Teasing myself

Gallery: WildlifePosted January 24, 2012431 views9 comments

Sorry for not being so active lately. My company for the last 33 years have gone into bankrupcy (Saab)and it has been a hectic January to sort everything out. This picture is from September 2011 but I will return upp to Dovre NP in early March looking for some winter pictures of those beautiful animals. Have hired a guide who knows where they are and on skies we will go as close as we dare. Hopefully it will be an enjoyable trip with the memory card full of Ovibos in their right element. Ice cold, windy and lots of snow.

D300s and 70-200 with TC20EII at 370mm. f/5,6 and 1/80s

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Clinton Bauder on January 24, 2012 at 1:43 PM

Sorry about Saab. I'm hoping to squeeze a few more miles out of my 9-5 and am not really sure what I'll do now to replace it.

I like this image though. It's quite dark but the light fur on the animals I think sets them off just enough from the background. I also like the subtle layers and angles here. Neat.

Clinton

Registered on December 8, 2009, 31 Posts, 231 Comments

Comment posted by David Bostedo on January 24, 2012 at 11:19 PM

Very nicely done and exposed, nice comp and the animals are great. Nice one!

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Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on January 25, 2012 at 12:53 AM

Awesome looking creatures in a nice setting. I like the way the two are bunched up while looking at you. Its hard to judge sharpness/shadow detail at this size, but i favour a slight opening of the shadows on the faces. Hope you have a great time around them in march !

Registered on October 25, 2009, 110 Posts, 835 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on January 25, 2012 at 8:21 AM

Hi Christer,

I like the dark tones and colour palette here. I also quite like the placement of the subjects and how it helps contribute to the feeling of expansiveness conveyed by this shot. The strong contrast on the musk-ox, especially in the facial region, works well for me and this is a case where I don't think I would want to see shadows opened up. The more I look at this shot the more I like it (and the more I wish there was a larger version to view

- at this size too much detail is lost to fully appreciate the image).

Cheers...and thanks for posting this excellent shot...

Brad

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on January 27, 2012 at 7:44 AM

I like this image of muskox in their environment. I would like to see it just a bit brighter(maybe my old eyes), at least so a brighter version could be compared. Also, have you thought about a crop to horizontal? I scrolled it up and like it without the hill in the BG. Do like the light on the muskox. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on January 30, 2012 at 1:59 PM

I really like this for the dramatic lighting on the two subjects.

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

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 1, 2012 at 12:24 PM

Nice lighting and interesting subject.
Congrats on the WP!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on February 1, 2012 at 12:45 PM

Cool light and habitat. Remember you can also find these Pleistocene survivors in western and northern Alaska.

Congrats on the WP!

Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on February 1, 2012 at 6:00 PM

I wish I could see the animals' faces a little better. But what really makes this photo so good is the pair of them perfectly posed and camouflaged in their own environment. They symbolize for me perseverance beyond endurance.

Best of luck and photo ops on your March adventure. Sounds fabulous!

Congrats on the Pick!

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments