Jim Paton Photography

2011 Yellowstone Winter

Started out in Bozeman, stayed a first night in Mammoth Hot Springs, stayed several days around Old Faithful, and then back to the Mammoth Hot Springs area for the Wolf Discovery tour.

Bison Snow Mask Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Bison Snow Mask   Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
This was on the drive from Mammoth out to Lamar Valley. Plenty of bison, but it was hard to be in the right spot to get a picture of their face. This one was swinging his head back and forth to push the snow out of the way while looking for food. Most of my shots at this spot had motion blur because of the dark conditions or his head was pointed down into the snow. - February 07, 2011 - 1/160 sec at f / 8.0 - 300 mm - ISO 200 - 44°57'17" N 110°30'21" W