12726 Dall Sheep - a photo on Flickriver

12726 Dall Sheep

            Another reworking of an ancient Kodachrome. I converted this one to monochrome, admittedly not a big leap of imagination. Kodachrome almost always had at least a faint colour cast, green for new film, gradually turning magenta with age. Even though I was able to correct the snow to a neutral white, some of the branches remained magenta. Now that problem is gone, and the photo looks about the same!

There's a story here. In late winter 1982, I skied up a river valley in Kluane National Park. My partner was a 15-year old First Nations boy (I was one of his counsellors) who knew wilderness, who helped his grandfather work a trap line on weekends. He had been in trouble and was headed for more. Smart kid, though.

Anyway, we parked our skiis and climbed some hills in thigh deep snow, going up the northeast side where the snow was deepest. We were making for a rounded summit. At one point Andy said, "There's gonna be sheep up there." I said, "I know it."

We were right. Seven Dall rams were resting on top, where wind and had blown away most of the snow. When they saw us, six of them paraded slowly past us and moved higher up the mountain side in single file (thus conserving energy). The seventh moved off on his own. He was nearly blind; wolves would dispatch him very soon. Meanwhile, Andy saw me focusing on the retreating six.

"Jim!" he said, "Do you want me to make them look back?"

"Sure."

He raised his hands above his head and began to slowly wave them back and forth. Sure enough, one of the rams caught the motion with his peripheral vision, and swung his big head around. Click. Got the shot.

Photographed in Kluane National Park, Yukon. Scanned from the original Kodachrome 64 slide. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 1982 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

Taken in: Canada / Yukon Territory / Silver City (show map)

Taken on: March 1, 1982

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Sets appears in: • Best 1980-1989 • Not Explored more » • Sheep & Goats • Snow • Monochrome From Slides • National Parks of Canada • Kodachrome « less

Groups appears in: • Wildlife Photography • Monochromatic world more » • Kodachrome • A Better B&W Group • Born Free, Living Free • Joy of Black & White • Living Life Through A Lens • Wonderful World! « less

Camera: Minolta DSE 54005400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Minolta DSE 54005400
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
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