# 5808-09 / landscape•ku•fauna ~ f8 and be there

(embiggenable) • iPhone

(embiggenable) • iPhone

I AM CERTAIN THAT IT HAS BEEN SAID that the iPhone is not suited for making wildlife pictures. To which I write, "HA!" Just have the cojones-or, perhaps, the lack of common sense-to get out of the car walk, slow and quiet, up to the subject like you own the place. Easy, peasy.

Pictured in this entry are; 1. Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep. That picture was made in close proximity to their place of residence, the 2. Rio Grande River Gorge (just a ways outside of Toas, New Mexico). At this location, the gorge is 800 ft deep.

The sheep, which were driven nearly to extinction in New Mexico, were reintroduced to a 50 mile(?) section of the Rio Grande gorge a few decades ago (?). There is now an established herd of approximately 350-400 animals. Yesterday, apparently a few of the herd emerged from the gorge for a late afternoon snack and I was just in the right place at the right time.