Wary eye

[Todd Frost]

This bull came pretty close to me keeping a watchfull eye all the time. Image made in YNP (during the rut).
Image is ff.
D300, 400 w/1.4tc, 1/500, f4, iso 800, man exp.
Thanks for looking, comments and critiques appreciated.
Todd

[DanWalters]

Very nice comp and color. Really like that eye contact. Gives the elk some attitude.

[Rachel Hollander]

Todd - strong comp and nice colors. Only nit is the dark spot about an inch in at the very top. I would crop or clone it out depending on your preference.

TFS,
Rachel

[Hilary Hann]

Another image with really nice tonal qualities. I like the dof and the look in the bull's eye. What a set of antlers, impressive.

[Ken Watkins]

A fine example of the "dreaded" good HA, the eye makes this image.

[Steve Kaluski]

Colour & detail look good here Todd, like the softer tones of the BG juxtapose to the colouration of the Elk bull. Certainly as Dan said, an elk with attitude, especially with that rack.

Personally would like a bit more room at the foot of the image, just a fraction.

TFS
Steve

[Dumay de Boulle]

Amazing detail and natural colors...I really like the grass in the foreground around the legs and the OOF BG is great

[Ofer Levy]

Lovely image! Another vote for some more room at the bottom.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Agree with more room at the bottom. A super image Todd. Head angle and eye make it for me TFS

[Robert Amoruso]

Love the clean environment your got him in and that head turn is perfect to get the eye looking right at you and get a good look at the rack. Well done.

[Sid Garige]

Dandy buck Todd. Nice eye contact and exposure.

[Steve Canuel]

Nice subtle head turn really shows off the hardware. I like the contrast between the yellow grasses and the sagebrush in the BG.

[Todd Frost]

Thanks for the comments everyone, much appreciated. I too would like more room below, but as mentioned this is FF. I may look at adding some canvas below via content aware scale.

Todd