From Leader to Lethbridge, AB June 4-5

On route to Lethbridge, Alberta just south of Leader, Saskatchewan we found two different sets of antelope (pronghorn) Mothers with their young just standing in the fields. As soon as we would stop the car the new born would either lie down or take off on wobbly legs in an opposite direction to the Mother. This pair was a little different though. The little one laid down and Mom took a few steps away but then looked back. With that the little one jumped up and followed after the Mother. Not the safest thing for them to do perhaps but better for us! In the area around the Great Sand Hills we saw at least 6 new borns. Quite a thrill for us that we finally saw a pair and managed to get a few photos.
We had some non-shoooting time in Lethbridge while we got caught up on some business, bought a replacement 4GB memory card for the flakey one purchased just before we left, and got caught up on backups. There are definitie pros and cons to going all digital in photography. It is great to see your results immediately and be able to create blogs etc. But now we find that days are way too long yet it is hard to get everything done we need to do. We are always downloading and backing up images which means we can be up very late considering the long days this time of year. We generally need to be up by 4:00am for the morning shoot too (good morning light is usually from 5:00-8:00am). The evening shoot can't usually start before 5pm and may go until dusk which is getting later as we head west and towards June 21. In the time there is in-between we try to scout for photographing locations or drive on to the next destination, do backups, update our journals, heck, even catch a nap and do our laundry once in awhile. Not that I am complaining! We just sometimes need to decide we won't work all day long.