Teton Cow

When I saw this thumbnail I recognized Jackson Peak in the background and knew where it had been taken without reading the caption. I pretty much always like like it when the telephoto can be used to bring in distant mountains.
RP

I like the idea a lot. I think the dark face and thus lack of detail on the cow hurts this and wonder if some selective work in Photoshop could help.

Peter

HI Jerry,

I like where you're going with this shot (compositionally), but I tend to agree with Peter that some selective work in Photoshop (in specific, bringing out the shadow detail on the facial region of the elk) would help strengthen this image. My personal taste - given the direction the head of the elk is pointed - would be to position the elk just slightly more to the left of the frame...

Cheers...thanks for sharing this....

Brad

Thanks for the tips guys...I actually lightened her face...I use Aperture ( Apple Photoshop ) and still a beginner.
Will attempt to get more out of it and repost. Brad, I was thinking that if I moved her more to the left, then that would have too much open space...In the rule of thirds, should she only occupy 1/3?

I like this one Jerry. The BG mountain has a nice 60's nature documentary feel to me. Agree with the suggestions on lightening the face a touch. Not to hijack your question to Brad but one thing that was pointed out to me about the rule of thirds is that you should try to put the subject of interest at one of the power points (think of a tic-tac-toe grid on your photo. Power points are where the lines intersect) In your photo, her head would be at/near the lower third one. Photoshop allows you to view a grid on your photo, not sure if Aperture does the same. Of course the rule is just a guideline and you can (and should) do whatever looks best to you for your picture. My apologies in advance if you already know this.