Bull Rush

Good idea to pay attention! Nice head on look. If that had been me, I would be shooting over my shoulder and encouraging my feet to do their job!

As we all know, the moose is the largest member of the deer family. They are hard to find, I've found; while I've stalked them different places in Canada, I've only ever seen two and they were juveniles.

This is an amazingly nice image of a male moose that could not be more precisely framed with respect to the position of the antlers and the ears. The whole thing is superbly symmetrical; I can't imagine how you did it.

It's a damn good thing for you and your camera that you decided to move; I think you played your cards just right.

So if you don't mind, I'd like to commemorate this with one of my favorite poems by Arlo Gutherie called,

"When Mooses Come Walking"

Mooses come walking over the hill
Mooses come walking, they rarely stand still
When mooses come walking they go where they will
When mooses come walking over the hill


Mooses look into your window at night
They look to the left and they look to the right
The mooses are smiling, they think it's a zoo
And that's why the mooses like looking at you


So, if you see mooses while lying in bed
It's best to just stay there pretending you're dead
The mooses will leave and you'll get the thrill
Of seeing the mooses go over the hill.

Great shot, it is always treat to see them in the water, excellent shot and eye contact, well done!!

Outstanding. I have tracked moose up near Patton and they are hard to get this close too. I normally only got a good view of the opposite end.

Do you remember what f stop you were using as the focus fades out so nicely into the background.

Don Westbrook
Newark, MD

Hey Brad,

I like the play-on-words in the title here - gave me a good chuckle. As others have pointed out, the symmetry of this image (and, of course, the situation alone!) give this shot quite a bit of impact. I'm wishing there was a little more detail in the shadows and (selfishly!) that we'd been treated to a larger version of the image!

As an FYI - providing a little more information about the technical end of the image (camera, lens, primary settings like shutter speed, aperture and ISO) will give us a little more to work with in providing feedback on your images (or conversely, allow others to learn from what you have done).

Cheers and thanks for sharing this...

Brad

PS: I know you're very new to NPN and, in a sense and like your moose, just getting your feet wet. But don't hesitate to jump in and comment on the images of others - it can be a little challenging to maintain the 5 comments for every image post ratio suggested in the posting guidelines, but image comments are just as important as image posts in making this community work so well! Looking forward to what you have to say about the images of others...

Good capture. I like the sense that he is a creature "emerging from the deep lagoon" and as such I would try a slight crop on top (then elsewhere for ratio) to eliminate the far shoreline, making it seem as if the water was endless.

Wow, what an excellent intro to NPN! Thank you all for the great feedback. Guess I was so pumped to post I forgot the details: ISO 640, 1/640 @ f/8 with Canon 5D MK II and a 300f/2.8L IS with a 1.4II extender.
Lon, I did play with the slight crop you suggested, it really makes him jump right out at you, thanks!

Nice shot, esp angle level with view. Might avoid centering the subject in another crop.


lucy