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
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