Nice going Geo - glamson. At the end of the day, great shots are great shots no matter where they are taken.

On the other hand, it is my personal opinion that when a "wild" animal is shot in a captive situation, or behind any kind of fence or containment, that information should be displayed on the shot, particularly if it's been worked over and framed. The standard is "wild unless noted, if its not wild note it." This is for the animals sake, not for credit to the photographer. Captive animals disply different characteristics and in some cases very different physical traits. As photographers we dont want to mislead anyone with a captive shot into thinking that it's a wild specimen, in many cases they are different, even when they are the same species. . . This is about the animal, not the photographer.

I'm taking nothing away from your shots they are great. I'm also sure that shooting the big rams in glacier, no matter what anyone says, is not easy. Sure, during the summer you can walk right up to most of them that you find on logan pass, that is if youre not breaking area closure rules which many people do, but who whats a summer ram shot? Try to get those big old rams during the rut, when they are fully furred up and acting like aggressive sheep, bet you wont even find one. . . I've been chasing the glacier sheep for many years, still have yet to get any great, late season rut shots or even sell one shot of a big glacier ram . . . Access is the key and durring those times when sheep are photographable, you cant get to them. . .

This is an issues that i've always wanted to write about. Most people dont realize that there really are specific times a year to get great shots. for most wild animals you have only a few peak weeks. So, you have to plan for those periods and find the subjects or you are buggard for the year! A summer trip to glacier wont get you a single image of a rutty ram with full hair. You can get a pile of sheep grazing open pastures, or sheep sleeping, or sheep sleeping or really rough, shed out sheep that while fun to photograph, have very limited use/appeal.

Again, I'm talking wild animals her, not captives. The Sheep in glacier are free to leave and often do. In fact they move around in and out of hunted areas. . .

Keep up the great shooting no matter where it's at, it's all about the enjoyment of capturing great images. . . .