Nose to the Wind !

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 25, 2012160 views5 comments

I am running out of recent images

Thought i would dig out a wolf pic from the summer of 2010. I am not well versed at portraits, so any help is greatly appreciated. This is a personal favorite

Shot with a rented 300f4.

Grey Wolf, Denali Natl Park, Alaska
Nikon D5000, 300mm, f4.5, 1/640, iso 400
Close to full frame, a tiny bit of room left on the top,right and left.

Anand

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on February 25, 2012 at 11:53 PM

Wow. Beautiful portrait of this grey wolf. What an experiencxe this must have been. Love the intent look and the clear view of the eye. Only minor nit would be the curved grass at the left edge. But that is minor. Great shot as is.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on February 26, 2012 at 8:43 AM

Very fine wolf portrait! Also, like the BG it looks like Alaska w/o being told. Must have been an exciting moment. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on February 26, 2012 at 2:07 PM

Nice job of presenting this wolf against the rich colors and blurred background, lending a pleasing artistic mood to the capture. I think you have framed pretty well for a horizontal portrait. Of course a vertical presentation would work very well in this situation, with a different end feeling.

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on February 28, 2012 at 10:13 PM

This is really nice! Maybe a bit more of the shoulders & back included or a vertical perhaps?

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Comment posted by Joe James on March 12, 2012 at 11:15 PM

Nicely done Anand! I love the composition and the DOF on this one. Hard to get this close to wolves most of the time so well done here. I really, really do like how you've framed this one.

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