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    Another one taken just after dawn in the Cataloochee Valley area of Smoky Mountain National Park. This bull and his harem grazed in the Valley. I understand that the National Park Service tries to collar and/or tag all elk in the park. Although I can clone out the collar I choose to leave it on this shot.

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    HH, slight crop from left and top for comp, luminosity mask, levels, curves, selective color adjustments and sharpened in CS5.

    C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

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    Rachel,

    I like your composition and the soggy, cool feel of the scene. And I like your decision to leave in the collars.

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    nice moody conditions here and exposure well handled Rachel
    what would be the reason for collaring all elk in the park? it's not an endangered species?
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    Thanks Laurie and Morkel. Morkel - As far as I understand it, elk was a native species in the area but at some point was eradicated and subsequently reintroduced to the park. So I think the collars are just an effort to track the population and growth. Here's a link to the NPS page:

    http://www.nps.gov/grsm/naturescience/elk.htm

    Thanks again,
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    Hi Rachel, good call to keep the second female Elk in, although I would have preferred a more side on, or look to camera. I like the early morning look & feel, with the rising mist. Just wonder about a hint of NR to the top third of the image, might help the higher ISO?

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    Thanks Steve, will apply a little NR as suggested. Unfortunately, the 2 never cooperated to both have good HA at the same time.

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    Classic Somky mountain image Rachel. Love it. Ground fox adds a lot to this image.

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    Thanks Sid

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