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Tule Elk


Tule Elk
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Copyright: Karen Smith (karith) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1067 W: 80 N: 1175] (7431)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-12-28
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon Rebel XTi 400D, 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 IS USM, 58mm HOYA UV(0)
Exposure: f/18.0, 1/50 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Creatures and Critters [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-12-30 22:02
Viewed: 220
Points: 12
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
At the Point Reyes National Seashore last week I was lucky enough to see a herd of tule elk relaxing on the open plateau along a winding road to McClures Beach. I was impressed with the antlers on the stags, and enjoyed how they stood out against the sky in this scene. I cropped the shot to better represent the effect I had in mind. Not my forte, especially with my long lens that I'm not well practiced with, but I enjoyed this one. (I'll post a closer view of one of the stags later this week.)

PP: standard RAW adjustments, cropped for tighter composition, tinkered with colors in lab mode, added border, resized, sharpened, jpegged.
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ciao karen
a composition full of wild and sosftness.. i like the family portrait you have taken..
thanks
happy new year
Marco

Hello Karen! Amazing animals. Amazing scene. Wonderful perspective. Nice natural light, bright and colours. Good capture. Very good work. Well done!

Hi Karen
What a wonderful capture
Great colors and details
Happy new year
Burak

super composition, lovely, soft image. shows your love of animals. Cheers, Janos

This is a very cool shot Karen.
It reminds me of something from a Pink Floyd album :)
I love that the foreground is so exaggerated.
An the horns silhouette against the blue sky.
really neat image. Well done.
- Vincent

Really nice, I like the peaceful mood, and the opposite directions the two males are facing to keep a look out for the rest of the herd. Another good one.
Bob

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