Bull Elk, Cataloochee Valley

Every so often, I'll dig through my archived photos and process one or two that stand out to me as something I may have missed on my first pass through. Th...
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Every so often, I'll dig through my archived photos and process one or two that stand out to me as something I may have missed on my first pass through. This is one such example.

This particular bull, while aware of my presence, as well as that of a dozen other tourists and photographers, was interested only in eating. As it was, the vast majority of my time that day was spent watching him with his face in the dirt, and lamenting a lack of quality shot opportunities. Then, no sooner did he lift his head to look around, and the sun came out from behind a cloud to destroy the soft, evening light I had hoped would stay.

I summarily dismissed this image as too harsh and contrasty. On a later review, I decided to give it a go and mellowed it out quite to my satisfaction.
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