Sunday, March 7, 2010

Truculence on the hoof


BLACK ANGUS STEER OUTSIDE CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK, UTAH, MARCH 6, 2010

Pentax K20D
SMC Pentax-DA 55-300 at 170mm
1/750 sec. f9.5
ISO 800

The largest animal I saw in the Utah desert wilderness last week was this stubborn cow, which held its ground on the highway for long minutes after its companions had moved on to a new grazing spot in the fenceless open range of the West. I shot the photo through the windshield.

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