Big Bull Elk

[Charles Glatzer]

Elk Bull, Jasper

Not my best image ever, but this is the largest bull I have seen in years.
What a beast!!!!!!!!!

1D IV, 300mm
Manual, 1/320 @ f/3.2, ISO 800
Post-production- 15in MBP, LR3, CS5

See you where there is light, or at the computer

Chas

[gail bisson]

What a rack! He is huge and handsome. This is a fine image and made even better because his "derriere" is nicely covery by the pine branch! I like how the foreground wildflowers match his lighter fur. Very nice shot,
Gail

[Pieter de Waal]

Hi Charles , wow - certainly a magnificent beast with an impressive rack. TFS

[Morkel Erasmus]

Wow!! :2eyes2:
What an impressive rack...and I don't even see Elk in my neck of the woods but I know this one's huge!

[Rachel Hollander]

Wow, he's big. Looks like 12 point?

TFS,
Rachel

[Steve Kaluski]

No worries on where to hang your coat or hat with this fellow Chas, a very fine rack indeed.


TFS
Steve

[Charles Glatzer]

Wow, he's big. Looks like 12 point?

TFS,
Rachel


Rachel,

Hard to tell in the image, but he was a 6x6 with huge beams and spread.
We had a few with more points, but those animals were not as impressive overall as this one.

Chas

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks, impressive either way.

[Gerald Kelberg]

This guy would be formidable in a fight! Very impressive, particularly the thickness of the lower brow and bay tines.

[Steve Canuel]

Pretty stout looking antlers. Perhaps one of your workshop participants should've stood near him to provide a sense of scale. I like the colors in this.

[Harshad Barve]

stunning racks and image
TFS

[laurie golden]

Chas,

I looked back at my photos of this bull last year and he was a 8x8 in 2010. Do you know why the decrease? Do they reach their peek and then decline or was it the bad winter?

[DanWalters]

Impressive bull. Like how he is partially hidden in the trees.