Wild Moose

Gallery: WildlifePosted January 27, 201195 views6 comments

I was waiting for this meeting six hours. I visited the Biebrza National Park and was looking for those beautiful animals. It was not simply task, I could see few of them but they were too far to make good shoot. And when I decided to go home, I stopped at the wood observation tower to have a supper. And suddenly I heard some noise from forest behind me and three moses came out to join me... I was able to observe them from distance less than 20 meters! Great opportunity to make lot of shoots, and here you can find one of them.

As this is my first submission, I'm looking forward for any opinions!

Nikon D200 with Nikkor 70-200 @ f2,8 shutter 1/50s
Cropped greater than 75% of original

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on January 27, 2011 at 10:27 PM

Nice shot of the moose. A higher shutter speed would have helped reduce the blur of the hind leg. Nice exposure, but the viewing platform in the background is distracting. Hope to see more of your work and welcome to NPN.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 27, 2011 at 11:17 PM

Congratulations on your patience. It certainly paid off for you. I agree with John about the slight blurring of the legs and the tower being a bit distracting but you take your shots where you find them.

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by Sally King on January 28, 2011 at 12:43 AM

I actually like the apparent motion of the legs. I do find the wooden tower distracting. If you have it I would put a little more room to the right and a bit less to the left of the moose.

Registered on December 2, 2008, 416 Posts, 4450 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on January 28, 2011 at 8:49 AM

Hi Igor,

Welcome to the Wildlife Gallery - I hope this is only the first of many contributions (both image posts and comments) from you! I do find the background distracting somewhat, but can understand that after such a long wait one feels compelled to capture what they can! In a perfect world I would prefer that right hind leg to be sharper (not blurred), but it looks like you were shooting wide open and that a higher shutter speed just wasn't possible.

Cheers...thanks for sharing this and I look forward to your future contributions!

Brad

PS: Please don't hesitate to jump in and comment on the images of others - I know the recommended ratio of 5 comments for every image post can be tough to maintain, but many members find that critiquing the images of others does tend to sharpen their own eye and helps their own photography. I know many newer members are a little hesitant to leave comments, but ultimately the success of all the galleries are determined largely by the comments members leave on the images that are posted. If you're unsure or uneasy about commenting/"critiquing" there are several good resources on this website discussing it. Start right here:

http://www.naturephotographers.net/naturephotos/wildlifephotography.html

and you'll find links to the the image posting guidelines and two articles on critiquing ("The Art of Image Critique" and "More Thoughts on Photo Critique.").

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on January 28, 2011 at 1:49 PM

The inclusion of the background structure makes this into a documentary type capture, rather than "wildlife art" but it can still be quite pleasing, especially in addition to a story-line and maybe other images. I notice the beams in the background are all leaning left and I would use them as a reference to straighten the image. If there is space in the original, I would add some on the right edge.

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Igor J. Zaleski on January 29, 2011 at 2:34 PM

Thank you for any comment!

Registered on January 19, 2011, 17 Posts, 51 Comments