I stayed an extra night in Lovell, WY, in hopes of capturing sunset and sunrise on the Big Horn Canyon. Except that the location of the morning and evening sun is not right at this time of year and so my plan was flawed and I most likely just wanted one more chance to capture wildlife in the magnificent light of the area.
The last morning I went to Devil’s Canyon Overlook, just as the sun was reaching that area and so my eyes were blinded as I drove down the road. Just as I suspected, there was no shot for me there and I turned to go find wildlife. Oh darn!
On the way in to the overlook I did see several rabbits, one of which crossed the road in front of my and remember thinking, if only I could get a shot of one of those guys, that would be perfect. I did stop and try to find the one that had disappeared inside of a large bush but with the sun in my eyes it was of no use.
So, as I drove out, I suddenly spotted 4 big horn sheep that had been standing right next to me at the overlook. They blend in so well and I was looking for a landscape shot. Stepped on the brakes and started photographing the sheep, mostly focusing on getting some decent shots of the lamb. There were two ewes, a young guy and the lamb.
They moved behind some brush and so I drove down the way to scope out a clearing that they might come out of and then realized that at least one was standing in the open, between some bushes so backed up to photograph it and realized that there was a rabbit in front of the sheep!
Seriously, I could not believe my luck, to have the rabbit in front of the big horn but the sheep was not cooperative, too much, in keeping its head up so that you could clearly tell what was behind. I was able, though, to get several great shots, many of which you can not see right now because the computer crashed and most went away. They are on my portable drive, which the laptop won’t read very well because it is too slow. So, you will see them as time goes on but these give you an idea that it was a glorious morning in golden light with the critters of the earth.
As are most young animals, the lamb was curious about me while mom was wary.
A great way to end a fine, recharging vacation in another part of the Wyoming/Montana area, only a few hours from Yellowstone.
The treasures are there for you to find, you just have to get out and look.
We got bunnies here! Foreclosed house next street over let their domesticated rabbits loose, and they have “gone forth and multiplied”. So we have some brown ones, we have two white bunnies, and we have/had two black bunnies…one of which Rose (my cat…a stray I adopted) brought home…died in my hands. Bad Rose! I am waiting for the campers to leave before I know how many have survived…can’t help liking them. Each year we have a new batch of them…a few survive. I even share my carrots with them.
Love the rabbit and big horn photo Deby. That rabbit is in a weird position. What was it doing? We need to get over to that country. We used to spend a lot of time over there but all I did was fish the Big Horn River. I didn’t care at all about photography.
Judy, the rabbit was reaching for something that it wanted to eat. I could not get both animals to cooperate for the photo session!