Munchin

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 28, 2012156 views7 comments

A roadside "grab" shot in Zion National Park. Luckily, I had a 70-200 on the camera, but unluckily I didn't have the tele extender on. So this is a pretty significant crop of the original image. Got one shot and he was gone. That's a sprig of grass he's munching on.

Nikon D600, 70-200 f2.8, 1/200 at f5.6 handheld ISO 200.

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7 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on November 28, 2012 at 11:28 PM

Great environmental shot, with the ram in habitat. Nice pose and fine detail.
This would also be an excellent entry in this week's Weekly Challenge.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Cam Held on November 29, 2012 at 6:54 AM

I like the awesome rocks in this shot as much as I do the ram! Very nice enviro shot, as sandy said. Quite a good "grab shot", although its too bad you didn't have time to throw the converter on!
-Cam

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on November 29, 2012 at 12:30 PM

Russ, I love those diagonal lines and the textures in the rocks. The light is rather harsh, but somehow suits this scene and on top of that the shadow detail is good. The larger version seems to have plenty detail; what do you call a significant crop. With a high res camera like that you can crop quite a bit you know.

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on November 29, 2012 at 12:54 PM

Love this one for the environment. Beautifully done.
Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Russell Colletta on November 29, 2012 at 8:59 PM

Thanks Vincent. Yup, one of the things I'm really liking about this camera is the ability to crop. This is about 30% of the original frame, maybe a tad more. I looked at a crop of the ram and one bush and that worked well in terms of image quality and detail. I just had to include enough of those rocks to make it work overall for me. You can see his eyelashes in the uncompressed version!

Registered on October 31, 2009, 114 Posts, 1008 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on November 30, 2012 at 4:33 AM

A wonderful desert bighorn habitat photo. I really like all that texture in the rocks. Nicely seen and captured Russ.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on November 30, 2012 at 1:14 PM

Just jumped over from the landscape gallery to comment on this. I actually like the 'harsh' lighting. And what could beat the vibrant colors of the rock?

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