This site is dedicated to wildlife and landscape photography.
This site is dedicated to wildlife and landscape photography.
I photographed this bull the day I photographed the badger. I’ve seen and photographed him before. He’s one of the Limantour herd that uses the D Ranch as part of its habitat. What’s nice about these elk is that they are often on the east side of the road to Drake’s Beach in the late afternoon. The light is usually pretty nice then.
I drove out to Point Reyes recently. Things look a little greener in places. Red-tailed hawk numbers have increased. The Pierce Point Ranch area was free of fog for a change. This cow, along with some others, was grazing near the ranch. I don’t particularly like the background (or foreground) in this photo, but I do like the expression on her face. She is wondering what my intentions are and why she failed to see me until now. Now if I were a mountain lion ….
I’m still upgrading my website by making each image larger. It’s a lot of work, but I think it will be a nice improvement to the site. One extra benefit is that I’m finding some images that I like that I didn’t know I had. This photo was taken in early August. As I often do, I came back to this photo after I published the blog and was struck by how wide this bull can open its mouth. For some reason, I pictured a set of canine teeth in there, developed for defensive purposes. I wonder what wolves would say — if they had any say in it? For that matter, I wonder what elk hunters would say?
The day I photographed the peregrine (my last post) I also saw this big 7×8 point bull. He was with about 40 cows and calves a short distance west of the Drake’s Beach Road. I don’t like the background, but I think the size of this bull warrants a posting.
My postings have slowed down recently because I decided a month or so ago to make the images on my website much larger and it is taking a lot of time. When I started I thought I’d use one or more actions to speed up the process. However, as I assessed what was ahead of me I came to the conclusion that my Photoshop skills had improved enough that I could improve most of the images if I went back to the background layer of each image. It’s going to take a few more weeks to get the revised site up, but I think it will be well worth the extra time.
The elk rut has been slow. This bull was without a harem. Not far away is another bull with a small harem. I had no choice but to shoot into the sun here.
I photographed this young calf two days ago at Point Reyes. I am used to seeing calves this young in late April, May and early June, not September.
The rut is in full swing at Point Reyes. This bull had a harem of six or seven cows and a few yearlings and calves near Pierce Point Ranch. He got into one big fight with another bull of about equal size. He prevailed, but these bull elk sure work hard to pass on their genes. I saw a bull limping due to some problem with his left foreleg or shoulder. It reminded me of a limping bull on the D Ranch near Drake’s Beach. He also had something wrong with his left leg or shoulder.
