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14-OCT-2005

Fight by the Rising Moon 10_14_05.jpg

I wish that I had a good video camera to film these two bull while they were fighting as the moon was rising over Gibbon Meadow. It was a violent fight that went on for about 20 minutes. Official sunset was 6:39 PM but there is a high ridge to the west and the sun was well below the ridge. I'm very impressed with just how little noise the Canon 20D displays at high ISOs. No noise reduction was run on this photo.

This trip was all about relaxing, stopping to smell the flowers and recharging my batteries. It almost looks like this bull elk was doing just that, too http://www.pbase.com/slowpokebill/image/50850545

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/125s f/4.0 at 420.0mm iso3200 full exif

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Robin Reid18-Oct-2005 01:25
Great catch...
Bob Foisel17-Oct-2005 15:19
I would have love to see the fight.
Shayne17-Oct-2005 14:42
Great Capture
Bryan Murahashi17-Oct-2005 05:11
Excellent capture. really nice at iso 3200
Guest 17-Oct-2005 04:46
Wonderful shot.