Summer Headgear

[Steve Canuel]

An unprocessed one from a few years back found while doing a long overdue purge of the hard drive. An impressive site when one unexpectedly crests the same hill as the one you're hiking on from the other side. 40D, 400DO, f.3, 1/320s, ISO 1600, -1/3 EC, monopod, vertical crop from horizontal (about 45% of original frame).

[Morkel Erasmus]

Lovely rack here Steve...nice pose and soft light too.
I am wondering if opening up the shadows a tad will lift this? Not viewing on my home monitor at the moment so hard to tell for sure...:e3

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Steve, I think it looks OK Morkel, can't beleive this was at ISO1600 with the 40D, amazing IQ. :cheers:

The antlers look oversized for the body, they are massive, was really tempted Steve to add a red nose to him. :bg3:

Nice one.

TFS
Steve

[Marc Mol]

Shadows looking ok on my cal monitor Morkel, nice pose on this fine specimen, just not sure if f/3 is right for this f/4 lens Steve?
TFS

[Rachel Hollander]

Nice pose and impressive set of antlers. Shadows look ok to me too. I'm also impressed with the ISO.

TFS,
Rachel

[Austin Thomas]

A great rack Steve and nicely composed.

Shadows look good here.

tfs

Austin

[Tom Redd]

Steve, great shot, good looking bull in velvet. Well done at ISO 1600 and well done with no processing.

[Grady Weed]

O yea baby! I would love to see this big daddy in my lens. Nice image all the way around. I love the velvet antlers.

[jack williamson]

That is a great bull. Image quality is great for that iso.

Jack

[Dumay de Boulle]

Lovely pose and a lovely portrait...Nice to see the velvet texture on the antlers. Nice one Steve!

[Steve Canuel]

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Steve,
You've given me a good idea for my Christmas card.

[DanWalters]

Great looking elk. LIke the size of those antlers!