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    Phil Ginn
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    When shooting this image my wife tried to capture the action and power of the bison fighting. She adjusted her camera to a slower shutter speed to create the burred motion. It is a balance to show some motion but not completely blur everything.

    This was taken during our spring trip to Wyoming at the Yellowstone Park and we are undecided if the image works or not. Please give us your thoughts.

    The image was shot at 400mm, 1/25 second, f5.6, ISO400. We would appreciate your thoughts on improvements. Thanks Jo and Phil
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    Hi Phil... I like the idea of adding motion to give a sense of the movement of the bison. For me, I think there is too much motion of the heads versus the still bodies, etc. I don't shoot much blurred action, so it will be good to hear others thoughts. Hope to see more... I'd be curious to see what else you came up with while photographing these big guys.

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    I really like the BG here but there's too much of an abrupt transition between the moving head and stationary body to make this one work for me.

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    I agree with the comments and add that the two seem to merging into one animal and it's hard to tell where one begins and one ends. Your placement of the animals in the comp is good and the surrounding environment.

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    The buffalo and the environment are both pleasing but I am going to agree that a bit faster shutter speed was needed. 1/60 second was probably a good place to start.

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    Phil,
    This is pretty interesting. A major part of the body of the one on the right is sharp and shows that it is holding its ground when its head is engaged. I would have trashed it if the hind part were not sharp.

    Cheers,
    Sabyasachi

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