Last batch. I warned you ;-)
The tip of this stump reminded me of a wolf howling. So, I breathed on the lense to give the illusion of fog and snapped away.
We were on our way to Custer State Park to check out the bison. The park ranger informed us that the Wind Cave herd (wild as opposed to branded and managed like in Custer) was on the move and near the road. We went down the road and were treated to 100+ bison moving from one side of the road to the other. This guy was actually only about 20 feet away... it's amazing; you can really appreciate how big and powerful they are at that sort of distance. It's almost hard to remember that they're wild creatures.
Last one, I promise.
This is looking down the Grand Canyon at sunset. I set my camera to expose for tungsten light which, in normal sunlight, will throw a blue cast over everything (poor man's blue tint filter). I was so proud of this shot for the longest time, until I saw a virtually identical shot on the DNR's site and at least one other virtually identical shot several other photographers. Nevertheless, it helped light that fire early on.
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