Tuesday, November 12
A pretty mellow day for Martha and I, this day marks the 29th Anniversary of her putting up with me as a husband. I say it often, the woman should be sainted!
No festivities planned for or wanted by either of us, there'll be trips to foreign lands in our future we'd rather save our money towards.
I did get a short ride with Scarlett, out to the VRRV storage yard for some minor chores. On the way home, I posed the rig at the Plains Conservation Center:
The weather was sunny and in the mid-50s so it was time for Brigitta, my '87 R80 BMW to get a little bit of exercise.
On the return half of the ride, I almost had a close encounter with a herd of Buckhorn Sheep that was thinking of crossing over the road which borders Buckley Space Force Base's northern perimeter. They turned around back towards the snow covered fields as I passed by.
I turned around as quick as traffic allowed and parked the motorcycle near the herd which was once again timidly edging towards the highway in another crossing attempt.
Before they made it though, more cars and trucks came along and this time succeeded in scaring them into giving up crossing the highway at this location.
I managed to get within telephoto lens of them though. No time for tripod or manual focus though as they moved steadily away from me:
I believe this is the largest herd of Buckhorn Sheep
that I've seen!
Lots of post-processing went into the above two shots, it was very hazy and the conditions precluded sharp imagery of the front range mountains.
I think there's also some slight calibration/focus issues with the telephoto lens, it's a smidge out of focus unless I go manual and use a tripod. Oh well.
6 comments:
That is a huge herd of Bighorn sheep! Love the photo of Pikes Peak and the golf ball shaped satellites.
Thanks Oz, though they're only enclosures....
Golf Balls of the Gods?
Wonder why the pronghorns are gathering near the roadways? Recent article said many are getting kill doing that this year. Why is this year different than other years? Was this a freak early snowfall?
Good questions CCjon, the snow was unusually early and record-breaking so perhaps a factor.
Congrats to you for keeping up with each other for almost 30 years. We are still working on it but we are in our 26th year already, and in good spirits ;-). No snow here, just grey in grey, very depressing. Cheers from the other side of the pond. SonjaM
Thanks SonjaM, you two aren't far behind!
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