Prairie Dog, Nikkor 80-400mm @ 400mm, 1\/800 sec @ f\/7.1, ISO 200, Nikon D700<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nA while later we came around a bend in the road to see a pair of wild horses grazing. The female had obviously just taken a mud bath and was right on the shoulder of the road; the male was on the small hill a short distance away. Because there was so little traffic, we were able to stop the vehicle on the road so I could get some shots. Again, the light was bad, but it was a fun experience.<\/p>\nWild horses grazing on the side of the road. Nikkor 16-35mm @ 32mm, 1\/125 sec @ f\/16, ISO 200<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWe ended up seeing the larger herd later that afternoon. The light was better and I was able to get several nice shots of this beautiful animal:<\/p>\nWild Horse, Nikkor 80-400mm @ 400mm, 1\/400 sec @ f\/8, ISO 200<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe next morning we turned a corner to see a small herd of bison walking down the middle of the road. We had to actually stop the car and wait for them to amble off to the side of the road.<\/p>\n
Eventually we came across yet another herd of the wild horses, again, just off the road up on a hill. On the other side of the hill we spotted several deer.<\/p>\nDeer Buck, Nikkor 80-400mm @ 400mm, 1\/500 sec @ f\/5.6, ISO 800<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAs we continued up the hill, there was another grouping of horses. Several of these were actually on the road and didn’t seem to mind us as we stopped an photographed them as well. Here’s one of my favorites:<\/p>\nWild Horse, Nikkor 80-400mm @ 400mm, 1\/400 sec @ f\/5.6, ISO 800<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nI’ll be posting more about the landscape photography on that trip, but if you’re interested in seeing wildlife as well, I’d recommend this park. It’s a treat!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was excited to do some landscape and macro photography on our recent trip to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, but our numerous encounters with wildlife were an unexpected bonus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9,4],"tags":[17,55,56,66,89,96],"yoast_head":"\n
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