Young Bull Moose

[John Blumenkamp]

Found this young gun a couple seasons back near Bear Lake here in northern Utah...

40D w/ 400 5.6L
1/50 f/5.6 iso100

Thanks for looking,
John

[Harshad Barve]

John
Fantatsic shot , lovely colors all around
bull looks in good shape
TFS

[Steve Canuel]

I like the color layers of the vegetation and the pose of the moose (especially the position of the ears between the antlers). Fur detail looks a bit softer than your usual offerings. Curious about your selection of 100 ISO given the resultant shutter speed?

[Stu Bowie]

You have exposed the dark hide nicely, and I like the pose. Lovely colourful enviroment. Well captured John.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful composition and pose John. Love the eye contact and the lovely contrasting colors in the BG and FG. Well done.

[John Blumenkamp]

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Steve - this guy was so stoic and still that I had time to lock down the lens on the tripod and see how the 400 5.6 did with slower shutter speeds... I think I even used mirror lock on this image. So it was more experimentation than the primary settings of choice. :)

[David Fletcher]

Lovely portrait John. Love the layers and the eye contact. Nicely done.

[DanWalters]

Like the details in the blacks. I also like the difference in color in the vegetation in the foreground and the background.