Rutting Moose w/ REPOST

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 5, 2011290 views9 comments

Came across this rutting bull as it was frantically searching for a nearby cow, moose love is in the air here in Alaska.

As always, comments & suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Chugach State Park, AK
Sony A200
Sigma 70-210 @ 140mm
1/250 sec @ f2.8
iso 400

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Verdon on October 5, 2011 at 2:42 AM

GREAT shot, love the colorful BG

Registered on June 10, 2011, 147 Posts, 1444 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 5, 2011 at 2:55 AM

This image sure says "Autumn".
Nice moose with good detail and great fll colours.
The bright yellow just over his face is a bit too bright IMO - might be dampened a bit to not draw the eye so much.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on October 5, 2011 at 2:14 PM

It has a great " moose in the forest " feel to it

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on October 5, 2011 at 10:48 PM

Nice looking animal. Ilike the detail of the Moose and the color of the animals. I might be tempted to crop from the left and only leave one tree in the image. Also the over exposed leave do tend to draw the eye.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on October 6, 2011 at 12:18 AM

I like the autumn coloration here Guy as well as how the antlers are rendered. It is a bit unfortunate that the subject is so dark, as we are looking at his shaded side, and the BG so bright. I would suggest to try and reduce the difference a little; i.e. darken the BG (particularly those yellow leaves!) and try to retrieve some detail in the dark areas of the moose.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on October 6, 2011 at 7:53 AM

I like it! Moose in the autumn woods who wouldn't? Nice detial in the body of the moose, which to me is the important thing. Thanks for sharing.

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

Comment posted by Guy Runco on October 6, 2011 at 2:24 PM

Thanks for the input guys, much appreciated. I tried to adjust for the bright leaves and dark moose in the repost, what do you guys think?

Registered on September 9, 2008, 77 Posts, 705 Comments

Comment posted by John Launstein on October 7, 2011 at 10:20 PM

Guy: I REALLY like this image. I spent several minutes wondering if I would have composed it this way or not, and fear I might not have seen the wonderful potential I feel you have realized here. I'm viewing this on a laptop so am hesitant to comment much on the tonality and contrast issues mentioned, but I think I do prefer the repost.

A wonderful, descriptive image.

Registered on April 5, 2011, 223 Posts, 1193 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on October 8, 2011 at 11:07 AM

Nice image you have here Guy. It is very hard to get a Moose image while in the forrest without it looking so busy and to get enough light through the trees, so I would bet you did not have prime conditions for this, yet you ended up making a very nice image out of it. I do agree with Vincent's suggestions and the repost looks much better IMO...now you just need to print it large!!

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments