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)
fourbanger
absolutely a fantastic image and work of art.Excellent post work also.I vote for this composition.Bravo
rayburg
Wow, that bison actually jumped out of the pic and charged at me...be careful when you let those wild animals out of their frame..they're dangerous..Now I have a pile of Bison doodoo on the floor in my computer room..are you reliable to clean it up?? LOL Kimmers ..great stuff as usual..see how much fun it is when things jump out at you...as the Duke would have said "good job little lady"..
lafayette
C EST DU TRAVAIL DE PRO,LE MONTAGE EST SUPERBE.
uniquedreamer
WOW..Super duper shot Kim! Great capture and the info in very informative. I like how he is jumping out of the frame. Wonderful post work... ~:)
Tedz
The Pick of the Herd...good Work Smudgie :]
RodolfoCiminelli
A excellent and very creative work....!!! Impressive effects of illumination....!!!
romanceworks
A wonderful shot.Always enjoy how you frame your work. My husband recently told me that buffalos are smart because they know how to dig beneath the snow to find the grass, whereas a cow doesn't know that there is any grass under the snow and won't even dig an inch. :o) CC.
Georgy
Wonderful presintation on this amazing animal.Love the composition.
GOLDILOCKSUK
Well portrayed Kimmie and such interesting info on the bison. Excellent work V Cathy xoxoxo
Ensomniac
Excellent Kimmie, sorry I missed the first one. Great tribute. Beautifully presented.
Syltermermaid
First sorry for being so late, had whole day no internet connection!!It is beautiful captured Kimmie and excellent work in Photoshop!!! You did a marvelous job!!!! Excellent!!!
Lledeline
Great collage.
jcv2
40 years old, what was with that again!? ;) Oops, don't mention that! strike strike strike backspace LOL! Fantastic work, Kimmers!
chrysalide
I like the presentation and the photography. it's an excellent work. have a good day
avalonfaayre
I love it! I learned something new today. We have Buffalo herds here in Tennessee, but I really thought that they were the same thing as Bison. They look alike, and according to your information, they act alike, too. Thanks for the beautiful work, and for the information!
soulofharmony
40 isnt old.. lm 42 and feel younger than l did in my 20's and so much wiser..life is fun fun fun...like the way hes stepping out of the frame :)
Blush
Excellent pic Great information as well Beautiful work sis Vote n hugs Susan~
webshadow
Oh my gosh...it feels as though he's leaping through my puter screen! How absolutely fabulous! What a mythical and whimsical beast you've captured here...definitely an "old soul" feel to this work. It's as if you've captured something deeply spiritual. Missed the original version,...but this one is beyond excellent. I love this. You are so talented. VOTE
logiloglu
a most beautiful and impressive photography and presentation,Kim. wonderful light and mood. V #:O)
MaryLynda
You always have the most creative compositions, I love them. What an impressive looking animal, great capture. V
Snow_Angel
Really fantastic composition! I love the cutout and overlapping the frame that you did here! Thats a beautiful Bison and gorgeous background! The rays of the Sun are awesome!! :)
fluffgirl
I don't think that i ever seen a bison in real life..your so lucky to be able to see one up close..this is really a great pic thank for showing it to us this is the first time i see your gallery and i will be back looking some more
morin3000
Very beautiful presentation! All your images well framed sounds! Beautiful work!
ovag
Funny shot Kim. This compo is unusual, as usual LOL
maggiemai
Very cool pic!! We have some Bison on some of the local farms here where I live and they are really interesting to see. Have a great night Kimmers!! :-) EDIT: Ok..I looked again and this one IS even better!! LOL Now he is really about to stampede right over me! EEEKS! :-))) Great work hon and I know how long and how much work these pics of yours are!! Bravo! :-)
Richardphotos
cool post work Kimmers! there are bison living in Oklahoma and I know one thing, they can be very dangerous and are unpredictable.
odie
That is very interesting. How do you get the Bison to appear before the frame?? wow. :0)
Punaguy
Very kewl shot here Kimmers against the dramatic background...thanks for the info...always a pleasure to view your work! Aloha!
sossy
fabulous photo and impressive presentation! ;o)