Wildlife IOTW 9/04/09 Steve Caunel

Congratulations Steve Caunel
Prime Contender

Not quite ready for Summer to depart yet, but I am looking forward to watching and photographing the elk this Fall. This guy looks to be in pretty good shape and ready to contend for the ladies. The sunrise was diffused a bit by some soft clouds and I got off three shots before he took off into the woods. I debated about going with a more centered comp and eliminating the darker tree on the right (as viewed). 40D, 1-400L @ 300mm, f5.6, 1/160s, ISO 1000, +1/3 EC, handheld, slight crop from bottom and left.

Beautiful image!Well done.

Big congratulations

Congratulations, Steve!

Congratulations Steve on Wildlife Image of the Week. Very Nice!

Impressive Elk! Congratulations.

Magnificent animal. Great shot. I think leaving it uncropped was a good choice...give the elk someplace to go.

Beautiful image, well framed with the dark green trees in the BG. Nice low angle too. Congrats.

Congratulations Steve on yet another fine image!

Great Image, congrats for this...

Impressive elk! Congrats on IOTW!

Congratulations Steve...:cool:

one of my favourites from this week. well done Steve!

Steve,
Well done. Congratulations on the Image of the Week.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

Congratulations Steve !!! nice work

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Congrats Steve, great pose he gave you!

Congrats Steve, excellent image.

Congratulations Steve!

Congratulations Steve on your IOW! well deserved.

Congrats Steve. Missed this the first time around. Great image.

Congrats, Steve!!

Well done, Steve! Absolutely stunning image, beautifully captured.
Congratulations.

Gerald