Dall sheep of Ivvavik National Park - 2012

I didn't take a whole lot of sheep photos this year (last year's sheep post), probably because they were everywhere this year, particularly when they were outside the tents while us humans were inside sleeping.  It was a rude awakening for sure.

All of these photos came one day, just past midnight, while I was heading to bed.  A large group of sheep were passing through behind the garage shed and some were standing on top of the dirt mounds.  The lighting wasn't the greatest at that time since the hill blocked out the sun but nonetheless I got some nice photos to share with you.

Portrait.

On a dirt mound.  You can tell it was still early in the season when the field was still mostly brown.  I imagine it's like this right now in the park.

The shaded lighting actually did well in terms of minimizing the highlights from the sheep's white coat.

The sheep peed just moments after this.  I have the photo of it peeing, but I don't think people would want to see that.






My favorite photo of the sheep from this year.  A mother and her lamb standing side-by-side looking at the camera.  The background makes it much more natural.

Sheep on the trail behind camp.

Lamb portrait.

Cutie pie.