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20-megapixel Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Panasonic Leica DG Elmarit 200mm f/2.8 POWER O.I.S.

Examples: Pronghorn Antelope

These images shot in the national forest near Cedar Breaks National Monument.

Pronghorn Antelope are usually very skittish and difficult to approach—another lucky roadside find. Below, images taken as a small herd of pronghorn antelope were grazing roadside. I like taking different poses, as they show behavior and details like coloring and antlers and so on.

In shooting the Panasonic 200/2.8 on the Olympus E-M1 Mark II, I found several camera-specific challenges that damage the “hit rate”; see my discussion on the overview page.

Pregnant Doe #1

Below, this doe looks pregnant as did others, a near certainty since I saw no fawns among the herd. I’d expect within two weeks she will bear her young, one or perhaps two fawns.

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Pronghorn antelope pregnant doe
f2.8 @ 1/1000 sec, ISO 64; 2018-04-21 17:06:27
Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Panasonic Leica DG Elmarit 200mm f/2.8 POWER OIS @ 415.1mm equiv (200mm)

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