Wildlife with Ray - Olympic National Park

[@jeffolson4731]

Great video. I am glad you enjoyed your time on the peninsula. In that area they measure rain in feet, not inches 😂 The peninsula is full of elk. The park is home to the largest unmanaged herd in the Pacific Northwest. We are pretty lucky to live in the Puget Sound area. We don’t have to go very far to see elk. North Bend and Enumclaw both have large herds. The Roosevelt Elk are the largest elk, though the Rocky Mountain elk have larger antlers. In early October you were still fairly safe but be very careful during rut, bull elk get upset very easily. If you hear a lot of bugling, stay away. The reason the park wants you to stay 20 meters away is for your safety. There is a herd that roams Forks in the morning and evening also.

[@RayHennessy]

Thanks for watching and for the wonderful comment. Crazy how much rain like you said! I got to photograph the North Bend Elk as well and I'm certainly aware of the rut season and how all deer get.

[@Slewis71119]

Amazing colors. I would have never thought there would be Elk there either. Love your Wren pictures.

[@RayHennessy]

Thanks Scott, yeah it was a surprise to us too! Thanks about the Wrens!

Love your photos!

[@RayHennessy]

Thanks!

[@bugbot42]

Beautiful photos as always! I'm very impressed you got such sharp photos of a twitchy wren at only 1/100s

[@RayHennessy]

I just got a recent shot of one at 1/20 and it's tack sharp! The thing with small birds like that is between all their fast movements they hold very very still, so you just have to shoot for those moments and you can easily get slow shutter speeds sharp! Thanks for watching!

[@bugbot42]

@@RayHennessy Good point! I'll try that out next time. I think my Z8+180-600 should do similarly stabilization-wise

[@RayHennessy]

@@bugbot42 definitely try that out. I routinely shoot under 1/100 with my big 400mm f/2.8 as well. Basically all my lenses I shoot really slow!

[@lynngemeinhart8975]

I gotta' go there.

[@RayHennessy]

It's worth it!