Bull Moose Emerging

Posted by E.J. Peiker on Wed Sep 03, 2003 7:33 pm

All times are UTC-05:00

0 people like this post

First unread post

| 12 posts |

Page 1 of 1

Bull Moose - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA
EOS 10D, 500mm, 1/200, f/5.6, ISO 200

This photo was taken very close to the Mount Moran photo I posted yesterday in the Landscape Forum. This was taken the previous afternoon. As I was driving along the Snake River I spotted two male Moose in the water and immediately pulled over and set-up my gear. By the time I got set-up they were very close and coming out of the water so I took this tight shot before switching to a shorter lens.

E.J. Peiker http://www.EJPhoto.com
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/EJ-Peiker-Nature-Photographer/

Posted by:
E.J. Peiker
Senior Technical Editor

Location: Arizona
Member #:00002
Posts: 86776
Joined: 16 Aug 2003

View portfolio

by TSparger on Wed Sep 03, 2003 8:24 pm

TSparger
Regional Moderator

Posts: 3774
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: Marietta, GA
Member #:00095

View portfolio
Visit website

Great shot E.J. Looks like he was going to run over you.

Todd Sparger
[b]NSN 0095[/b]
Southeastern Region Moderator

0 people like this post

by Lillian Roberts on Wed Sep 03, 2003 9:14 pm

Lillian Roberts
Forum Contributor

Posts: 725
Joined: 26 Aug 2003
Location: Palm Springs, CA

Nice timing! His face looks like he just noticed you and wonders what you're pointing at him.

Lillian

0 people like this post

by chew on Thu Sep 04, 2003 12:20 am

chew
Forum Contributor

Posts: 477
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: Valley of the Sun, Arizona

This has some nice colors everywhere. Like the sun light on the antlers. Were you able to get another frame after this. He does look surprised.

Chew NSN 0031

0 people like this post

by chris earle on Thu Sep 04, 2003 6:24 am

chris earle
Forum Contributor

Posts: 2118
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: Ruckersville, VA

Very nice E.J. The raised front leg really gives this a sense of motion and the exposure is very good. Did you need to make any exposure compensation for the darker moose in front of the brighter green vegetation? Great job getting this quick shot.

Chris Earle
[url=http://www.naturescapes.net/membership.htm]NSN 0045[/url]

0 people like this post

by joseph motto on Thu Sep 04, 2003 7:06 am

joseph motto
Lifetime Member

Posts: 3740
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: eau claire, wisconsin
Member #:00091

View portfolio
Visit website

E.J.,
This is far better than any moose photos I own. The blending of the background vegetation with the moose was unavoidable. Just out of curiosity, is there a way in PS to blur the brush behind him to make him stand out more?

joseph motto
NSN 0091

0 people like this post

by Carol Clarke on Thu Sep 04, 2003 7:07 am

Carol Clarke
Chief Forum Administrator

Posts: 73222
Joined: 22 Aug 2003
Location: Lincolnshire, UK. In tune with Nature.
Member #:00067

View portfolio

Nice shot EJ, the greens and golds give this a lift and set off the dark coat of the Moose.

Carol Clarke
Chief Forum Administrator.

"When the power of love is greater than the love of power,
the world will know peace"....Jimi Hendrix.

NSN0067

0 people like this post

by E.J. Peiker on Thu Sep 04, 2003 8:19 am

E.J. Peiker
Senior Technical Editor

Posts: 86776
Joined: 16 Aug 2003
Location: Arizona
Member #:00002

View portfolio

Chris - I shoot just about everything in manual, in this case I knew the exposure from a previous photo I had taken. On the eval meter, this is probably close to a -1/3 compensation.

Joseph - yes that's possible using the blur tool but not something I ever do.

E.J. Peiker http://www.EJPhoto.com
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/EJ-Peiker-Nature-Photographer/

0 people like this post

by Bill Keown on Thu Sep 04, 2003 9:30 am

Bill Keown
Lifetime Member

Posts: 1157
Joined: 23 Aug 2003
Location: Minnetonka, MN
Member #:00140

View portfolio

Nice one E.J. Great timing and probable a quick set up on the equipment.

Bill Keown

0 people like this post

by Jack Frank on Thu Sep 04, 2003 10:16 am

Jack Frank
Lifetime Member

Posts: 765
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: Philipsburg, PA
Member #:00027

View portfolio
Visit website

Nice capture E.J. I am looking forward to my trip at the end of the month to Baxter State Park and MOOSE

Jack Frank
http://www.jackfrankphoto.com/
http://www.jackfrankphotography.com/
[b][url=http://www.naturescapes.net/membership.htm]NSN 0027[/url][/b]

0 people like this post

by Bob Ettinger on Thu Sep 04, 2003 7:17 pm

Bob Ettinger
Regional Moderator

Posts: 3111
Joined: 19 Aug 2003
Member #:00148

View portfolio

E.J.,

Nice going.

Bob Ettinger

0 people like this post

by Juli Wilcox on Mon Sep 08, 2003 2:59 am

Juli Wilcox
Editor in Chief

Posts: 3373
Joined: 17 Aug 2003
Location: Upper Great Plains
Member #:00010

View portfolio
Visit website

Not sure, I might have had a heart attack to be this close to one of these critters. Nice image. I have seen them in Alaska from a plane and boat but never close enough to photo even with a 500.

[b]Juli Wilcox[/b]
[b]Former Editor in Chief, NSN[/b]

0 people like this post