David's Images of the Day Photoblog
I visited both the North and South sections of the National Park. The Little Missouri river flows through the North section of the park.
I woke up early for a sunrise shoot. A thick fog enveloped the campground where I parked the RV. I packed up and drove the scenic drive towards the River Bend, and Oxbow overlooks hoping to get above the fog. It was still dawn when I arrived at the River Bend viewpoint where there is a stone building overlooking the Little Missouri river valley. The valley was still covered with fog, but the sky above had some beautiful pastel colors (Belt of Venus, and the earth shadow). I drove a bit further until the sun started to be visible, and got several shots of the sun rising above the fog filled valley. When I arrived at the Oxbow overlook, there was a faint rainbow because of the fog. I find rainbows always difficult to photograph. Then remembering something Winston Hall taught me “always look behind you, because that is where the best picture is” — and sure enough there was a Bighorn Ram coming over a grass covered ridge. Quickly switching for a camera with a telephoto lens, I got some great silhouette images including one with the Bighorn in midair as it started to run away. Once the show was done, I drove back to the park entrance. The fog was beginning to rise when I came upon some Bison crossing the road, and into the fog.
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Jousting Bison in the Campground at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. I took the picture standing next to my RV. I was glad that I was sleeping in my RV, and not in a tent like the folks across from my campsite. Image taken with a Nikon D300 camera and 18-200 mm lens (ISO 900, 105 mm, f/5.3, 1/60 sec).
Painted Canyon Panorama. Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Composite of 9 images taken with a Nikon D3 camera and 85 mm f/2.8 PC-E lens (ISO 200, 85 mm, f/16, 1/40 sec). Raw images reprocessed in 2019 with Capture One Pro (BM-02 Teton Style). Composite generated with AutoPano Giga Pro. A 48 x 17 inch print is available for sale. The individual images going into the panorama are included below.
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Lone Bison at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D200 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 100, 80 mm, f/5, 1/500 sec).
