Motif: Spring Moose

Posted by Pete Zwiers on Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:25 am

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In the provincial park that borders our property there are some nice trails, and I happened to have my 70-200mm lens along for a quick walk one evening after work in mid-April. We saw this gal peeking at us through the birch & aspens, and managed to get the camera out for a couple of quick photos before she hid behind more trees.

This image is kind of a cropping nightmare, and I experimented with lots of different looks. In the end, I kept the OOF trees on the sides in order to keep the sense of dense forest.

Thanks for looking, and feel free to critique. Cheers!

Canon 20D, EF 70-200mm f/2.8 IS lens ... @ 200mm, 1/100, f/3.2, ISO 400.

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by AForns on Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:15 pm

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Nice find while taking just a walk

You are right about the cropping difficulty but I think if you want to keep the dense look Crop just at the edge of the in focus trees on both sides? or just inside of the las oof!!! The one on the left is overpowering!!! Good exposure and like the straight in look!!! Congratulations !!!!

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by Rich S on Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:53 pm

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I really like what you're trying to do here. The contrast between the light trees and the dark moose works well, especially with the moose peering between the trees. Unfortunately, that the foreground trees are OOF is a major drawback for me. At f3.2 with ISO 400, there wouldn't have been much you could have done. However, if you go by regularly, going back and shooting the trees sharp even at f16, it shouldn't be difficult to combine the two shots since the trees will give you a sharp line for the breaks.

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by Juli Wilcox on Thu Jun 09, 2005 5:25 pm

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This works for me: a door in the forest and I am looking right through. Not a criticism per se, but an observation that the in-focus ear on the photo left is in front of an in-focus tree that appears to become part of an oof tree. Kind of a strange illusion.

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by Tim Grams on Fri Jun 10, 2005 8:44 am

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I'd crop the oof tree on the very left and call it good. You still have the nice effect that Juli mentions of looking through a door in a thick forest.

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by chris earle on Fri Jun 10, 2005 9:45 am

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I like the window effect of looking into the moose's world. Nice image.

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by john on Fri Jun 10, 2005 8:28 pm

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Interesting view of this gal. I like the way the trees liead you into the pic.

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