Monarch Wannabe

Gallery: WildlifePosted June 28, 2014136 views8 comments

I encountered this rag horn bull along the Madison River in Yellowstone last September. He was rolling in the mud and bugling in an attempt to show how tough he was. The only problem was that there was a true monarch in the same area. Maybe next year little guy.

Processed in Photoshop CS3, LightZone and NeatImage. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D
Canon 500mm f4 L IS II
f4.0
1/640s
ISO 100

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on June 28, 2014 at 10:48 AM

Sweet Jerry,
This composition has a nice balance to it, great colors, BG and a wonderful pose from your subject.
Well done . . .

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on June 28, 2014 at 11:00 AM

Hey Jerry,

Nice pose, nice "almost-majestic" subject

, and a very nice overall composition with an appropriate DoF in foreground and background - well done. While I won't say the OOF aspens above/behind the elk are a distraction, I will say if the background directly behind the elk was similar to that in the upper left corner, then I think the shot would be even stronger!

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by William Bickle on June 28, 2014 at 1:20 PM

Hello Jerry

Good to see him bugling! because of being number 2 , maybe needs to try harder!

Good sharp clean image. the background vertical trees are somewhat distracting though

Bill

Registered on June 13, 2011, 183 Posts, 1702 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 28, 2014 at 5:18 PM

Very nice bugling pose and comp Jerry, looks excellent!

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on June 29, 2014 at 9:48 AM

Nice pose and setting here Jerry. I'd be tempted to burn the white trees behind him some?

Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on June 29, 2014 at 3:26 PM

Nice pose and composition. In an ideal world the background would be very uniform. But since the image was taken in the wild things are not all uniform. The background doesn't bother me a lot.

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

Comment posted by Krunal Janani on June 30, 2014 at 7:28 AM

Nice clean & crisp image Jerry

Registered on September 16, 2010, 60 Posts, 1370 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Leggett on July 13, 2014 at 11:38 AM

Nice pose and head turn, Jerry. Maybe a few more seasons than just one for this guy.

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