Images from the American West: Buffalo near Old Faithful

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Buffalo near Old Faithful

Buffalo near Old Faithful

Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Date: September 2000
Camera: Pentax ZX-50
This guy was sitting literally right in front of Old Faithful -- had the geyser erupted he would have been taking a shower. Buffalo are almost impossible to photograph since they are so dark; in this photo I had to vastly overexpose the background to get any detail at all on his head. I was lucky in that this bull was alone and tolerant of people, allowing me to play around with the light and catch a glint of the sun in his eye.