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Sunrise breakfast
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Sunrise breakfast

by Jim Lockhart

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted February 23, 201329 views3 comments
An elk enjoying his early morning breakfast at the Grand Canyon. Couldn't decide between this photo and one I had taken this week of a wintry scene while out xc skiing. Of course, that one had a bluish color cast, so decided to go with this one, depicting the golden light in the early morning. Would like to say I found this guy out in the wilds somewhere, but he was actually right behind our lodge at the canyon. Talked to a young lady later that day doing "Poop Patrol" due to the number of elk grazing in the vicinity. Taken with my Canon SX30, ISO 400, f/4.5, 1/40, 130mm, manual white balance. A big thank you to Darwin Wiggett for his very useful lesson on preparing images for posting using Photoshop Elements. Besides resizing, I darkened some of the brighter areas with PSE. Comments and suggestions always welcome.
Jim Lockhart
Deep River, CT

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on February 24, 2013 at 1:58 PM
That would be a pretty cool experience to watch these animals calmly eating their breakfast behind your lodge. . .what a great opportunity to view one of these beautiful creatures up close. :smile: The color cast in your image certainly does give the impression of golden early light. However, I think I would like to see the overall image brightness toned down just a bit. Nice head capture of this animal. "Poop patrol"! . . . :biggrin:
Registered on February 16, 2011, 610 Posts, 3684 Comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on February 24, 2013 at 9:31 PM
Nice pose and composition, but I agree, color cast almost too bright. I think you could have gone for a lower ISO. I have found the noise at 400 with this camera to be a problem at times. Thanks for sharing.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 26, 2013 at 9:23 AM
Nice head shot and a lovely golden glow. Both the shadows and the top of this guy's neck feel too bright to me. BTW, welcome to NPN.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments