Winter is coming image2/26/2023 ![]() There is actually a prison at the north entrance in Yellowstone and visitors are left in little doubt that transgressions within the park could lead to the transgressor serving time. It is not permitted to be within 25 metres of a bison in Yellowstone and this rule is often enforced in a charmless and dictatorial way. Too much and the whole thing becomes a little too abstract. When working in heavy snowfall, there is a need to be as close to the subject as possible so as to reduce the number of snowflakes hitting the line of path between the camera and the subject. Portraits work best when their faces look like monsters from Game of Thrones. Big bull bisons in the snow as a starting concept is appealing as they are primeval beasts that survived an ice age. I am reminded that we always have to fight to get what we want. If it was the same bison, in the same field at midday in the summer, there would be nothing special at all. ![]() ![]() These were probably the worst weather conditions I have photographed under for many years, but it was those very conditions that define this image. ![]()
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