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    Bull Elk captured last week.
    1D IV, 500 4.0, ISO 640 1/2000 f 5.6, rested on blind IS on.

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    Last edited by DennyKyser; 01-01-2011 at 06:19 PM.

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    Never seen a 7x7 Denny. Great eye contact.

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    Nice image of this bull, interesting deformation on the left antler. Exposure looks pretty good, don't know if you could get anymore detail out of the blacks (neck and stomach area) or not. Would like to see all of the legs if you have them, if not I might suggest a tighter crop (into more of a portrait).
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    Beautiful image and agreed with Todd here
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    Agree with Todd's comment - especially tighter or the entire elk. Brighter mid-tones could bring out some more detail. Overlap of snout/antlers with the trees in the background is not so ideal...

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    I will crop tighter, I do not have the entire elk.
    I did not like the trees in the background and shooting at f/4 may have helped but I was afraid that it would put the nose too soft.

    I wish he would have been a little further away and waited around a few minutes but no such luck this time.


    Thanks for the c&c.

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    nice bull here Denny...and some good suggestions given on extracting more detail and cropping tighter if you don't have more legs to show :)

    for interest' sake - what does "7x7" refer to? the antlers?
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    Nice detail. I like the rich colors. Good suggestions on the vertical crop.

    Morkel,
    7x7 does indeed refer to the antlers. Its a reference to the number of points (antler tips.)

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    Denny,

    Regarding the mention of the cut legs above. Generally you want to avoid doing that. In your situation here, he looks to be static at the moment the image was made. I would have went for this image, locked focus, panned down and made image of legs with enough of the torso in it to allow a stitched image. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. I do it a lot when I am too close and have no option to move.

    Other options: Have a shorter lens with you. Go vertical with the 500mm here for a portrait.

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