Serenity 2

I really like the strong graphic nature of this. The dark grey sky, light foreground and the dark shapes of the bison scattered throughout the frame works for me.

Back in Yellowstone chasing those bison again huh Sandy? I like this as presented but I'm wondering if just a bit off the bottom would bring even more emphasis to the bison. Nice work.

Good shot, Sandy! Wish I was there!

Very nice, Sandy. I like the position of the animals on the hill and the almost monochromatic shot.

D&L

Wonderful photo of a wonderful place Sandy! Well done.

Hi Sandy,

This is very simple yet very appealing. Your exposure looks quite good, tho' I do wonder if the both the bison and snow could be lightened slightly (without blowing out the snow, but enough to bring out a tad more out on the bison?). The subtle lines of the lower ridge plus that formed by the positioning of the "upper" group of bison give a nice diagonal flow to the image. My biggest nit is being deprived of a larger version of the image - animalscapes such as this tend to show so much better larger (or, of course, as a print).

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

Making images of herds of animals is always challenging due to the multiple subjects hardly ever all posing how you want them to. This bunch did not seem too uncooperative though Sandy, at least none of them are overlapping. I agree with observations made about trying to crop a sliver off the bottom. I too would have loved to see this larger to appreciate more detail in the bison.

The setting reminds me of some of the winter scenes around here. I like the way the sky is darker than the land, not often that happens. The ridges and drifts in the land are interesting as well. The "bison distribution" if I can call it that is good, but not perfect. I might be wrong in thinking this but sometimes just planting a signature at the bottom of an image can double as a design element to balance out the composition, just a thought as an alternative to cropping from the bottom and messing up the drifts.

Love it!

That's pretty! I agree on the exposure of the darks and that a larger version would be nice, particularly in this case.