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Mom and Me

            We typically go to Rocky Mountain National Park in the fall.  The fall colors are spectacular, and the elk rut is amazing to witness.  While that is still on the agenda for September, we decided to go in the Spring to look for baby critters.  I asked the park ranger at the entrance station if there were any babies around.  She did not believe so thinking it was still too early.  Happily, she was mistaken, and we saw lots of little ones.

On this particular morning, this elk cow and calf were in a stand of aspen and were slowly on the move with a few other calf-less cows.  I got ahead of them, thinking they were going to walk into a clearing, but the small herd decided to go in the opposite direction. The herd slowly crossed the road and I doubled back, placing myself in a position to get them as they went up a ridge.  As I watched them move on, the mother and calf were nowhere to be seen. I continued to wait, and after about five minutes or so, mom and calf crossed over as well and went up the ridge following the others. A beautiful morning, a tender moment in nature – does it get any better?

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Taken on: June 12, 2019

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RMNP 2019

Elk

Calf

Mountains

Mammals

Wildlife

Nature

Animals

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Groups appears in: • U.S. National Parks • U.S. National Parks and Places more » • Colorado Landscape & Wildlife Photos • Amazing Wildlife Photography (Invitation Only) « less

Camera: Nikon D850, f/5.6, 1/800 sec, 500mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Lens:	500.0 mm f/5.6
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	500mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	-0.67 EV
Exposure Program:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 8.3.1 (Macintosh)
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