Joliezac's Animal Figure Photography: Lake Tahoe! *Feb 14th*

Wow, once again you've found scenery which suits the species, looks to-scale with the figures, and is remarkably beautiful as a backdrop!

Wonderful background for the species you caught with you! I particulary love the third with Bharal, the third with Yak and the fourth with Ibex!

Salt Lake City mountains?!? You were probably a couple miles from me!

Thank you so much everyone! It was very beautiful there so I was so happy to be back with my figures

Here are my last photographs of my figures in the mountains! Tomorrow I will post photos of my figures down by the lake.

A pair of Schleich & Papo marmots enjoying the sun:

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A Schleich & Papo griffon vulture picking at the remains of a snow leopard's kill

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More shots of my small bharal family:

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They better watch out!  

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I couldn't neglect my other snow leopards completely so here are some photos with the Papo & CollectA family:

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My biggest motivation for getting the BotB snow leopard was so I could take photos against a mountain backdrop like I did with my Papo snow leopard a few years ago. I was so excited to finally get this model in a proper habitat since he's one of my favorite models and my favorite animal species.

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My previous Papo snow leopard photo from 2019 was my favorite picture ever and I was determined to get a better one with my new favorite snow leopard. I was very happy with the result and captured my new favorite photo I've ever taken! I'm very proud of it

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Here is my previous favorite from 2019:

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Wondeful pictures yet, the three ones with Botb snow leopard are so realistic! but how did you make your bharal to stand on such a sloping ground!

Joliezac wrote:

My previous Papo snow leopard photo from 2019 was my favorite picture ever and I was determined to get a better one with my new favorite snow leopard. I was very happy with the result and captured my new favorite photo I've ever taken! I'm very proud of it

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As I read this I wondered if you'd be updating your avatar from one favourite snow leopard shot to the next, then scrolled back up to see that yes, you have!

Congratulations on a new favourite, it really is a stunning shot, and worth every bit of effort to get the figure and camera up there!

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Thank you so much! I couldn't wait to update my profile, I just loved the photo!

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Thank you! Luckily there wasn't even a slight breeze that day so I was able to carefully balance him on the rock

I wanted to take some photos down by the lake so we drove down to Antelope Island park. It was really beautiful but unfortunately the sun was setting so we didn't have time to drive through the whole thing. I hope I can go again I would love to see some bison and pronghorn in the wild! I haven't seen wild bison before and I've only seen a single pronghorn once.

Here are the photos!

Various bison by Schleich & Safari roaming the plains:

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CollectA's wonderful chiru

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Some pronghorn by Safari & Mojo

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Then Spirit my mustang stallion that my friend repainted for me facing off against the BotB cougar:

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That poor chiru is hopelessly lost. great shots again!

The bison herd is fabulous! Very realistic :)

Wow!.. I can't tell now which I prefer, they all are so realistic and beautiful! You found an exceptional background and used so well sunset light!

Awesome pictures of awesome modles in an awesome country :cheers:

Thank you so much everyone!

Marvellous job with these antelopes

So many stupendous pictures! You're really extra talented and everything seems to work perfectly. Those moutainous ones are out of this world!

Thank you so much landrover & Roger!

I was so determined to at least get one good snow leopard photo in the mountains, that was my goal. So I'm glad they turned out well and you like them as much as I do!

Joliezac wrote:

I wanted to take some photos down by the lake so we drove down to Antelope Island park. It was really beautiful but unfortunately the sun was setting so we didn't have time to drive through the whole thing. I hope I can go again I would love to see some bison and pronghorn in the wild! I haven't seen wild bison before and I've only seen a single pronghorn once.


CollectA's wonderful chiru

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these photos are all amazing, including your snow leopard! what a talent you have here!
but I absolutely LOVE the chiru in these ones most of all
I can feel the chill in the air too

You truly live in an exceptionally beautiful place Joliezac! You are very blessed :)

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thank you so much! I had a lot of fun and I love going out west, its so beautiful out there

Obviously, if you go to a place called Antelope Island Park, it is natural that you see a chiru and no bisons. Those are real postcards, very beautiful pictures with a inspiring light. It is a fact the model is a very realistic one but your talent also helps a lot.

I enjoyed an amazing ski trip with my family in Utah this past week, and I was fortunate enough to visit Antelope Island Park again! So of course I had to get some photos.

We had a bit more time this year to explore the park and I was so happy that we got to see wild bison! I've never experienced that before and it was really neat to see them in the wild grazing. I wanted to get some pictures but I forgot my wide lens so they are quite small in this photo. Of course we didn't want to get too close

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I wanted to see some Pronghorn also but unfortunately thick fog rolled in and it got very cold and we could hardly see anything, so we had to cut the trip short. Thankfully I got to see some bison first and take some animal figure photos


My miniature herd of bison   by Safari, Schleich, & CollectA

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BeautyoftheBeasts Pallas cat

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Yowie black-footed ferret

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BeautyoftheBeasts mountain lion

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BeautyoftheBeasts snow leopard

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Papo arctic hare

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Safari arctic hare

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Schleich and Safari snowy owls

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Southlands Replicas brumby mare & stallion (repainted)

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CollectA saiga antelope

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Some caribou (Safari, CollectA, Mojo) have caught the eye of some wolves (Safari, Schleich, Papo)

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Safari & CollectA musk ox

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Enjoying life, having great experiences, watching real bisons and offering us the chance of seeing so many wonderful outdoor pictures with your figures. What more?

Great that you could see bison. And good idea to bring your own so you could get up closer without danger .  Fantastic photos again, I particularly enjoyed the snow leopard.

Nice again

I see you were in my backyard again LOL

Lovely pics!

So many beasts, so many countries and so many moods in one place.

Thank you for sharing with us Blaine's backyard beauty