Platinum

mcampi

Take the picture!!!

Take the picture!!!

Young bull elk in the velvet sitting in the rain. I got the feeling he was not crazy about me taking his picture. I took this in Oregon where they have a good s...
Read more

Young bull elk in the velvet sitting in the rain. I got the feeling he was not crazy about me taking his picture. I took this in Oregon where they have a good size herds.
Read less

camera

NIKON D500

settings

settings

Aperture f/13 ISO 3600 Shutter 1/1000 Focal Length 6000/10

upload_date

upload_date

Sep, 2017

Views

413

Likes

+75

Awards

Peer Award

+22

Absolute Masterpiece

+4

Magnificent Capture

+1

Top Choice

+1

Superb Composition

All Star

Virtuoso

Outstanding Creativity

Genius

Top Ranks

Top 20 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 30 rank

Top 30 rank week 1

Categories

PRO+

LOL!!!! This is just TOO fabulous, Mark! Talk about perfect timing!!!

PRO

Hahahahahahaha.......!!!!!! An Elk with attitude!! Well, I guess not all "subjects" want to cooperate! Lol!! But in this case, this beauty is so much better than the "normal" Elk shot! Love it!

Platinum

Thanks so much Pam. I was sitting in the back of Ninas SUV with the back open as it was pouring..

Platinum

Sassy boy....great timing

You and Cher bring out the best in animals. I love it! He is telling you to get out of his field.

"Bleeehhhhh!" to the photographer! This is just too perfect!

Perfect timing Mark, awesome shot!!!!

PRO+

Funny! Good capture. :-)

Platinum

Perfect timing, blahhhh! I often wonder what they think of all these humans running around with cameras stuck on there face, I have experienced attitude from the birds always makes me smile:-)

Wonderful shot !!

PRO+

Sticking his tongue out at ya!!! Lol...great capture!!!

Can u blame him.. It's hunting season!!

Submitted to Photo Contests

Tags

#mcampi #elk #oregon #rainy day #animal

See all

Same photographer See all

While you walk through this set of narrow canyons, you can only imagine what it must have been like when the water and wind cut through these sandston

Tomato horn worm lunch munching...
This was taken with a Nikon F and was scanned from a glossy pic.

Sunset at Goose Lake, California . This picture was taken just before the wind came up and we had an incredibly thunder and lightning storm. A few min

Horsetail Falls in Yosemite National Park only portrays this magical "fire fall" glow for a few days in February under certain conditions: w

Eagle Ray heading into the deep blue.

This photo was taken near John Ford Point in Monument Valley. October 2016

Old rail car in a logging camp,
Tacoma, Washington. This media data is incorrect. I took this picture with a Nikon FTN. It was Transfered from slide

This shot was take in the morning as the fog was lifting just south of Carmel,California. The higher than normal surf was caused by the Super moon,sto

Oakland Bay Bridge as seen from San Francisco Embarcadero

Island ladies resting in the shade after a long day of selling on the beach.
Curaçao is an island country in the southern Caribbean Sea off the coas

Sitting on the top of Mt. Hamilton is Lick Observatory.

The sky literally appeared to be on fire during an incredible sunset following a cloudburst over Salmon Lake in the Sierras. Near Sierra City, Califo

I have deleted the original I posted and reposted this picture. A very kind VB'er suggested I needed to straighten this up. Not an excuse but I h

Lazy lion...taken during photo class, San Francisco Zoo, 2014

Upper Antelope Slot Canyon in March. Near Page, Arizona

Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe , New Mexico . The staircase has two 360 degree turns and no visible means of support. Also, it is said that the staircase

A pastel portrait taken of a friend's granddaughter. Backlighting was an old reflector spotlight.

This was my third trip to McWay falls. This time I took an award winning photographer with me to give me some hints about shooting in the golden hour.

Discover more photos See all

It was a nice dive with all these beauties. Don't touch. If you get too close to them, it can be very painful. There is a reason why they are cal by rolandbach

Mother and calf elephants eating Mopani - Letaba Road. Kruger National Park, South Africa by wildpainter

A wild little owl on some old farm machinery by bridgephotography

Surfing Orca -British Columbia by Lpepz

As the day came to a close, these two huge males decided to do some sumo wrestling just to display their machismo. by Rainer

Chinstrap penguins are wating for the new member of family. by ahmetanak

A Seal on the beach where North Sea and Baltic Sea meet by PF-pics

Lucy! by LexiDawn

Photo by LidiaCarrenoPhotography

The king of Inverness by carlosgamo

Alicia en el espejo by sarabang

Polar bear near its kill. by PhotosbyJLR

Some More Please by Jacques_Le_Roux

Horses running during the very early morning. by MichaelRyno

What did the buffalo say when his kid went to college? Bison. by a.a.ron.captures

Came across this beautiful bull elk after an intense snowstorm in Yellowstone National Park. by JeffNBrenner

Matching by Svensenfoto

A mother cheetah stands over her only surviving cub on a termite mound in the Serengeti. by chriswhittier

It’s your time to shine! ☀️

Share photos. Enter contests to win great prizes.
Earn coins, get amazing rewards. Join for free.

Or

Already a member? Log In

By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service, and acknowledge you've read our Privacy Policy Notice.