Rippin it up

[Todd Frost]

This bull was ripping up the brush an dscent marking the area as well as himself after answering a bugle from a rival bull. YNP, late Sept.
D300, 400 w/1.4 tc, 1/320, f4, iso1000, man exp.
Thanks for looking, comments and critiques appreciated.
Todd

[Hilary Hann]

Todd, I find the head a bit of a muddle as it took me awhile to get the orientation of his muzzle correctly. Perhaps if he had been at a different angle to you, i.e. 3/4 angle to the camera it would have shown the antlers and his face more.

I possibly would also have cropped him so that he isn't so central in the frame.

I like the surrounding bush, you have managed to keep the detail and tones of it very nicely and the bull himself is magnificent. One day I need to get to YNP.

[Grant Atkinson]

Hi Todd, this is clearly a fine big male, with prominent antlers, and this is a nice shot showing behaviour. Colours and textures in the image are wonderful. I agree with Hilary that it is a bit tricky to see which way his head is pointing, perhaps a tighter crop would help.
TFS
grant

[Harshad Barve]

Todd , I liked the design of images , specially surrounding and way antlers are raising
TFS

[Morkel Erasmus]

Todd - agree with the others on having to take a moment to figure out the head position, but the behaviour is nicely shown.

It would have been nice if the bull was just a tad lower as the antlers compete with the fallen tree branches behind it for my eyes. Love the colours and textures...

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Todd, can only echo the above comments here Todd, however do you have any after his tussle with the grass. Hoping for one where the debris s draped over the antlers perhaps?

Steve

[Rachel Hollander]

Todd - some good advice above though I do like the colors of the environment.

TFS,
Rachel

[Steve Canuel]

Love the habitat here. Interesting to read the comments about the head. Perfectly clear to me which way he's pointing.

[Todd Frost]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Moving for a different shooting angle was not a possibility, the park has placed distance limitations as to approaching wildlife as well as respecting the photographers already set up and maintaining a distance relative to theirs .
Steve, I agree with you as the head orientation is very clear, perhaps as we have both been around these bulls a bit it is very easy to discern for us.

Todd