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Face to Face Encounter

© Gunther Allen

Face to Face Encounter

Uploaded: July 20, 2008

Description

aperture f8, shutter 1/250, lens 20/80mm Zoom, location - Yellowstone - Wyoming

Comments

Denny E. Barnes level-deluxe July 20, 2008

Excellent, Gunther!! Beautiful animal beautifully captured!!! Very well done!!!...Denny #964420

Donna La Mattino Pagakis July 21, 2008

Those are some amazing horns, great wildlife capture Gunther! #6203431

Michael G. Marshall July 21, 2008

Terrific capture Gunther! Yellowstone is a magical place and the elk are huge! Michael #6204072

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe July 21, 2008

Now that is a Big Boy! Excellent wildlife capture Gunther! Jeff #6204102

Tarun Bose July 21, 2008

Outstanding wild life capture. Great shot Gunther. #6204137

Claudia Kuhn level-classic July 21, 2008

Beautiful capture Gunther! #6204701

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic July 21, 2008

Nice capture, Gunther. He is beautiful. #6207117

Donna La Mattino Pagakis August 28, 2008

Congratulations on your excellent wildlife potd Gunther! #6379166

Usman M. Bajwa level-classic August 28, 2008

Great shot, Gunther. The huge antlers are almost covering the full picture. Congrats on POTD #6379191

Susie Peek-Swint August 28, 2008

Many congrats on POTD Gunther ~ wonderful capture! #6379223

Alison Greenwood August 28, 2008

Yay! Congratulations on your POTD Gunther! Great shot! #6379319

Nadya Johnson August 28, 2008

Awesome shot! Congratulations on your Photo of the Day! #6379365

Cheryl Meisel August 28, 2008

Way to go!!! What a catch!
Cherylm #6379595

Joy E. Cobb August 28, 2008

Whoa, he's an intimidating fella! Amazing capture, Gunther, with excellent detail! Congratulations on your POTD! #6379689

Wally Orlowsky August 28, 2008

Congratulations on this amazing POTD, Gunther! #6379712

Josselyne Klecanda August 28, 2008

Beautiful. #6379801

Joy Rector August 28, 2008

congrats on the POTD #6379840

Ken Smith level-classic August 28, 2008

Way to go, Gunther! Congrats to you!! #6379844

Guy D. Biechele level-classic August 28, 2008

Congratulations on your POTD, Gunther. Terrific shot!! #6379942

Linda D. Lester level-classic August 28, 2008

WTG Gunther....Awesome shot!!!
Congratulations on your POTD!!! #6379994

Lisa J. Boulden level-classic August 28, 2008

Wonderful!
Gratz on your POTD!
#6380007

JO ANN CLEVELAND August 28, 2008

CONGRATULATIONS Gunther! Great capture!

jo ann c. #6380054

Mary Timman August 28, 2008

Fantastic capture. Such great clarity, light and color! Congratulatons on your wonderful POTD! #6380074

Sue L. Cullumber August 28, 2008

Gunther - big congrats on your POTD! Beautiful creature and wonderfully captured! Sue #6380200

Stephanie Laird level-classic August 28, 2008

Hi Gunther!!!!

CONGRATS! AWESOME! #6380201

Cathy Barrows August 28, 2008

congrats gunther on your POTD...where did you find this cutie #6380216

Amy JACKSON August 28, 2008

Congratulations on your POTD, Gunther!! #6380313

Evy Johansen level-classic August 28, 2008

WOW... Awesome capture, Gunther!! Big congratulations on your wonderful and well deserved POTD! #6380409

Judy V. Kennamer level-classic August 28, 2008

Beautiful Gunther! Congrats on your well-deserved POTD!!!!!!! #6380420

Casey A. Hanson August 28, 2008

What a beautiful image! Very well done, Gunther. Congrats! :0) #6380430

Jean E. Hildebrant August 28, 2008

Magnificent animal and capture! Congratulations! #6380455

Debora Kolcun August 28, 2008

Congrats Gunther! Just stunning and those eyes of his. Great work. #6380491

Thomas E. Dillon August 28, 2008

Gunther, that is one outstanding 7X7 bull. Wow. You did a great job of photographing him, and truly deserve your POD win! Well done! #6380689

Dennis Walton August 28, 2008

What a rack! Beautiful clarity on this shot. #6380754

Cary Rogers August 28, 2008

Congrats for this POTD, Gunther~! A magnificent capture (especially at 80mm!)! #6381075

Jennifer A. Litwiller August 28, 2008

Awesome photo. He looks like he is smiling! #6381578

Lorraine T. Lynch August 28, 2008

A beautiful face to face encounter! A wonder wildlife image Gunther. Congratulations on your POTD today! #6381610

Susan M. Hembree August 28, 2008

Great details in this shot, Gunther! Congrats on the POTD! #6382550

Gunther Allen August 28, 2008

Thank you everyone for your wonderful comments and thank you Better Photo for honoring me with the Photo of the Day! I was indeed very close to the guy. In fact he walked right up to me as I was lying in the grass and sniffed at me. I barely breathed and thought for a second that I might me in trouble. #6382617

Kathy L. Clark August 29, 2008

Congratulations on your awesome POTD Gunther. #6384633

August 31, 2008

Congratulations on POD. This is incredibly done. The focus and composition are really remarkable. #6392218

Kay Beausoleil September 01, 2008

A 20-80 zoom lens?! Gunther, ARE YOU CRAZY???? Those things are big, unpredictable and dangerous (I live near moose country).

Yet this is a wonderful image, and you sure get across the power of the animal. Tack sharp, too, although this viewer is shaking just looking at the monitor. Must have been quite an experience for you. Congratulations on your POTD! #6395794

Gunther Allen September 01, 2008

Thank Kay - I did not get this close intentionally. There was a group of people at the side of the rode and I went to the other side behind a grouping of logs. I was going to place my 200 mm lens on when this guy decide he would check me out. I was in between the logs and though I was safe, but when he came over and sniffed at be it was very unsettling. You might be able to notice the veins in his nose flaring as he puffed out some air. Luckily someone on the other side moved and made a crackling sound as he broke some twigs under foot. It startled the Elk and he wandered off into the forest. Even though I was in between the logs I don't mind saying that I was very uneasy - to say the least. #6396191

Kay Beausoleil September 01, 2008

Wow. I guess elk are less touchy than moose. Glad for you that this impressive image is a capture of a lifetime and not your final, final exposure. #6397848

Sherry Stricklin Boles level-classic September 04, 2008

Congrats on your wonderful POTD! #6412324

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