Teddy Roosevelt National Park, 6 Months later

And Teddy Roosevelt National Park is pretty much looking exactly the same as it did in my last post (and the first one ever on my blog here!) That being said, though, we (my wife and I) did see a ton more Bison than we did last time, so this is like to be a bison-heavy post. It'll also be a very photo-heavy post, so be prepared for that...

Since so many cameras, I'll actually put some settings here. Nikon D4 400mm f/5.6 1/800 ISO 125

This is going to end up being a 5-camera post, so plenty to look at! 5 cameras: Nikon D4, Nikon D3s, Nikon D7000, Fujifilm X-T1 Graphite, Fujifilm X-T1 with 8 different lenses. Way too much going on, but they do their jobs very very well. 

One of my Favorite photos from the whole day. X-T1G 23mm f/7.1 1/3000 ISO 400

So many bison herds chilling everywhere. Lots to look at and take photos of. 

X-T1G 23mm f/8 1/1400 ISO 400

Unfortunately they close the long road loop in the park during the winter, so we weren't really able to get out here to get any pictures in the snow, but it still looks very nice in the spring and fall, and even better in the summer. We bought a year-long pass, which I am sure we will use when we come back this summer. It'll be nice to see the park green again, as it has been a couple years since we were there in the summer. 

X-T1 106mm f/4 1/640 ISO 200

X-T1 140mm f/5 1/1250 ISO 200

X-T1 140mm f/4 1/1000 ISO 200

X-T1 140mm f/4 1/1600 ISO 200

There was a good amount of younger bison, probably around a year old or so. So not newborn tiny, but still fairly small compared to the adult ones around. While the light wasn't the best (especially compared to the last time we were here) it was still all right. Fairly soft light which leads to a nice lack of hard shadows. 

D4 400mm f/5.6 1/1000 ISO 320

D4 400mm f/5.6 1/1600 ISO 320

D4 400mm f/8 1/160 ISO 320

This guy has magnificent facial hair. Look at that finely groomed beard! 

Of course we couldn't get away without taking some regular landscape photos, as well. 

D3s 14mm f/4 1/5000 ISO 250

There is just something awesome about the Nikon D3s sensor. I don't know what it is, but it just gives great colors and a super nice overall look to the photos, something that my D4 doesn't really do. My Fuji cameras are definitely closer in quality to the D3s in that regard. 

D3s 20mm f/4 1/6400 ISO 640

X-T1G 23mm f/5.6 1/1800 ISO 400

D3s 14mm f/4 1/2000 ISO 200

X-T1 71.5mm f/5.6 1/750 ISO 200

There is definitely a distinct difference in the colors between my Fuji cameras and the Nikon ones. The Nikon cameras tend to give a more clinical image, whereas the Fuji ones give a more artistic one, if that makes sense. 

Anyways, as usual it was taking forever to drive around the loop in the park, since we were stopping to get out and take photos so much. But that was the whole point! Also carrying WAY too much stuff. 

We also were on the lookout for some of the wild horses that live in the park as well. While we didn't see as many as we did Bison, we still saw a few. They are way prettier looking than the Bison, as well. There was one brown one near the highest point in the park that was super photogenic with his mane and tail blowing in the wind. 

D4 340mm f/5 1/1600 ISO 640

D4 400mm f/5 1/5000 ISO 800

D7000 180mm f/4 1/2000 ISO 400

D4 200mm f/4 1/2500 ISO 640

X-T1 140mm f/2.8 1/1100 ISO 200

And my favorite. D4 350mm f/4 1/2000 ISO 640

X-T1 14mm f/8 1/750 ISO 400

After moving on a ways we found more wild horses! We were getting pretty close to sunset, so this was going to be our last stop. This next one is another one of my favorites. 

X-T1 140mm f/2.8 1/900 ISO 200

This spot is generally the one that we tend to end up at around sunset, with a nice bend in the river that makes for very nice landscape photos. 

And of course you have to have a massive panorama! Click through the image to get to the full-sized image over on flickr.

9 X-T1 frames stitched together.

X-T1 14mm f/5.6 1/2400 ISO 400

Going artsy with reflections. X-T1 14mm f/9 1/2700 ISO 200

D3s 24mm f/8 1/3200 ISO 400

And I did manage to get a good shot of a deer. 

D4 400mm f/4 1/1000 ISO 1600

That about wraps it up. I'll leave you with one more photo, though. 

D4 340mm f/5.6 1/640 ISO 200

Bison are weird. 

Thanks for reading, and thanks for making it all the way to the bottom, this post is a bit ridiculously long.

Kevin Fedde
Fedde Studios