American bison in sunlight by kimariehere
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I felt lucky to find this guy over at Hart park this morning.. I did allot of postwork on him to give it an ol western feeling today. Walt Disney gave this heard to Wm S HArt back in 1962 and this is a decendant of the heard. (William S Hart was a famous silant screen cowboy moviestar and his land/museam is not far from my house.._ Believe me this was a dream to capture usually you can NEVER get this close a real lucky day..!!.. They had put food out at the top of the hill so it went up to eat.. maybey I have just never been up in the morning early before to see it feeding and close. I was the only one up there this morning on the whole hill cept for the Park rangers..!! IT was so beautiful and peaceful!! (my first light rays shot!!)
American Bison are sometimes confused with buffalo and live to be 40 years old!!.. was a staple of the North American Indians.. more info here;
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Bison are hoofed mammals that have a large heavy head with short black horns and high humped shoulders that are covered in long black fur. The remainder of their body is covered with shorter brown fur. However, there are extremely rare occasions when a white buffalo will be born and keep that fur color for the remainder of its life. Normally, a single calf is born in May or June and are yellowish-red in color. Bulls, or males, will commonly stand six feet tall at their shoulders, they are ten to twelve and a half feet in length and exceed over one ton in weight. Cows are much smaller.
There were a vast number of bison living in North America at the time of European discovery, there were an estimated 60 million living in the late 18th Century. With the advance westward of colonists, numbers dwindled and by 1820, there were none left east of the Mississippi River. The age of expansion westward brought the transcontinental railroad and the United States governments desire to hunt and eliminate the animal as a way of killing off the Native American population that stood in their way. All this resulted in there only being six hundred bison living in the United States by 1889. However, with the help of legislation for their protection, there are over 200,000 living today on private ranches, parks and reserves. The largest single herd is 3,600 that roam freely in Yellowstone National Park, but that number is threatened because of severe actions taken by the state government of Montana and a severe winter. Bison are in the bovid family and are not true buffaloes. They have fourteen pairs of ribs as opposed to the thirteen that are found in true buffalo. A young bison can mate as early as three years of age but will not become full grown for another five years. In some cases a bison may live to be thirty to forty years old. It has been discovered that any attempt to train a bison has failed because they have quick tempers and are such a massive size.
Bison will congregate in small family groups that will form a large herd with other family groups. A close relative is the Wood Bison that has dwindled in numbers. It is larger with a longer neck and hair on its forehead, hairy horns, a darker coloring and a square hump. Plains bison also differ from Wood Bison in that they have "chops" or large clumps of hair on the back of their front legs.
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OK CHANGED this picture!!! I stuck a better more realistic Bison on it...
The last one was just too smudged
I hurried too quick eariler today in the end -cause of my daughters concert sorry I am always deleting and changing but I am an indecisive libra at times -LOL~!! and sometimes have a hard time deciding sometimes - put up my work and go ugh..yuck ..haha, usually after I have looked at it too long.. it gets to be blurry after a while.. OHHI should learn to just post pics and not play so much !!LOL!!!
Thanks for all your time and comments!
love ya all
hugs and ♥
Kimmers!!
Comments (59)
blacq_nyght_vampyre
Cool pic and awesome information!!! Excellent composition.
SophiaDeer
Beautiful photograph! You have captured the regalness of the buffalo so well.
Shardz
What a fantastic capture, no bull! LOL! I'd be a bit nervous getting so close, but maybe he sensed you were a friend and wanted to make him a star! What I really love about your posts is that you include information about the picture. So many just post images and I have no idea what I'm looking at! LOL! Beautiful capture, excellent work!
Shari123
Excellent capture of this wooly guy! A unique effect with the sunlight in the background. I'm glad to see you smudging again, you are so talented at it!
kenmo
Kimmie ... is this with your new camera...??? Nice photo...
DennisReed
Lovely photo work Kimmers, I did not know any of this! Thanks for the info! Bravo!
redbeard
40? That's really old isn't it? Great shot, my young friend, and some interesting facts. I love what you did with the lighting in this one.
jocko500
real cool shot and post work
Margana
What`a bizarre looking creature he is!Look at his eyes!Soooo strange and glowing!(Did you do that?)LOL he's kinda creepy looking!Love the rays you caught.What an interesting shot Kimmie.Fascinating info too.Wonderfully creative work!-M :)
hewee
Very nice Kimmer. Thank you also for the great info and history.
suresh_krishna
Excellent picture. I love the colouring and the lighting. Your annotations are also very useful. Yes, I have seen them in Yellow Stone where they roam free. It is good to hear that their population is on the rebound. Excellent photo and an equally excellent text.
joost48
Marvellous image and thanks for the explanation.Well done.
GiMi53
Excellent work and postwork ! Thanks for the interesting info ! Enjoy every minutes with your children ! Hugs :~)
2Loose2Trek
Really excellent shot and post work. Excellent!
sharky_
I've learned something today. Beautiful capture of this (not buffalo) Bison. Excellent. Aloha
DRAKELOT
Excellent work !!!
nongo
Wow, jumping right off the page!!!! excellent artwork!!!!
Zacko
COOOOL!!!! Wow, i can only imagine how cool it must be to see one up close like that. Beautiful shot of that bison. And an amazing capture of those rays. 2 photos that would have stood best on their own two legs IMHO. Have a great day. #:O)
claridad
Yes Kimmer, I like this one even better. The close up makes (s)he look more mello. The way you did the postwork on this one make it look like (s)he went to eat where the grass is greener. ;) Wonderful old fashioned movie ad 3D effect here. Love it!!! Excellent work.
brycek
WOW..Super shot Kim. Love how it jumps right off the page..excellent work!!
cynlee
oh you changed it! yep.. the grass must be greener on this side of the frame.. wonderfully creative kimmers :]
Gor111
Wowwww I'm absolutely fascinated about this soooo huge and wonderful looking American bison. It's fantastic how you have set the lightning to give this marvellous scene such a beautiful atmosphere! I love this spectacular postwork and work! Splendid really! VOTE
erlandpil
Just beautifult
Akinom
Attention, he's trying to escape, Kim! LOL Superb presentation of this wonderful bison! Brava, gal!
pimbotin
A cool shot... We've got a domesticated colony of european ones close to my house (about one hundred)... I gonna try to shoot them (with my cam, of course) one of these days... You did a great work!
john010766
Sublime
nathalie06
Yahouuuuuuuuuuuuu !!! ;o))))) Sorry... that's just because I love the Bisons !!! It's a wonderful animal, powerful and impressive. You've made a beautiful work and postwork with this one Kimmers. I love the light on the Bison and these magical rays of sun. you're lucky to have meet him like this ! Enjoy your week-end !!!! Hugs.
SoulEatar
Could you please come and get your Buffalo out of my living room !! LOL - Very creative ! ~ Take care
redchilicat
Pretty cool! :-) I can't wait until I get a better understanding of photoshop so that I can try to do some neat things like this. Great Work!
dragonfly2000
They're great animals - well done here - presentation is very cool.