The Stare

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 17, 2010218 views9 comments

This is on the Madison and this big bull is looking at some cows that have wandered off.

50D 100-400@275
1/500
iso 200
f 7.1

Thanks for looking at my picture and for any comment.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Steve Canuel on September 17, 2010 at 10:44 PM

That's a huge spread on those antlers. I like the pose and the surroundings. I'd take a little off the right to get him off center.

Registered on September 12, 2010, 53 Posts, 660 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on September 17, 2010 at 11:30 PM

Great image, I like where you have him, but a little more FG might not hurt. Thanks for sharing.

Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on September 18, 2010 at 12:07 AM

Impressive bull. I like the setting, very cool having him standing in the river. I agree with the previous suggestions about his position in the frame.

Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Bunch on September 18, 2010 at 1:56 PM

I wish you would stop posting these elk on the Madison pictures. They are giving me a bad case of Yellowstone fever! That is a nice rack. I would have shifted my camera to place the elk to the right of the frame leaving the space on the left for him to look into. That would make a nice two page spread in a magazine with the headline on the left side page and the elk on the right side page.

Registered on May 18, 2004, 124 Posts, 2503 Comments

Comment posted by István Molnár on September 18, 2010 at 2:13 PM

Cool shot.Nice image.
Congrats:István

Registered on January 7, 2010, 114 Posts, 704 Comments

Comment posted by Marco Poggioni on September 19, 2010 at 7:00 AM

Nice shot of an impressive bull. More space on the left would have made it a perfect photo.

Registered on August 6, 2009, 15 Posts, 38 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 20, 2010 at 10:28 AM

Huge bull. Very impressive. I agree with moving the main subject more to the right so he has space to peer into on the left. A little more space on the bottom to keep from crowding the "virtual" feet would maybe be better, too.

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Rohn B. McKee on October 4, 2010 at 7:21 PM

Jack,
I was on the Madison Sept. 15, photographing this same bull and his group of cows. I went back the next Sunday Sept. 19, and he had been replaced and was now the satellite bull. He was circling the new heard bull, causing him to chase him. The new heard bull was constantly on the move. A friend was there on the Madison, Friday Oct 1, this bull was again the heard bull. What a drama. great capture.

Registered on November 18, 2008, 109 Posts, 415 Comments

Comment posted by Rohn B. McKee on October 4, 2010 at 7:36 PM

This is the younger bull that replaced him. He was chasing the older bull away.

Registered on November 18, 2008, 109 Posts, 415 Comments