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    Image of this Moose taken in Chugach State Forest just outside of Anchorage AK.

    Canon EOS 1D MK II
    EF 100 - 400 at 160 mm
    HH on foot

    F 5 / 1/ 250sec / ISO 400

    Processed inRPP + PS ; full frame , removed one grass blade running across the moose

    Thanks for watching and leaving a comment

    Cheers Andreas

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    A fine looking animal and you've done well to extract so much detail from the dark coat. I find the moose a little central given that he is looking to the right and it would have nice if you had been able to frame him more to the left but that may be personal preference on my part.

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    Hi Andreas - impressive you were able to get this close to a moose to shoot at 160mm. Interesting how dark he is as I always think of a moose as more brown than black. I do feel it is a little tight in the frame both top and bottom. Nice detail but I also feel it is just a tad oversharpened though I know you like them sharp. Still a great moose shot and one I would be happy to have in my files.

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    Thanks Hilary and Rachel for your comments.
    Rachel think your right with your observation about sharpness, forgot to reduce opacity of sharpening layer.
    Unfortunately this is FF, so there is no more room to play, something that we cannot change afterwards , today i would look different at this stuff.

    Cheers Andreas

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    Hi Andreas, really like the pose & angle on this one, you were very luck to get as close as you did, they are not always as relaxed as this, especially with you being so close.

    The RP is better, but perhaps cropping more off the LHS (say about half) might help the overall image to sit better within frame? I know you also like rich colours, but perhaps just dropping the satuartion a little, likewise the exposure just to soften & darken the BKG might just help lift the subject. Adding some neutral/black in selective colour to the Moose helps give him a little more presence too IMHO. The added foliage at the foot of the image is a nice touch too.

    Hope Grady may post some of his recent Moose images too.

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    Hi Steve,
    followed your tips , apart from the crop, as i am not a friend of other than original side ratio.I will not crop like Gerald do it, to me it is not pleasing my eyes, and i would end up ,if i follow your thoughts , like his images.So i take the less ideal option , for me.

    The rest is made with your suggestions , it is ok.

    Thanks for support . Andreas

    BTW image was taken in rutting season, in one case i had to move quickly out of their way.But generally they have been quite handsome.
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    Andreas, an impressive Moose bull! I like the way he sits in the frame, though I agree with Steve: if you could shave some off the LHS (whether you have some space on RHS to put back or not) it would place the focal mass a bit off-centre and leave you with something that follows the "Golden Mean" diagram compositional guideline. This is a often ignored and often controversial compositional tool that you can read up on widely on the internet.

    Sharpness in your repost looks much better.
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