Elk Silhoutte

[DanWalters]

Captured this image in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Canon 20D
Sigma 500mm f4.5 lens

[Steve Canuel]

I really like this one Dan. Especially the layering of the orange and yellow sky. Did you leave as much dark space on the bottom as you did to place the elk higher in the image?
Steve

[Robert Amoruso]

Hi Dan,

I am liking this composition too. I would leave less dark FG - crop it up some as you don't need a lot to anchor the image IMO. The colors in the sky are great.

[Ron Day]

This is very nice silhouette, which is well composed, with striking low-light color.

[Ed Cordes]

Wow! Very eye catching! I would be tempted to remove the bush on the horizon just under the elk's nose.

[Vincent Grafhorst]

Very nice image Dan, the sky here is amazing! The only things I would fix is the orange fringing around the elk and the trees and reduce noise on the BG.

[Joshua Lubitz]

Dan

Nice work, I agree with the crop from the bottom - the suset colors are amazing and the head pose is pretty good as there is not a lot of merging of the antlers in the silhoutte.

[D. Robert Franz]

Great light and a fine comp. As mentioned on the FG... Well done Dan......

[DanWalters]

Thanks for the constructive comments. I see what you mean on the foreground.