Sleeping Elk Buck in Yellowstone National Park Wood Print

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Elk tend to migrate with the snowline, moving to higher ground during the summer and dropping into lower valleys with shallower snow during the winter. Thus, we saw many Elk during our winter visit. There are around 5000 Elk in the park. A bull can weigh up to 700 pounds. They are the primary food for the Yellowstone wolf packs.

I love to tell stories. About twenty years ago I had my first freelance travel article accepted by a magazine. Much to my surprise, the magazine expected photos along with words. I had not taken any during the preliminary work for my article. I drove back to the site and took the photos for the article with my little Olympus digital camera. The article was published with those very amateur photos. In time, I bought an Olympus OMD-EM5, a great camera for nature and travel photographers and discovered that I enjoyed telling stories with pictures more than I did with words. The last twenty year have been an incredibly exciting time as resources for photographers have exploded. I have been lucky enough to have some great teachers along the way...