Morning Elk

This is one of the best elk images I have seen, and I've seen lots and shot lots. I like the warm morning light, but the highlighted antlers against the dark sky really make this special IMO.

Very unique light quality here and poweful graphic composition. It shouldn't be too dificult to add a little canvas on top if you don't have more room in the original.

This is a very unique elk photograph. Dramatic color, pose and composition.

The wonderful color and bright antlers against dark background make this an image worth tweaking! I wonder about the "glow" around the antlers, especially. A little careful post processing will make this an even stronger capture.

Hi Roman,

Striking light, to say the least. The high contrast here adds power and drama to the image - it's no wonder that E100VS (like Velvia) had its fans. I find it interesting that you chose to post process to match the slide - like with Velvia, the E100VS "manipulated" the image (compared to the original scene) as much (or more!) than many of us would do in Photoshop! No criticism intended - just an observation!

Two further comments: First, if the image were mine I'd probably crop off a little from the left side of the frame and thus increase the "relative" amount of room in front of the elk (or, if this is a crop, I'd shift the elk slight more to the left).

Second, you mention that you're looking for a little more room up top (and may rescan to "look" for it) - if you use Photoshop CS4 it would take less than a minute to slide the elk a little lower within the frame and open up space above using Content Aware Scaling - way easier and faster than adding canvas using any traditional method. In this case you'd want to "protect" the elk by doing a very quick and dirty selection of the elk. If you do use CS4 and haven't tried Content Aware Scaling I'd recommend trying it - in my books it's one of the best new things in CS4.

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

A very striking image indeed! The pose is great and the light is wonderful. For me, I find the colours just a little too saturated and I'd love to see another toned down version.

Has a beautiful dreamy look to it. Great light and Brad's suggestions are just what I was thinking. I don't have cs4 but want it for the content aware scaling among others. The color contrasts in this are great too. Love that band of blu.

The light is really amazing. It looks more like a painting than a photograph. Nicely done.