King of the Gros Ventre

Really nice image and I particularly like the similar colors along with the head turn

Ashleigh,
Well you have the usual wildlife photographers prob;em of "pesky" grass but this does not detract from the image.
Regarding room for the virtual feet I do not find this a problem, you could if you want add a little canvas to the bottom and fill it with grass.
As to the Moose itself, it is wonderful, great pose and sharpness

Very nice work, Ashleigh! I was in Yellowstone and the Tetons last month and never saw a moose

I think there is enough room around him in the frame. I like the complementary color palette although the far hunk of antler might be a bit bright. Cropping down to just a head shot would work for me too thereby eliminating the OOF foreground grasses but I'm not much of a wildlife photographer (although I also grew up in NJ :-) I wish that I had your obvious skills with wildlife photography!

I think a little more breathing room around the edges would help, but this works pretty well. It's a nice pose of a grand fellow (didn't see this particular bull when I was there). I also think the background is fine... the only real minor distraction is the foreground grass.

Nice job, Ashleigh.

Max

Ashleigh, I like this shot. Nice turn, good detail, Dof and enough room around. I just wish the moose was turned 180 degrees keeping the distracting bg on the back end instead of behind the head. Why didn't you just run up there and slap his rump and turn him around....

Wow Ashleigh nice shot, I think my wife and I saw this same bull there this past weekend out on the sage flats. Impressive, nice and sharp, and nice pose to catch his eye.

Hi Ashleigh, a super sweet photo you have here of this handsome fellow, he even put on his best smile for you Great pose and excellent details. I think a little more room wouldn't hurt at all.

Excellent Work!

If you have the space, give him some! He is posing beautifully and the detail on the bull is excellent. To my eye, you might try some selective processing to darken the surroundings just a bit, as I suspect your meter may have overexposed the grasses and trees just a little due to the relative mass of the dark bull moose. You caught a cool expression.

What a portrait! One of my favorite elements of it is the light grass against his dark body.

Ashleigh, this is fantastic! I'm jealous...we have had a ridiculously unsuccessful history of (not) getting images of bull moose in our neck of the woods. This is a great look at a good-looking bull. I like the head-turn (and your composition decisions as a result) and even the partially-opened mouth. I do wish for more room all around, actually (not just below his legs) OR if this wasn't too much of a crop already, perhaps going even tighter...although you would lose some of the wonderful "feel" to the environment you have here. This is genuinely a very nice wildlife image, Ashleigh, that is just a sliver off of being epic for me. It's interesting to read the remarkably varied feedback you've received thus far...although I did notice a common theme that this is one stinkin' nice shot. Congrats on a job well-done!

Thank you everybody. I may make some little changes to this image this week and if they work Ill post it here. I have lots more from this moose to share. Thanks again!

It's a beautiful shot Ashleigh, the pose is super, a touch tight at the bottom but that's very minor.