Smoke Creek Bachelors
by Mike Lee
Title
Smoke Creek Bachelors
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
On an April afternoon drive in the Smoke Creek Desert (Lassen County California), I saw a fair number of pronghorns. This is in no way unusual. It would be unusual to not see at least a few. What was quite unusual indeed is that they were somewhat cooperative for picture taking. Normally, when driving on those dirt roads the first look I get of them is when they’re moving across the rugged terrain faster than I can safely drive on the road. They came by their “speed goat” moniker honestly (although they’re more closely related to giraffes than to goats). Their skittishness is quite often in direct conflict with their curiosity. The latter evidently won out that evening. I saw several different groups while I was out there including a couple small groups of does. The highlight was this little group of bucks including one pretty good sized boy who was clearly quite proud of himself. These guys actually walked TOWARD my pickup for a bit when I stopped in the road. Add to that the nice warm late afternoon light, and I got a rare photo of these critters that I actually like, somewhat offsetting the plethora of bad frames I’ve gotten while trying.
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April 27th, 2024
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Comments (64)
Gary F Richards 10 Days Ago
Extraordinary “Smoke Creek Bachelors”, composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! Congratulations on your very deserving features! F/L
Anne-Marie Taylor 13 Days Ago
Revisiting with greatest pleasure — and to congratulate you on your features!
Larry Kniskern 13 Days Ago
Congratulations, Mike – your wildlife with antlers or horns has been featured by the Go Take a Hike Photography Group! Feel free to add it to the 2025 Featured Images thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Brian Morefield - Prose Imagery 23 Days Ago
Great capture of these curious bros Mike! It must have been a fun follow that day!
Anne-Marie Taylor
Gorgeous capture of this antelope herd! I love the composition with the one pronghorn at attention to the left! FL
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations for your wonderful art has been featured on the home page the ABC Group from our themed week L IS FOR LIFE, JUNE 17, 2024 - JUNE 24, 2024. All images this week portrayed subjects which are living!
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