prints in the mud

Neat! Those are the kind of shots that always make me look over my shoulder!

I wish for a way to get a better sense of scale here but like the documentary image. I would be glad that it was already "drying in the mud" if I were to come upon this scene. Well done.

Looks pretty fresh to me. I like this. Did you follow the tracks?

Nice capture

John,

a very nice image, and very diferent to that what is posted normally here. I like it. An vertical may have been also an option, because it would emphasize the direction...

VERY cool!! Great subject and interesting mud and patterns.
I'd like to see a vertical too, to follow the lines of both print and mud cracks.


Sandy

I appreciate all the comments and advise. It was a pretty cool place with hundreds of prints and several really large plies of scats. I didn't include anything for scale because I liked the way the drying mud formed patterns around the prints and felt a knife or keys would intrude. I'll think about the vertical crop. Oh yea I didn't follow them as there were several sets of mothers with cubs in the surrounding forest and while I may be dumb but I'm not stupid ;^) Thanks.

Great shot!

Lovely shot, perhaps you could have done something more with it composition wise.

Great,Now I'll never get my wife to hike the Highline trail.Fantastic image

Hi John,

I like good images of animal tracks (like these ones) - it can be very hard to control the lighting and consequently end up with enough contrast to make the tracks really show. The lighting on these tracks is very good.

If this were my image I might be tempted to crop it to a vertical composition and move the tracks slightly to the right (I currently find that the large crack to the right of the tracks draws my attention too much, but I think it would work if it was right along the right edge of the image - more or less "framing" it).

Just my 2 cents worth - consider my comments simply subjective style issues that reflect personal taste...

Thanks for sharing this and cheers...

Brad

so if I am understanding the comments most would prefer this to the original shot or is this to much crop. Thanks for the advise.

Hi John,

RE: the new crop: Yep, that's more along the lines I was thinking of. It might be just a little too tight now, but you're moving in the right direction. Here's more what I would suggest (and I took the liberty of messing a little with the contrast and sharpness).

Hope you don't mind...

Brad

Now, that is nice! I can't tell how far those claws extend- is this grizzly or black? The horizontal composition is fine in my eyes. I think that works in this case because of the really neat abstract pattern of the mud cracks around the tracks.

Outstanding John, Congrats!