Moose

[DanWalters]

Captured this moose in Rocky Mountain National Park. Still not sure about this one, but I do like the outstretched neck.

Canon 1D Mark2
500mm f/4L
1/125sec f/4
ISO 400
RAW
Metering at 0

[Fabs Forns]

Dan, I like it, it just needed darker borders to keep the eye inside the picture. Here's the example.

[DanWalters]

That really makes a difference! Thanks for the advice!

[Fabs Forns]

My pleasure!

[Steve Canuel]

Hi Dan,
Nice surroundings, nice view of the muscles in the chest and shoulders, good BG colors, natural behavior, and some eye contact on top of that. Seems alright to me. I like Fab's little tweak.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely image with nice surroundings , Repost looks better
TFS

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Lovely image and I love the environment and the pose you captured here Dan. Very lovely repost Fab !!!

[DanWalters]

Thanks for the comments and the advice!

[David Fletcher]

Lovely shot Dan. really like it. The pose, low view and inclusion of habitat make it and Fab's tweak polishes it off nicely.

[Arthur Morris]

Love the image and the clear view of the eye above the leafy branch. Fabs repost is excellent. Fabs, what did you do? And what did you mean by this: "it just needed darker borders to keep the eye inside the picture."???

[DanWalters]

I think she means by making the edges a little darker, it keeps the viewers eye inside the frame. I have been meaning to ask myself how she did this.

[Fabs Forns]

Yes, I meant doing the borders a little darker as a way to keep the viewer's eyes from wandering out of the picture, the light edges not stopping the eyes.
I used Nik Colors Effex Complete Darken/Lighten center. Nik can be downloaded for a free trail version here:

https://www.niksoftware.com/site/

It has many useful filters, such as Gratuade Neutral density, polarizer, reflectors and so forth.

You can also darken the borders with the Burn Tool in CS.