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    Todd Frost
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    Default Black Wolf at kill

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    Black (Agate pack) wolf at elk kill.
    D300, 80-400vr, f8, 1/200, iso720
    Comments and critiques always appreciated.
    Thanks for looking,
    Todd

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    Alfred Forns
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    Hi Todd love the look of that wolf !!! I think he is telling you back off and find your own elk !!! Love it !!!

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    Roman Kurywczak
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    Hi Todd,
    Also love it. Very nice eye contact and the carcass is an added bonus!

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    Steve Foss
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    Todd, the eye contact and carcass are great. Also, the wolf has a tremendous amount of character in its face. Unusual shape and pelage. All good.

    What puts it over the top for me is the sagebrush. As well as making a nice fairly high-key setting for the darker subjects in the image, it marks this as a western photograph, and wolves out west are still not that common. Getting a wild wolf at an actual wolf kill anywhere is a very tough thing, so this brings even higher marks, especially since the area is not all torn up.

    Excellent work.

    The eyes/snout seem a bit soft to me. If they seem soft to you, too, a bit of selective sharpening would take care of business.
    Last edited by Steve Foss; 06-27-2008 at 06:25 PM.

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    Kudos for pulling this one off. Steve hit this one on the head. Frame it and hang it. Love the eye stare and sagebrush. The kill is a bonus and as is the real deal image or subject.
    Last edited by Grady Weed; 07-01-2008 at 12:00 PM. Reason: spelling

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    Agree with the comments. I love the BG and FG too - contrasts so well with the wolf. Great work.

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    That's a keeper! Having spent a fair amount of time in Yellowstone, I can appreciate the extreme difficulty of just being able to see a wolf at this close range let alone having the great fortune to find one on a kill and the skill required to capture this "back off" behavior. Keep up the good work.

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