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Submitted: July 6, 2009
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Make:KONICA MINOLTA
Model:MAXXUM 5D
Shutter Speed:1/1000 second
Aperture:F/5.6
Focal Length:300 mm
ISO Speed:200
Date Taken:Jun 28, 2009, 1:10:35 PM

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Bull Elk in Velvetby `kkart

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Wild Animals

Bull Elk in Velvet

I really love shooting the Elk this time of the year, seeing their antlers covered in "velvet" is always neat. In another month it will all be good, as they start to pack on massive amounts of weight and shed their living organism velvet skin, and prepare for the rut. This bull will make quite a formidable opponent come September, challenging other males for rights to the females.

I captured this guy in quite a unique position, he and another huge male, teetering right on the edge of the Alpine Tundra with the wildflowers around 13,000 feet that had a drop off of nothing but straight down, several thousands of feet. The background you see is actually the mountainside of the Never Summer Range of the Rocky Mountains here in Colorado...shot using my Tamron 200-400mm lens.

Hope ya all like it!
---John

See more on my website http://jdebordphoto.com all work copyrighted.

Critique by ~lucifers-uke Jul 14, 2009, 9:07:44 AM

Another lovely picture, and it is very obvious you know what you are doing. I have to say this one was a little harder to rate than most pictures because of many things. The vision of the subject is more than clear, so i have to give you a five on that, the originality is not terrible, but I have seen some picutres like it in Hunting magazines and such, though this one does defy those by not having the bull looking scared or directly at the camera. I have no clue how you got this good of a shot on a wild animal, so you get a five on technique. I am just baffled at the lack of blur and fine details. As for the impact, i would think you could possibly add a little more detail to the backgrounds through a touch up or perhaps add to the foreground. The rock in the bottom right corner seems to be missing something, and i apologize for not being able to tell you exactly what it needs.

Overall, the picture is of superb quality and I look forward to seeing more works of yours and others.

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Critique by *ZeSly Jul 7, 2009, 5:47:19 AM

I can feel like if I was in the mountain just by looking at this photo. This a great shot !
The composition is perfect with the elk on the left size and the rock on lower right corner. The depth of field on and only on the elk, the unfocused rock and the background add a good balance to the image.
The light is not so good but at 1pm you had no choice. The colors aren't very vibrant but it looks natural. If I had the luck to meet such an animal while hiking in the mountain, I won't be difficult with the light !

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~Romylyn Nov 26, 2012

WOW ♥♥♥

~Jim-From-Hell Apr 19, 2012

Amazing shot!!!!

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~Gazzelles Sep 17, 2010

_{What a beautifully put-together picture, it looks very even and alligned- your photography is stunning! This actually looks like a pretty young bull, but one day he'll be a beautiful 6x6 bugler.}