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    This was the first Moose I ever saw or photographed while in Colorado 2 years ago. Finally had a chance to process. The colors of Fall were amazing at this location, but the light was horrible, my tripod was on the other side of the lake with my landscape setup on it and the bull wasn't too cooperative in terms of posing in front of the best colors of Fall.

    Canon 1D3, Canon 100-400L @ 275mm
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    HH while sitting on the edge of the lake.

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    Hi Marina - nice pov and eye contact with the moose. I like the drinking pose too. There seems to be a blue cast to the blacks of the moose, particularly noticeable on the belly and side.

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    lovely angle, moment and soft light Marina...the blue hit me immediately
    easy fix though!
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    Thanks guys for catching the cast. When I posted, I thought there might be a greenish cast but was unaware of the blue cast until you mentioned it. Good training lesson for the eyes!!!

    I just made the change...what a difference!!!
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    Post the changes Marina... please :) I wanna see it :) Given the circumstances I think you nailed this.

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    Hi Marina, I really like this and am rather envious of the capture/location. It portrays for me an image I would like at some point to capture myself.

    The low POV, position in frame, and fall colour all work nicely. If you do revisit the image I would watch for the blacks, as I feel they look a little choked in the chest and bridge/front of the nose. The MK3 at ISO2000, nice touch. OK looking at the image yes it does look that there is a Blue cast, however is it the right colour to adjust? Now I am not saying this is right, but look at the image in PS with either a mid grey BKG or black, don't compare the two as they are certainly poles apart, all I have done is slightly darken the FG/BKG, but reduced another colour. Be interesting to hear Marina's thought and or others too. Food for thought I hope.

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    Steve - I think your repost looks great but I always think of moose as more brown than black, though I only have had very limited and quick sightings of moose. It does seem that some of the recent posts of moose images have tended more towards black than brown though so it will be interesting to see what some of our experts say on the color, not to mention what Marina thinks since she was actually there.

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    Thank you so much for the repost, Steve. While I really like your post much better than the OP, I think this new one (armed with your hint) is a little more accurate in terms of color. Cyan seemed to be more of the problem than blue. I am glad you didn't just tell me b/c it forced me to experiment. I finally decided on 25 pts of red and -15 pts of yellow to arrive at this rendition. This particular day at Sprague Lake was one of the toughest shoots I have ever encountered due to the lighting conditions coupled with the reflections of the fall colors, plus many shadows caused by overcast skies. I think that's why it took me 2 years to actually process any of them.

    The lessons that I learn in this forum are truly invaluable and I am grateful and appreciate everybody's help so much!

    What say you all now?
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    BINGO Marina , I think you nailed it with your respost and I get the impression that's the natural colour cast.

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    Yep, works for me Marina and a prefer the slightly cooler look too. Vegetation BG is better to IMHO.

    It's nice to see a suggested direction progressed when it benefits both image and author and it then ALL comes together.
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    Great job on the repost Marina!

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    Hi Marina, very nice situation and pose of the moose. I would love to get a photo like that with a moose in the lake.
    During the years I have seen hundreds of moose. And my impression is they they are more of grey/black and usually very little brown (except calves). This of course is in Sweden, and I don't know if american moose is different (to some extent they propably is, since this is different continents). I think Steves post is to light and brown. I would vote fore something between your first post and second. I´m also thinking isn't there possibly a natural blue cast to some extent when light reflects between water and wet black fur?

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    Hi Gregor: I have a feeling that the moose here are a little different than yours but you are welcome to post one of yours here for the comparison. Thank you for commenting.
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    You nailed it on the last repost, Marina! Steve's is also nice, and having not seen moose in real life I'd be loathe to pick one myself
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