Momma Moose Gives Me the Evil Eye

I came across this mother moose and her baby yesterday. As soon as I

stopped the baby fled into the trees. The mother just stood there staring

at me as if to say "any closer and I will have to hurt you."

 

Any advice on how I could have made this a better picture would be

appreciated. Thanks for looking.

Moose my favorite animal. I see by the lens you were using that you were really close, or you were far away and you cropped the photo. If you cropped it and had more room on the right. I would suggest having momma moose in the left side of the photo. Because she's heading to the right, it would give her a opening to go to. Although the logs on the left are nice too. If you didn't have any extra room on the right to work, never mind, It's still a very nice photo.

I think Jeffs advice is spot on, and I have very little to add except, I really like the frosty foreground vegetation, and ...Your very brave!

 

Great Shot!

 

Regards

 

Alf

Good shot Linda! I'd have to agree with the other fellas on the composition suggestions. The hoar frosted foregroung adds a real winter flavor. The moose breath is a nice touch too.

All the best,

Neil

Linda, I enjoyed your Moose photo and your portfilio and bio as well. I also enjoy outdoor, nature and wildlife photo, so really liked your Moose photo. not a common animal to see and get photos of. well, take care and keep up the great work.

Very good capture and an attractive composition. Best regards.

Thanks so much for the advice. I took many shots of this big girl she just stood there staring at me. This is another shot that I thought wasn't as good as the one I posted but the placement and cropping is more as you suggested. What do you think?

 

 

Thank you both for commenting.

Looks good, And thanks for your comments on my photo's

very good..congrats

Very attractive capture , well done ............................ Best regards.

Linda,

 

An amazing capture. Take care, Patsy

I love the steam in her breath. If you're going to be traipsing around in the wild, antagonizing all the beasties, I hope you've got fast boots!!!

 

 

Nicely handled both. I like the second version slightly more, although it seems less in vivo.

I was looking at your landscape portfollio. I reconized ( we need spell check on this site) most of the shots you talken. I think we live in the same area, with in a couple hundred miles anyway.

Thank you all for commenting.

 

JeffS, I tagged along with my husband and son on an ice fishing trip on the weekend. I rarely go, because it really is horrible, and I hate it. But they always rave about the wild life they see, this was what persuaded me to go. I got up at 5:00 am with them. I was wearing my husband's Arctic survival boots at his insistence. They must weigh 30 pounds each. My feet were warm, but I could barely walk let alone run.

 

Jeff, I was thinking the same thing when looking at your portfolio.

 

Best wishes,

 

Linda

Excellent shot Linda,you really got lucky with this one,its a beauty.

This is a lovely capture! With a 24-70mm lens, the opportunity to take this shot deserves all the credit. I can even see some haze around the moose's mouth and i presume you caught her breathing too. Great shot, Linda. Best regards! - Lester

Nice shot Linda. The cropping ideas have already been expressed. I wish that I could get my wife to go along on more of my photo shoots....

Thank you all for the kind comments. I appreciate it. Best wishes, Linda

First and for all, congatulations that you had the opportunity to capture that wonderful animal. More crop or less crop is a question of personal taste I guess. For me both images are wonderful winter sceneries in nice natural colors. Compliments!

Keep on going Linda, you're doing great!

 

PDE

So very cute, i love it. well done.

Thank you all for commenting.

 

El, it is such a thrill to see a wild animals in it's natural environment and look them in the eye. This is of one of the benifits of living out in the boonies.

 

Best wishes,

 

Linda

Nothing more to add that has not already been said - so a beautiful image and well done!

Thank you. I am glad to hear that you like it.