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Bighorn Sheep
Lens: Sigma 75-200mm at 200 and 500mm F6.3 Mirror Camera: Kx Photo Location: Northern Colorado ISO: 200 
Posted By: Colorado CJ, 11-21-2010, 08:18 PM

I took a ride today up into the mountains just west of my house. About 10 minutes into the Big Thomson Canyon, I saw a small herd of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep.

There was one full curl ram and a few ewes. Later on a 3/4 curl ram showed up, but there was no fighting. The ram was trying to mate, but the ewe was having none of that, as you can see in the photos.

The first picture was taken with my 500mm F6.3 mirror lens. Who says mirrors can't give you a good photo?

The rest were taken with my Sigma 75-200mm at F5.6. It's times like these where I wish I had a high quality telephoto.
















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Great shots of these shy animals!
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These are great - these things are hard to capture, in my limited experience. Super job.

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Very nice. I miss living out where we'd see these

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Супер, супер, супер! Это очень осторожные животные, как вам удалось?!
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