Bison-scape

[John Blumenkamp]

I've been shooting with longer glass lately, and having fun using it for landscape/broader scenes as well as finally being able to have a bird actually fill a frame. ;-) This one is from this past weekend out at Antelope Island here in northern Utah... I wished the middle bison in the group on the right had raised her head, but still liked the overall look of this with the mountains in the background, etc...

7D w/ 500 f/4
1/1250 f/5.6 iso200
cropped top & bottom

Thanks for looking,
John

[Harshad Barve]

lovely image with nice position of each bison ,
TFS

[Morkel Erasmus]

lovely animalscape John. dig the mountain in the backdrop...

[Marc Mol]

Mountain backdrop puts this up a notch John, well done.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful capture and the composition is lovely with the mountains in the background. Fine work and good DOF.

[Gerald Kelberg]

I've never had the opportunity to photograph these wonderful beasts, so enjoy seeing them here in your image - I should be so lucky! Ideally, I would like to see better separation between the bison - but they are as they are. Also, I would be tempted to crop the left side somewhat to give more movement to the right - in the direction they are heading. What do you think?
Clearly, you're enjoying your new glass!

G.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the soft light and pastel colours in this John. I feel you should leave the comp as is. Well done.

[John Blumenkamp]

Thanks for all the comments. I agree that this could be cropped additionally from the left... Gerald - I think it can lend to the movement, etc. I personally still like it as originally posted and the symmetry to the scene. Thanks again everyone.

[David Fletcher]

Really lovely animal scape John. Love the mountain backdrop.