (two at one point!), but my mission was successful and I was extremely happy. This is a photo of the first evening. .
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#yellowstone
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#king_birds
#ig_discover_wildlife
#bestbirdshots
#owls
#animals_magic
#earthfocus
#bbcearth
#natures
#natgeoyourshot
#elite_owls
#montana
#nationalparkgeek
#wildlifefeaturez
#yellowstoneguide
#birdofprey
#sony
#keepitwild

Flying wolf! I took this photo a little over three

Flying wolf! I took this photo a little over three weeks ago in Yellowstone National Park. A wolf of the Wapiti Lake pack didn’t want to get her feet wet and made a successful jump over a little creek. It was a phenomenal afternoon with friends and some wolves.
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#wolf
#wolves
#wolfpack
#wildwolves
#visitgardinermt
#wyominguntrapped
#nationalparkgeek
#greateryellowstone

Fiery sunset in ‘Little America’. Today a week

Fiery sunset in ‘Little America’. Today a week ago I took this photo of the sun setting in Yellowstone National Park. I was driving West from a trip to Lamar Valley when the sky turns into a colorful masterpiece. I quickly pulled over to take some photos. The sky was lit, and the valley quiet.
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Grizzly family out walking. Yellowstone- and Grand

Grizzly family out walking. Yellowstone- and Grand Teton National Park are open again! What a joy for me and many others to be able to venture into these beautiful parks again, and see the flourishing wildlife. I took this photo on my first venture out. It was snowing heavily, and I saw this grizzly sow with her two cubs walking on a river shore. .
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#nationalparkgeek

Bighorn ram keeping watch. I took this photo mid-M

Bighorn ram keeping watch. I took this photo mid-March, on an overcast day. The ram came on a steep cliff in Yellowstone’s Confluence area. It stood there for a while, and then went back to grazing. A snow storm rolled in, but it didn’t stop the ram from foraging. .
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#bighornsheep
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#ram
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Badger gone wild. One of my most epic wildlife enc

Badger gone wild. One of my most epic wildlife encounters last Fall, when this badger showed some intimidation skills. I was observing two bald eagles being noisy, when this badger came out of a hole. I was quite far away, but then as I slowly turned my camera towards the animal, it started to jump around, and put its teeth in a piece of wood. It seemed that the piece of wood then got stuck around its teeth and it made the animal jump around. The badger just got rid of the wood seconds prior to this, and it kept doing cool moves. When it was done, it looked around, and then walked straight to me, passed me, and started digging some new holes, seemingly oblivious to my presence. Sadly most photos turned out unsharp, as I actually had no clue how to handle my new gear at that point… Oops.
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#americanbadger
#badger
#yellowstone
#mustelids
#mustelidae
#wildlife
#pocket_animal
#mammals
#ferocious
#animalplanet
#ig_discover_wildlife
#animal
#nopet
#animals_magic
#earthfocus
#bbcearth
#greateryellowstone
#natgeoyourshot
#killingmachine
#wyoming
#visitgardinermt
#nationalparkgeek
#yellowstonepledge
#wildlifefeaturez
#yellowstoneguide
#yellowstoneforever
#sony
#keepitwild

Short-eared owl portrait. As Yellowstone keeps bei

Short-eared owl portrait. As Yellowstone keeps being closed, Montana lifted some restrictions on travel within the state, so I went on a car camp trip to try find some wildlife. I lucked out and came across a few short-eared owls, and managed to get this cooperative owl. The blue in the background are mountains, and the image is heavily cropped. I had a blast trying to photograph them, but also look forward to try find owls again in Yellowstone. .
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#yellowstone
#onlyowls
#bird_brilliance
#only_raptors
#pocket_animal
#bestbirdshots
#allmightybirds
#king_birds
#ig_discover_wildlife
#bestbirdshots
#owls
#animals_magic
#earthfocus
#bbcearth
#natures
#natgeoyourshot
#elite_owls
#montana
#nationalparkgeek
#wildlifefeaturez
#yellowstoneguide
#birdofprey
#sony
#keepitwild

Fox kits. I took this photo almost three years ago

Fox kits. I took this photo almost three years ago at a popular fox den. There were some thirteen kits in total, which was amazing to see. I haven’t found a fox den yet this year, but I’m certainly on the lookout!
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#wyominguntrapped
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#greateryellowstone

A dramatic sunset. Some weeks ago I was able to wi

A dramatic sunset. Some weeks ago I was able to witness one of the most dramatic sunsets in Paradise Valley, Montana, and just North of Yellowstone National Park. My good friend @thomasajspur has a home with a view, and standing on his deck you could see the clouds swiftly coming over the mountain range, and the last rays of sun lighting the peaks up. .
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Plowing bear! The park is still closed due to the

Plowing bear! The park is still closed due to the pandemic, and encounters like the one I had with this bear in 2018 are being missed. It was an epic day when this bear came cruising through. The snow on the East side of the road wouldn’t hold the big boar, so it would sink in quite deep. Seemingly effortless he then made it to the river and swam to the other side. Bears can be unstoppable!
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#nikon
#grizzly
#grizzlybear
#grizzlies
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#boar
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#nationalparkgeek

Frosty bison. Winter is slowly losing its grip, bu

Frosty bison. Winter is slowly losing its grip, but in and around Yellowstone snow still can fall, like it did yesterday. On one of my tours in February I was able to snap this photo of a bull bison. I had slid down a hill side and later was barely able to get up again. It was frrreezing, and I might have frozen there for a second. Of course I had forgotten to wear gloves, so my fingers got slightly purple, but nothing too serious. As many people and animals long for Spring, I never can get enough of winter in Yellowstone, and I’m up for some summer snow fall!
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#keepitwild
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#natgeoyourshot
#wyoming
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#wildlifeguide
#yellowstoneguide
#sonyalpha
#ynpforever
#bison
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#winter
#bullbison
#visitgardinermt
#wildlifefeaturez

One of my most epic days, sometime ago. Sometimes

One of my most epic days, sometime ago. Sometimes people ask me what my favorite photo is, or maybe plural, what are my favorite photos. For me, it’s one of the toughest questions, as many of my photos are personal, and the story behind it, is mostly more important than the quality or whether it’s “liked”, or maybe even sold. In these days of pandemic I’ve been browsing my image library thoroughly, and I ask myself: why do I keep so many bad quality photos? The answer is simple, they all have a meaning to me, as they all tell a moment of my times in Yellowstone and in many other places. The photo of these two (!) weasels represents one of my highlights in wildlife observations, as it was so rare, so unique, and shared with one of the best friends I made in my time in Yellowstone. It was blowing cold this particular day and like many winter days I spent my time in search of one of my favorite animals: the ermine. While me and my friend were talking and waiting, and waiting, suddenly out of the white surface a weasel came out, and seconds later a second. Our adrenaline went through the roof and I tried as best as I could to capture the moment. My personal favorites I shared a long time ago, but I surfaced this image of this day to share today. .
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#weasel
#yellowstone
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#mustelidae
#wildlife
#pocket_animal
#mammals
#ferocious
#animalplanet
#ig_discover_wildlife
#animal
#nopet
#animals_magic
#earthfocus
#bbcearth
#nature
#natgeoyourshot
#killingmachine
#wyoming
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#nationalparkgeek
#yellowstonepledge
#wildlifefeaturez
#yellowstoneguide
#yellowstoneforever
#shorttailedweasel
#keepitwild

Northern saw-whet owl! I’ve been extremely owl f

Northern saw-whet owl! I’ve been extremely owl focused since early 2019, and this little owl is one of the rarer finds in Yellowstone. I have done quite a few night surveys in the park prior closure, and now continue doing that outside Yellowstone’s borders. There’s something magical about being under the stars listening to owls hoot.
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#birdphotography
#sawwhetowl
#onlyowls
#bird_brilliance
#only_raptors
#pocket_animal
#bestbirdshots
#allmightybirds
#king_birds
#ig_discover_wildlife
#bestbirdshots
#owls
#animals_magic
#earthfocus
#bbcearth
#natures
#natgeoyourshot
#elite_owls
#wyoming
#visitgardinermt
#nationalparkgeek
#yellowstonepledge
#wildlifefeaturez
#yellowstoneguide
#yellowstoneforever
#nikon
#keepitwild

Who’s boss? The most dominant wolf I have seen o

Who’s boss? The most dominant wolf I have seen over my years in Yellowstone National Park is by far the white female of the Wapiti Lake pack. In this photo she snaps at the pack’s dominant male, collared as 1015M. I took the photo in November 2018, when the pack had killed a bison cow and calf. Wolf 1015M shortly after joined the 8 Mile pack, and 1014M took the dominant position in the Wapiti Lake pack.
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#wyoming
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#nikon
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#wolfpack
#wildwolves
#visitgardinermt
#wyominguntrapped
#nationalparkgeek
#greateryellowstone

Wonderful Lamar Valley. Currently reminiscing my d

Wonderful Lamar Valley. Currently reminiscing my daily ventures into Yellowstone National Park. This photo was taken now just over two weeks ago. Yellowstone has been closed for what seems ages, but it is for the better. I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy!
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Grizzly bear cruising. I took this photo in April

Grizzly bear cruising. I took this photo in April 2019. It was the first day I saw a grizzly up close that year, and it would be a bear I would see frequently in 2019. I wonder if he will roam the same big area in 2020 again. The bear later swam the Yellowstone river, and then crossed the road again to head further East.
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#boar
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#nationalparkgeek

A moose crossing. This is a photo from last Novemb

A moose crossing. This is a photo from last November, when two big bull moose came through a large meadow to cross the road. It was a cold morning, and you can see this big bull’s breath. It was already later in the morning, and with a few steps the moose disappeared into the thick trees. .
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#mammals
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#ig_discover_wildlife
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#nopet
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#rack
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#yellowstonepledge
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#yellowstoneguide
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#sonyalpha
#keepitwild

Otter chills! This otter was ready for the weekend

Otter chills! This otter was ready for the weekend. It came out of the water and was grooming itself and then would just playfully lay down for a while. Otters are so cute! And one of the best hunters in Yellowstone. There’s a lot of open water currently, so hard to come by lately, but always such a delight to see them when you do..
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#yellowstonepledge
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Surprise sighting! I was beyond thrilled when my f

Surprise sighting! I was beyond thrilled when my friend @taylorthomasalbright said he had seen a big owl earlier in the day. I suspected it to be a great horned owl, but when he showed me the photo my heart started racing: the magnificent great gray owl! I went to try find it, and eventually got lucky and was able to take some photos, including this one.
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#yellowstone
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#ig_discover_wildlife
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#owls
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#earthfocus
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#wyoming
#visitgardinermt
#nationalparkgeek
#yellowstonepledge
#wildlifefeaturez
#yellowstoneguide
#yellowstoneforever
#sony
#keepitwild

Coyote’s yawn. I was locked in the park yesterda

Coyote’s yawn. I was locked in the park yesterday, and of course, didn’t think that was a bad thing at all. The snow fall was absurd, and my windshield wipers at times could not hold up. They closed to road from Tower to Mammoth, and thus me and a handful of cars were at it by ourselves.
It was a slow day for wildlife, but I saw quite some horned larks flying and landing, and as most mammals were in hiding, I decided to lay on the side of the road hoping they would land where I could photograph them. The freezing temperatures made the minutes count, and no larks would ever land at a photographable distance. Just as I was about to cross over the road back to my car, this coyote came over the snow bank, shortly after followed by another one. I kept laying quiet and took some photos. The coyotes obviously had been sleeping. Shortly after they crossed the road and laid themselves next to some bison and enjoyed the sun that suddenly had broken through the clouds. .
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#wildlifeguide
#yellowstoneguide
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#ynpforever
#coyote
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#nationalparkgeek
#visitgardinermt
#wyominguntrapped

The band (of trees). Since my friend David told me

The band (of trees). Since my friend David told me about his favorite tree in the park, I have always stopped with my clients to take some photos of it. I then tell them I call it’s “David’s Tree”. This then leads to online ‘arguments’, as other people like that tree a lot too. I can’t blame them, because it is a nice standing tree. Like a dancer, or the lead singer of a band. Who else has a favorite tree in Yellowstone?
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Wakey wakey! I took this photo late April 2019. La

Wakey wakey! I took this photo late April 2019. Lamar Valley was desolate, and the snow was falling heavily. A sow and a cub were foraging on the hills, and whenever visibility let me, I would watch them. Sitting in my car, looking at my phone, as the snow storm intensified. Then, the weather turned for the better, and I did not see the bears anymore. I pick up my binoculars, scout the hills, but can’t spot hem again. I blink with eyes, once, twice, and suddenly the two bears show up coming towards the road. I open my window, and manage to take some photos. The snow on this cub’s ears shows the weather before, and even in the background you can see some snowflakes falling. Low light, and heavily cropped.
Yellowstone’s Park Service reported that on March 7th the first grizzly bear of 2020 was seen wandering around, so soon we might see these majestic creatures roam the landscape again!
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#yellowstoneguide
#nikon
#grizzly
#grizzlybear
#grizzlies
#bear
#bears
#boar
#visitgardinermt
#nationalparkgeek

Run, run, run! Pronghorns are the fastest land ani

Run, run, run! Pronghorns are the fastest land animal in the United States, and the second fastest land animal in the world, after the cheetah. As there’s no cheetahs in the USA, a healthy pronghorn doesn’t really have to worry too much. However, as soon as injuries occur, they are fair game. I have seen coyotes try on pronghorn, I have seen bears try them, and also wolves go after them. Baby pronghorn are extra vulnerable, and they are hidden in the bushes while the adults graze, so it can happen a predator stumbles upon them… The pronghorn in this photo was on an afternoon jog, and just catching up with some others.
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#keepitwild
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#natgeoyourshot
#wyoming
#ungulate
#wildlifeguide
#yellowstoneguide
#nikon
#ynpforever
#pronghorn
#nationalparkgeek
#winter
#fastestanimal
#visitgardinermt
#wildlifefeaturez

Excavator! This badger was digging a lot of holes

Excavator! This badger was digging a lot of holes one winter, and fooled me a couple of times when coming out of different holes than I thought. As I had left the scene and came back, suddenly more holes had appeared, and my focus had been on the wrong hole. There’s been quite some badger activity this winter, and quite some people had to joy to seeing one plow through snow and frozen soil. This badger’s face I find particularly cute, as the dirt mostly covers its features. Who likes badgers as much as I do?
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#americanbadger
#badger
#yellowstone
#mustelids
#mustelidae
#wildlife
#pocket_animal
#mammals
#ferocious
#animalplanet
#ig_discover_wildlife
#animal
#nopet
#animals_magic
#earthfocus
#bbcearth
#natures
#natgeoyourshot
#killingmachine
#wyoming
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#nationalparkgeek
#yellowstonepledge
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#yellowstoneguide
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#sony
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Equilibrist. It’s been a good winter for pygmy o

Equilibrist. It’s been a good winter for pygmy owls so far, even though it’s always hard to take photos of them here in Yellowstone National Park. They often sit perched in the tallest trees, and all you get is a little ball looking weirdly down on you. Only once I had an opportunity to take epic photos so far. This image however, despite not being the sharpest, shows a different view of this tiny owl. As a group of photographers had photographed the bird in a tall tree some two weeks ago, it eventually flew away, as ravens came in. The people left, but I waited a little longer, and then did a new search, and there the owl was, doing acrobatic moves for me.
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Fox incoming! I took this photo in February 2019,

Fox incoming! I took this photo in February 2019, when this fox came walking straight to my car, going around it, and then continuing its way. Foxes in their winter coats, in the snow, are amongst my favorite subjects to shoot. I haven’t had great fox opportunities this winter, but my archive still contains plenty of images. .
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Untouched snow fields. I love winter! Especially t

Untouched snow fields. I love winter! Especially the moody cold days, when the snow is falling hard. Winter hasn’t seemed that rough this year, and lately there’s a lot of blue-sky-days. Still there’s plenty of snow patches that haven’t been touched; no tracks of animals, or humans. I walked down from the road into this scene, and the snow was perfectly soft. The only tracks I came by were of a vole. Walking on altitude through deep snow is tough, but so rewarding if you get to where you want to be. This scene is Round Prairie in Yellowstone, with the mighty Thunderer, where mountain goats roam. .
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Be bear aware! Yesterday at Slough Creek, in Yello

Be bear aware! Yesterday at Slough Creek, in Yellowstone National Park, the first sign with a bear warning went up. It’s almost March, the month that some males start to roam again. In my first winter, I saw my first grizzly on March 15th, at Blacktail Ponds. This photo was taken a couple of days later, when one of the boars decided to go for a swim, and struggled in breaking the ice in the water.
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Winter awakening. A bull elk awakens in a snow sto

Winter awakening. A bull elk awakens in a snow storm, and the snow is piling up on him. I took this image last winter, but as I’m in a severe lack of bull elk photos, I thought to post this one today. As a reminder to myself, to focus on some new bull elk shots the upcoming period; are they maybe more difficult to epically capture than bison..? .
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