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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Way Lim (waylim)
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 178 W: 6 N: 272]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (926) |
| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2007-09 |
| Categories: Mammals |
| Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop |
| Date Submitted: 2008-02-19 9:25 |
| Viewed: 925 |
| Points: 10 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Exhausted from hiking almost 3 hour at Logan Pass in Glacier National Park, I took a rest to find this big horn is also resting near by. see workshop for 5 big horns.
“Wikipedia” Bighorn Sheep are named for the large, curved horns borne by the males, or rams. Females, or ewes, also have horns, but they are short with only a slight curvature. They range in color from light brown to grayish or dark, chocolate brown, with a white rump and lining on the back of all four legs. Rocky Mountains bighorn females weigh up to 200 pounds (90 kg), and males occasionally exceed 300 pounds (135 kg). In contrast, Sierra Nevada bighorn females weigh about 140 pounds (63 kg) with males weighing around 200 pounds (90 kg). Males' horns can weigh up to 30 lb (14 kg), as much as the rest of the bones in the male's body.
Bighorn sheep graze on grasses and browse shrubs, particularly in fall and winter, and seek minerals at natural salt licks. Bighorns are well adapted to climbing steep terrain where they seek cover from predators such as coyotes, eagles, and cougars. They live in large herds, but do not have the strict dominance hierarchy of the mouflon: that is, they do not automatically follow a single leader ram, unlike the Asiatic ancestors of the domestic sheep. |
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- kjpweb
![Gold Star Critiquer [C: 332 W: 86 N: 1084]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-n.gif)
(4788) - [2008-02-19 10:23]
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A wonderful capture. Beautiful light and colors! Well done! Cheers, Klaus
Hello Way,
Impressive animal you captured here.
135 kg...that's a lot.
Well done
TFS
Annick
This is a great capture. I love the golden light and the pose. Which trail were you hiking... the Garden Wall?? When we were there last spring it was still snowed in and the road had been washed out and the buses weren't running yet. Some day maybe....
TFS
Evelynn : )
hello Way
WOW ! what a superb shot you did of the Bighorn Sheep, i realy
love the POV of the image the Bighorn Sheep from back and his
impressive head turned, i love the way you framed him on the
image with that very good space in front where he is looking,
excellent luminosity of the image, excellent sharpness and details
TFS
Asbed
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- horia
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2174 W: 220 N: 4385]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif)
(14908) - [2008-02-20 9:20]
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Hi Way
This is really a fantastic post!
I love this exceptional close-up on this respect-commanding fellow with excellent details, a great pose and composed very fine.
The DOF used is also spot-on and it makes sure that he will be very well brought out here and presented in the best possible way.
The picture in the workshop is at least as wonderful! I love seeing the small herd in their natural habitat...and what a habitat that is!!! A brilliant landscape there, too!
Overall: magnificent job, Way!
BRAVO and TFS
Horia
