Whenever we go on a trip, I take a lot of pictures. Before I share any of the pictures, I post-process them – sort of like putting them through a digital darkroom – to remove flaws and adjust the saturation and contrast. It takes time, but I have been able to streamline my process somewhat.
I have just completed processing the last groups of images from the first big western trip we took after I retired in 2007. I’ve started creating videos using photos from that trip, with background music from YouTube audio swap. The first two of the series have been already posted:
Since I’ve finished with all the groups of images from the trip, the video for today is a montage of photographs from the trip; for the most part, one picture each day of our travels and explorations.
The audio track is Paul Mottram’s “Sidewalk Saunter.”
Begging Burros is a name used to refer to feral burros (asses) in Custer State Park, South Dakota. The burros are descendants of a herd that were used to carry visitors to the top of Harney Peak. When the rides were discontinued years ago, the burros were released into the park. Elk, mule deer, white tailed deer, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, pronghorn antelope, and mountain lions also inhabit the park.
ass: (noun) 1. A hoofed mammal of the horse family with a braying call, typically smaller than a horse and with longer ears
burro: (noun) 1. The donkey or ass, Equus africanus asinus, is a domesticated member of the Equidae or horse family. The wild ancestor of the donkey is the African Wild Ass, E. africanus. In the western United States, a small donkey is sometimes called a ”burro” (from the Spanish word for the animal).
If I were to post a photo a day – or even 5 a day – it would take quite a while just to share those that I have selected for posting.
By putting together a video, I can share a large number at once – and create a video library that we can view on a TV screen. The original of the video below is higher definition than what I uploaded to YouTube.
The photos, in the sequence that they appear:
Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, September 2009
Menor’s cabin and store, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, September 20, 2007
Canton Lake, Oklahoma, August 29, 2009
Canyonlands national Park, September 23, 2007
Pronghorn, Custer State Park, South Dakota, August 22, 2007
Wild burro, Custer State Park, South Dakota, August 22, 2007
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, March, 2011
Devil’s Tower National Monument, August 27, 2007
Devil’s Tower National Monument, August 28, 2007
Texas Interstate HighwayI40, eastbound rest west of Alenreed
Devil’s Tower National Monument, August, 2007
Cottonwood Tree, Lake Ogallala, Nebraska, July 8, 2010
Clouds, Lake Ogallala, Nebraska, July 8, 2010
Lewistown, Montana, August 30, 2007
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, September 14, 2009
Nuthatch
Ouray, Colorado, September 2010
Rest are at Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge and Kansas Highway 52
Moraine Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, 2009
Rocky Mountain National park, somewhere trail to Nymph Lake, Dream Lake, & Emerald Lake, 2009
Pea Ridge National military Park, Northwest Arkansas, July 15, 2011
Abyss Pool, West Thumb, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, September 12, 2007
Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah, September 24, 2007
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Visitor Center, Colorado, 2009
Garvan Woodland Gardens, Hot Springs, Arkansas, April 13, 2010
Entrance to Yellowstone National Park, Gardiner, Montana, September 13, 2007
Wyoming’s Vore Buffalo Jump archeological site August 27, 2007.
The ancestors of at least 5 Plains Indian tribes killed and butchered as many a 20,000 bison at the Vore Buffalo Jump during a 300 year period between 1500 and 1800 A.D.
Herds of bison were driven from the surrounding valley and stampeded over the edge of a large round sinkhole, providing tons of meat for winter storage. When horses became abundant, tribes adopted other hunting techniques and used “jumps” less frequently.
Thick layers of butchered bone extend almost 20 feet below the bottom of the sink.
We came across these bighorn sheep – females and young bighorns don’t have the huge horns that give them their popular name – driving along the Salmon River in Idaho, on our way to a campground in Montana on July 29, 2010.
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