Flora and Fauna Friday this week is a portrait of a resting bull Bison (Bison bison) photographed on a Bison ranch near Kelliher, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Also known as the American Bison, American Buffalo or simply Buffalo.
This is my contribution to Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Heads or Facial Features.
One of the first photos that came to mind when I read the prompt was the colourful eyes of a Horse Fly. When I was checking out the Horse Fly portrait in my image library I scrolled past portraits of some Bison and thought the size disparity would make an interesting post.
A selective colour treatment on a portrait of a Horse Fly. Photographed in Hatherton, Cheshire, England.
Selective colour treatment of a prtrait of a bull Bison photographed on a bison ranch near Kelliher, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Monochrome Monday is going back to Saskatchewan, Canada in the late 1990s.
I was friendly with a Bison rancher and could drive out to the herd using the ranch pickup truck as the animals were used to seeing the vehicle. I could set up a tripod in the back of the pickup and photograph the Bison at close range.
A bull Bison poses for its portrait. The way its eye is mostly closed makes me think it’s having an afternoon nap.
One from the archives taken on film in the 1990s. Photographed from the back of a pickup truck on a Bison ranch at Kelliher, Saskatchewan, Canada.
