The Things I See
Prairie Dogs and Buffalo
Posted by Craig (Vacaville, California, United States) on 19 April 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
For more information on praire dogs go here.
@William: As I was passing through Wyoming. Thanks for the comment!
dYe from Cambridge, United States
Wow, great perspective! It makes the scene very dramatic (also makes you feel like a prairie dog yourself!).
19 Apr 2007 5:47am
Inès from Belgium
So great !!! a so little animal with others so big !!! clever perspective !
19 Apr 2007 6:52am
shotzz.eu from Warsaw, Poland
wow, outstanding pic, i like the perspective, the frame is perfect but i don't like this processing, because it's visible (for me it's must me invisible)
19 Apr 2007 6:57am
Art Monkey from Salt Spring Island, Canada
this is a great shot - were the prarie dogs that close to the Buffalo or is it the perspective?
19 Apr 2007 7:01am
@Art Monkey: This is really three different photos.: clouds, buffalo, and prairie dogs. Assembled in Photoshop. I took these shots in 2003 while traveling through Wyoming. Thanks for your comments!
Yvon from Meerkerk, Netherlands
Love your prairie dogs photos, excellent pp and perspective!
19 Apr 2007 7:43am
Scene by Sharon Photography from Kingston, Ontario, Canada
such great colours - I am a huge fan of your work!
19 Apr 2007 10:14am
LittleKitty from Shunfu, Singapore
This is nice! I wish I had the chance to photograph some of these animals in the wild. All I have are monkeys =)
19 Apr 2007 12:55pm
@LittleKitty: Yea, but you got great insects and crocodiles I think! :0)
amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada
LOVE THIS SHOT! Ok, how'd you do it?? Because I'm thinking there is no way you got even that close to the buffalo (even with your 300mm zoom). It's such a great concept... once again your creativity shines through!!
19 Apr 2007 2:21pm
@amy: Thanks Amy! This is three different photos: clouds, buffalo, and prairie dogs. All shot during a road trip taken in 2003. I didn't have the ability to put them together until after reading Daniel Giordan's book recently. All three photos were taken within about 100 feet of eachother. The buffalo really were that close! But, I was even closer to the opened door of my car! :0)
Dawn Sutherland from Phoenix, United States
Wow, talk about being in the perfect place at the perfect time!! Amazing shot!!
19 Apr 2007 3:40pm
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Those Prairie dogs have cute feet. A good attempt at PP, the 3 images have worked well together
19 Apr 2007 7:05pm
adalove from Alcala de Guadaira, Spain
Those prairie dogs are so incredibly funny! I really love them..
And what to say about your shot.. it´s just amazing, buffalos make it so strong.
19 Apr 2007 7:22pm
Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada
Fantastic manip job! I was fooled. Great stuff!
19 Apr 2007 8:41pm
Ken McCoy from Orlando-Daytona Beach, FL, United States
Ah! A composite! I knew it was too good to be true :) It looks really real, however -- nice Photoshopping!
19 Apr 2007 9:36pm
basfalcon from wales, United Kingdom
hey Craiger--nice craft(y) work done on this shot--basfalcon
19 Apr 2007 10:14pm
Ahraht from Loures, Portugal
Real photo work. God bless photoshop. The result here is great.
19 Apr 2007 10:48pm
Anne from White Rock, Canada
Absolutely great Photoshop work. When I lived in Alberta I should have been able to get photo's of buffalo, but I never did. Got quite a few prairie dogs though, but they looked quite insignificant compared to this. I should have had photoshop then. I don't think I even had a computer then - haha! Great work- keep on going!
19 Apr 2007 11:01pm
Lydia from Ottawa, Canada
Another great ensemble! These must be very well-feed prairie dogs, they almost look more like groundhogs than prarie dogs!
20 Apr 2007 4:23am
Jerry - a moment in time [...] from Chicago, United States
Wow. Excellent composition! ... although it it's a photoshop
22 Apr 2007 4:19am
Canon EOS D60
1/750 second
F/5.6
ISO 100
300 mm