Bull Elk

[John Mack]

This image was created in Benezette, Pennsylvania on 10/25/18 at 5:07PM. Image adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Small crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
403mm
ISO 3200
f6.3
1/800sec

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely image, I like the surroundings too. I like the exposure as is but I did apply a simple curves layer and pulled the 3/4 tones down just a fraction and the detail in the coat was enhanced and the surroundings were subdued a little. WDYT?

[Stuart Philpott]

Really cool seeing your Elk John and Jon's red deer,the two species are so close. Lovely image love the framing ,grasses look maybe a bit yellow,but hellish difficult being objective when I've never seen your country !! Nice head turn and bkg good work

stu

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi John, I like the central framing and the 'look back' here. Good detail and it appears just the right amount of DoF. I feel you can afford to loose some off the top and perhaps darken the FG. I would also run some NR on the BKG and apply Jon's suggestions too. Nice perspective and I like the fact you can see both eyes.

TFS
Steve