Mud Bath Anyone?

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 22, 2010114 views4 comments

This is in Yellowstone during the rut. This bull had a harem and had taken a mud bath to cool off.

50D 100-400
F8
ISO 100
1/500

Thanks for looking at my picture and for any comment.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on October 22, 2010 at 10:30 PM

Do you have a name for this guy, Jack? Special in size and conformation.
exposure looks good.

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on October 22, 2010 at 11:02 PM

He is a beauty.

Peter

Registered on June 25, 2007, 347 Posts, 3913 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on October 23, 2010 at 8:01 PM

Hi Jack,

This is certainly a nice specimen and I'd agree with Lon that you got the exposure spot-on. In a perfect world it would be nice if the subject - and especially those antlers - were separated from the background a little more - I find the tree trunks in the background "competing" with the antlers for the attention of my eye. Being a non-Canon guy I don't know that lens well (and thus how sharp it is at each aperture), but I'm wondering if you could have thrown that background out of focus a little more by opening up the aperture a little more?? Just a thought...

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on October 28, 2010 at 7:40 AM

I like the warm colors Jack, good detail, exposure, and comp..
Always amazed at the size of those antlers!

Well done

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