Not sure if it's due to all the snow, but we have a group of about 8 or 9 moose all hanging out in a small area (about 2 square miles) in the foothills west of Turner Valley, AB. There are at least two cow-calf pairs and 4 bulls of various antler size/configurations.
This was taken on New Year's Eve, just after sunset. Saw four of them in some bushes and hung-out with them, hoping for a photo op. As it was becoming too dark for any more photos, these two came out into an opening, nuzzled each other then looked my way! It's been a really special treat to see so many moose in such close proximity over the holidays.
All the best to everyone at NPN for 2014
Canon 7D, ISO 3200, 1/100 sec @ f/5.6, 300mm. Processed in LR5, CS6 and NIK.
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5 commentsI used to work west of Turner Valley (in the Sheep River Wildlife Sanctuary) and haven't seen too many moose in that region - so good for you! Always a challenge to work with multiple subjects, but you seemed to handle this one quite well - both subjects look about equally sharp, and there's eye contact with both of them. As you pointed out on Christopher's shot, the "stuff" in-between you and the moose presented some challenges (both for him and you), and for me that out-of-focus bush in the lower right corner is slightly distracting (more so because it's out-of-focus, but you couldn't do anything about that).
If this is a crop it might be worth experimenting with removing a bit of the foreground and adding an equal amount on the top - effectively lowering the moose in the frame (grounding them). It would also have the effect of getting the eyes a little off the midpoint of the frame. Just a thought...
Cheers...and thanks for sharing this one!
Brad
When I opened the large image, it just happened that it was scrolled so that the bottom was cut off, and you know, I kind of think that helped with keeping that OOF bush from being distracting. As Brad said, you might try playing around with cropping differently, or putting the moose lower in the frame, and see if you like it. The eye contact in this is great, and it's worth doing something with it.