Black (Agate pack) wolf at elk kill.
D300, 80-400vr, f8, 1/200, iso720
Comments and critiques always appreciated.
Thanks for looking,
Todd
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Black (Agate pack) wolf at elk kill.
D300, 80-400vr, f8, 1/200, iso720
Comments and critiques always appreciated.
Thanks for looking,
Todd
Hi Todd love the look of that wolf !!! I think he is telling you back off and find your own elk !!! Love it !!!
Hi Todd,
Also love it. Very nice eye contact and the carcass is an added bonus!
Todd, the eye contact and carcass are great. Also, the wolf has a tremendous amount of character in its face. Unusual shape and pelage. All good.
What puts it over the top for me is the sagebrush. As well as making a nice fairly high-key setting for the darker subjects in the image, it marks this as a western photograph, and wolves out west are still not that common. Getting a wild wolf at an actual wolf kill anywhere is a very tough thing, so this brings even higher marks, especially since the area is not all torn up.
Excellent work.
The eyes/snout seem a bit soft to me. If they seem soft to you, too, a bit of selective sharpening would take care of business.
Kudos for pulling this one off. Steve hit this one on the head. Frame it and hang it. Love the eye stare and sagebrush. The kill is a bonus and as is the real deal image or subject.
Agree with the comments. I love the BG and FG too - contrasts so well with the wolf. Great work.
That's a keeper! Having spent a fair amount of time in Yellowstone, I can appreciate the extreme difficulty of just being able to see a wolf at this close range let alone having the great fortune to find one on a kill and the skill required to capture this "back off" behavior. Keep up the good work.