Alaskan Moose

Hey guys new to the forum, although I've been a long time lurker... Tried using what I've learned from the forum on this shot. Let me know what you think and what I can do to improve.

Pretty good shot, it would be helpful if we knew what lens and camera you use when shooting, what conditions may help you out too. It appears that it was overcast maybe on this shot. It'd be better if it was looking towards you, but not everything is in your powers. Really, I don't see anything technically wrong with this, it looks good, it could use some sharpening and a slight color saturation increase, that'd be all that I can say.

Randy

Not too bad there; it would help with suggestions if you posted the EXIF data (shot settings) that this image was taken with (focal length, shutter speed, aperture, ISO). Also, was this cropped? If so, how much, etc.

With birds/wildlife/people it's all about the eyes. If the eyes are clear, in focus, visible, etc it is easier for the viewer to make a connection with the image. So try to make sure you've got an angle with good visibility to the eyes when shooting the living things. Note how her eyes are *mostly* away from you/the viewer, here?

A couple from my trip to Fairbanks a couple of years ago, for example:
https://flic.kr/p/bWFq​yP
https://flic.kr/p/ce3M​wb (even this far away, if you zoom in you can see the eye is around the side enough to be a direct line of sight.) Ideally, I'd also have shot this with more room in front of the critter, but she wouldn't move so the flag was framable that way...

And, since I'm sure you know, these are not ones you want to get too close to (physically), a longer lens would help quite a bit. I'm *guessing* that this was shot with something along the lines of a 55-250 or one of the 18-200 offerings...?...

Also, environmental shots are nice, but try to get them *doing* something rather than just standing there, if at all possible (scratching an itch, twitching their heads, and such).

Lastly, processing your images in something like Lightroom, CS6/7, etc will also help you bring out better colors/contrast/detail in the images over and above what's produced directly by the camera. This image appears to have been shot in high, overcast and has some pretty strong highlights and the colors are a little bit washed out. Both easily correctable in less than a minute with some simple PP software.

Thanks Randy, photo was shot with the canon 70d with the Es 70-300 IS at 300. It was an overcast day for sure.

Thanks Eric for your detailed response, really helped me think about the shot and the things I could have done differently. Unfortunately I got about 2 minutes with this girl until something scared her away.

I do have Lightroom and Photoshop, I'll post an edit tomorrow, but I wanted to get advice straight out of the camera first.

Thanks a million,
Chase

Nice shot try and crop for the rule of thirds helps also. but other than that looks good.