I just returned from a quick trip out West to visit the Tetons and Yellowstone. It’s always a treat for me to be able to photograph some of nature’s wonders.
In the far northeast corner of Yellowstone is a part of the Absaroka Range known as Baronette Peak. This part of the national park is home to a large population of mountain goats.
This is part of the Baronette Peak area. I am standing alongside the park road which is about 300 yards from the base of the mountains. From here with the naked eye you may be able to pick out small white dots sparsely scattered among the rocks. To determine if one of these dots is a mountain goat you’ll need a spotting scope or a a pair of binoculars. With my binoculars I was able to pick out one or two mountain goats grazing on one of the hundreds of ledges.Armed with a 600mm telephoto lens, I was able to see this mountain goat grazing. Compared to the above photograph, it’s amazing that my camera can “see” the mountain goat.Please keep in mind that even with a 600mm lens, the entire photograph has to be “blown up” – this is my technical term for cropping the image in order to enlarge the section that shows the mountain goat. Here’s an enlarged photograph. This mountain goat is larger, but not as sharp.
That’s my story from my September visit to Yellowstone.
