Hand held, kneeling position, Canon 1DX Canon 100-400 L IS @ 241mm ISO 2500 +0.3, 1/1000 sec f5.6
This female came into view, I was just amazed to get a shot of her grazing on the water plants, I never dreamed this would be possible on my first trip.
All C&C welcome.
Hi Jon, cool to get the Moose in the lake and the trailing water is a great bonus to the image I feel. I can see where you were going in framing, but for me, I would have liked it a tad more to the right. Being almost central I feel jars a little for my tastes. It might be an optical illusion, but a slight CW rotation may help? Any frames vertical with the full reflection? I just wonder about pulling back the Yellow a fraction, but lets see what others say/think. Good call on your position - kneeling, as it appears you were at eye level, ticks my box.
Hi Jon - Well done. I've only had quality moose sightings in Yellowstone on my winter trip and fleeting sightings in the Grand Tetons. I too like that it is standing in the lake and the trail of water. Agree with Steve's critique on all counts.
Love the water droplets from the drinking, nice touch, and the loose framing works well. Not sure about the slight pano crop, but that crop is not a personal favourite of mine, so maybe its just me.
I had the same thoughts as Steve before I read his comments.
Keep them coming from this trip, looks like you had a great time.
Jon Steve's covered much for me too, but my first call was have you got one in portrait. I'm unsure of any rotation(the reflection is pulling me one way the moose another). But shot in water and those gorgeous droplets there is a huge amount to like ,love the pov.
Wow Jon you really did have an amazing trip it's bee a real joy seeing these recent posts ,I'd love to see more !!
Jon I might think about just taking a bit off the right but that is all,that's a real mouthful of water that it;s splashing about.You really have got some great shots from your trip.
Thanks for all the comments and encouragement, the tour guide I went with has been visiting Yellowstone for about 20 years and this fall he reckoned was the best ever for pronghorn, moose elk and great grey owl so in retrospect I am not surprised at how privileged I felt to be so close to these wonderful animals in such beautiful surroundings.
Here is a portrait version, I did consider it but I wanted to try to show the surroundings. The reason the elk is so central is that there were other photographers around and I was unable to move, especially without disturbing the moose's breakfast.
Hi Jonathan -- Pretty late on this but i tend to agree with the above. I liked the low POV and the quality looks quite good . RP looks quite better in terms of colours and framing . Liked the image though .
TFS !