A little Theodore Roosevelt National Park wildlife photography news here. I know I’ve been full of a lot of Pinhole stuff lately, but I was interviewed by the Bismarck Tribune in North Dakota. The story was about photographing wildlife safely and without disrupting the critters you are photographing. I talked about how I photographed this Bison shot without disturbing the big guy and without putting myself in danger.
Here’s an excerpt from the Theodore Roosevelt National Park Wildlife Photography story…
Wisconsin photographer Cameron Gillie’s favorite national park is Roosevelt. They say it’s a great place to take photos, though it’s important to make safety a priority.
Gillie said big animals can appear docile, but they may read a person’s behavior as threatening.
“Every animal has a line that you cross, and they will take that as a threat. And you never know what that line is,” he said.
Gillie likes to stay in his car when he can and use it as a blind. He considers his best shot to be a close-up of a bison in the north unit of the park (photo at right), taken on a rainy day from his car on the road.
“I was 30 feet from him, and because I was in the car, he didn’t pay any attention to me,” he said. “To be out of my car at that point would have been foolish.”
One of these days I hope to get back out to Theodore Roosevelt National Park to hang out with some of these majestic creatures again. Mike Murray of North Sand Photography and I are also considering doing a photography workshop at Theodore Roosevelt soon.
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Here’s the entire Tribune’s story.
