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On Top
Photographer: Ray Hennessy
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I've spent quite a bit of time in desert habitats the past few years. Mostly in the winter so I can enjoy warm weather in the van during that time of year. In that time however I haven't had a chance to photograph Desert Bighorn Sheep. I finally got the chance to spend some time with them during a recent week long visit to Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada. What a stunning and perfect place to get my first sighting of these beautiful animals. As always with any sheep or goats it's mind-blowing to watch them walk and run around the cliffs they live on. This photo was taken towards the end of the trip and required some sketchy rock scrambling and climbing on my part to get to this vantage point. I knew there was a small group of sheep hanging out on top of the rocks across this canyon. My original plan was to climb up the rocks the sheep were on but I couldn't find a safe way. So instead I went up to this spot and waited. Thankfully after only a few minutes this young ram came around the corner and looked right at me. I started taking some photos and thought to myself, "if he would go right to the top what an amazing shot it would be." He must have read my mind because in a few moments he walked exactly where I wanted him to go! It was maybe 30 minutes before sunset, the sky was dramatic, the sun was lighting up some additional red rocks in the background and I had already figured out this composition at 43mm so it was a simple thing to capture once it all lined up.
1/2000 • f/5 • ISO 400 • Nikon Z6iii • 43mm • Nikon Z 28-400mm f/4-8
Movement
Photographer: Ray Hennessy
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5 Seconds • f/4.8 • ISO 64 • Nikon Z9 • 180mm • Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6
For years now during my Newfoundland seabirds workshop I've always taken a similar photo like this. In the past however I've always just shoved my camera into a rock crack and done my best to hold it still while I took a long exposure with the aperture cranked up to F-who-knows-what to get the longer exposure. This year however I came prepared. I brought out a tripod and a variable ND filter and I was able to take this version with a 5 second long exposure, at least double what I've done in the past. I was also able to shoot at a normal aperture that wasn't ruining the sharpness of the photo. So here I present the an image that is exactly what I've been after for years but only finally captured properly. I love what the waves do on the rocks below and how still many of these Common Murre stay during a 5 second exposure!
King of the Rock
Photographer: Ray Hennessy
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1/2000 • f/4 • ISO 400 • Nikon Z9 • 24mm • Nikon Z 24-120mm f/4 S
My goal during my 4 mornings spent with Canyon Wrens in Arches National Park was to show off the unique and stunning habitat they live in there. This is one of the shots I feel like I achieved that goal with. This bird popped up on this huge rock right next to me and surprised me. I quickly had to line the bird up with something that worked so I went with this placement as it was the brightest spot where I didn't have to move too much. It wasn't my initial choice for placement and so after this shot I dipped a bit lower and placed the bird in the sky. It turned out doing that hid more of the landscape than I had hoped and this composition ended up being better. So in the end the bird helped me make a better composition.
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