I only wish I too had access to those wild glacier sheep during the winter, like I said, I dont. I know where they live, but I cant get to them, not safely. I know where they are, but unless I hire a pack string and a few sherpas it's not something I can safely shoot.
So, if it's any consultation to you, no one's photographing wild sheep in glacier this time of year, you cant get to them. Well, unless your a park ranger or bio who get to ride snowmobiles past locked gates, which to me is totally wrong!
As for captive vs non, generally, in the business, you put a reference on the frame or in the credits.
(captive) by the the title, or the credit line. . .
I respect you very much! I also respect all forms of photography, you can bet that if I lived in a place where there were few wild animals, I first move, or if I could not, I'd make my cats wild and shoot them!!!! LOL
Take care, good shooting. . .
BTW, that big ram as my avatar is NOT a glacier sheep. . . I dont shoot glacier sheep because of their poor conditions when I can get to them. That said, I do have few okay shots, but nothing anyone ever has purchased. . .
One last thing, a little quick math, this year I've shot 17 days for sheep, that's 5200 miles, about 200 hiking/shooting hours, $850 on gas just to get to the area to find the sheep(no joke) I've slept on the ground and in my truck in sub zero temps, ate nature bars and drank cold coffee, froze my finger tips off, and that is the ONLY shot like that I have. For three of those 17 days, I did not take a single sheep shot!
Moreover, I managed to photographed the avatar sheep three times in 17 trips! Sure, I have lots of other neat sheep shots, but this is not a gig that comes easy, no matter what anyone tells you. So far, I just broke even, selling that shot now has paid for gas. . . but my time, food, tires, oil, etc, that still is in the "free" catigory.
I better get back to work or i'm going to be living where there are no wild animals just so that I can pay the rent . . . . I'd rather be broke!
