Mining for a bit of gold on a mid-October afternoon along the Blacktail Plateau. Most of the trees have dropped their golden leaves yet the grasses glow golden in the afternoon light.
The clouds come and go but the gold remains along the trail to blacktail creek.
Like giant gold nuggets the bison roam free in the fields along the plateau.
A wonderful way to end the day.
Wishing you a fine weekend and perhaps some time outside for a breath of fresh air.
nature has no boss 
Great shots.
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Thanks and wishing you a wonderful weekend.
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Such a beautiful and peaceful place. Thank you for sharing. Have a wonderful weekend 😊
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Thanks Ellie, it is fun to get to walk along in those big spaces and we do need those big spaces to put it all into perspective from time to time.
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So much so!
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I esp. like the light and shadow play in that last shot … have a great long weekend ahead.
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Thanks Eliza, we will try to get out and enjoy it.
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I love that Bison shot 👏👏.
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Thanks Ted, we enjoy having them around to photograph. Easier than the little birds.
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Scenes don’t get better than that last one.
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Next to last one…you can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd…Roger Miller.
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Hi Jim, I reckon that would be so and frankly I don’t think I would try.
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Thanks for the gold nuggets. Beautiful Country
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Hi and your welcome. Big open spaces are just a wonderful thing to see.
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Beautiful. Autumn in the West. Also love your bison photo.
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Thanks Kit, that was just a short time ago now it’s covered in white. Wish autumn would last just a tad longer.
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It’s been a short one this year.
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That’s for sure.
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Beautiful photos, Mike. I would love to walk there, where you just took your photos. It looks so peaceful, just we don’t disturb the bison.
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Hi, yes it is a great place to walk through and if you give the bison the space they require they are wonderful companions on a hike. Hope your having a great week so far.
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Thank you, Mike.
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Your welcome.
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Absolutely stunning photos! I especially love the bison!
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HI and thanks, we are lucky to have open spaces like the to walk through and better yet occupied by bison. Hope your week has started well.
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Bison are so special! Love that there is a lot of open space where you are. Same here in Oregon. Just saw a herd of Elk just yesterday on a foggy morning near my house. Love your photography! 🙂
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Hi Roxi, open space is something we need to preserve as development keeps gobbling up more and more each year. Especially here in the west. Elk in fog must have made for a wonderful morning.
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The elk in the fog was amazing and I didn’t have my camera with me! arrrgh! LOL
Yes, humanity is greedy in their quest to occupy land with more condo’s and shopping malls and such — and our precious wildlife and flora and fauna is rapidly diminishing. If this keeps happening, photos will be the only evidence that they existed.
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I agree. We are headed towards a place where humans will be stuck with only a virtual reality of what the diversity of life that once existed is we make ti that far.
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Beautiful, Mike! I especially like your last images…I can feel the vastness. I like the Bison, too.
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Hi Ellen, it is nice to be able to absorb that open space just soak it all in.
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What a great western collection! Thanks, Mike, and enjoy your weekend.
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Thanks Adam, the west is the best.
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These are all stunning Mike, but I particularly like the last vista with that beautiful golden light caressing the landscape. I would be very happy stepping into that picture! Have a wonderful weekend! 🙂
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Hi Pete, Yellowstone is a wonderful place to walk through and we did like that wonderful afternoon light we got that day. We need those large landscapes for nature to have a go of it.
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What a beautiful landscape and photographs. Thank you, Love, nia
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Hello and thanks, we are lucky to have that land to walk through these days.
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