Elk in Early Morning Light

[Art Peslak]

Jasper NP Canada

Nikon D3, 200-400 at 400mm, ISO 5000, 1/100 at f/4

[David Fletcher]

Fabulous specimen Art! Good IQ for 5000 too! TFS

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, eye contact and setting. I would go for a wider crop and if it were mine I might remove the trunk in the BG crossing the deer's right antler.

[Robert Amoruso]

Good light, position, eye contact and impressive rack. Agree that truck in the BG is distracting.

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice pose in sweet light, Art. Another vote for evicting the offending trunk :)

[Steve Zamek]

Must have been very early morning to require ISO 5000. Nice results. It's a beautiful animal, lovely pose, and well-captured. As mentioned above, the trunk at center is rather distracting. I would also consider moving the elk a bit to the left, giving it a bit more room to look into and also, at the same time, getting rid of that less-distracting trunk at the left.

[Steve Canuel]

A little tight for my taste but a fine looking bull in some nice looking light.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

ISO 5000? Nice fellow. A slight crop from the left to remove the tree at the left side of the frame would be good. I agree that it would have been good if the tree would not have been behind the antlers.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Agree with the above comments. Great lighting and wonderful pose. Thanks for sharing Art.

[Jasper Doest]

Hi Art,

Impressive animal. Wonderful light and excellent exposure. IMO it is a bit too tightly framed and I have to agree that that trunks is a bit distracting.

[Simon Bennett]

I like the pose and light, Art. ISO 5000 - remarkable!! I'd too would be tempted to disguise the trunk behind antlers.

[DanWalters]

Beautiful light and color! Very impressive rack on this elk!

[Attila Seprenyi]

It is a fine stag in a good pose. I can not skip to note that with 5000 ISO the IQ is really impressive. Thank you for share.