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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Sixty Three: Dimensions of grandeur – larger than life travel imagery > Bull Elk, Gardner River Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 2008
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10-OCT-2008

Bull Elk, Gardner River Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 2008

Subjects need not always be huge in scale to appear larger than life. In this case, an image of a solitary Bull Elk bugling a mating call in a snowy field can evoke as much grandeur as an image of a huge mountain. We are looking at a dramatic example of nature at work in the animal world – an elk in the process of gathering a harem. It can be heard a mile away. The most frequent and loudest callers attract the most females. I place the elk in the lower right hand part of the frame so that his call will seem to flow diagonally towards the upper left hand corner.

Leica V-Lux 1
1/250s f/5.6 at 88.8mm iso100 full exif

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Phil Douglis21-Apr-2009 19:19
Thanks, Milan, for your comment -- it is appreciated.
Milan Vogrin21-Apr-2009 17:22
Great shot!V!
Phil Douglis21-Nov-2008 18:20
Thanks, Rose Marie, for mentioning the importance of the diagonal flow here -- the whole point of the image is the illusion of sound. The diagonal flow guides the imagined sound of the elk's call towards the upper left hand corner, where it exits the frame and soars towards the ears of distant listeners. As for survival, I am sure that the privations of winter weather take their toll on the elk population. Survive or not, it all comes down to nature's own ways here in Yellowstone.
sunlightpix20-Nov-2008 23:29
Great diagonal flow! Let's hope this bull survives the winter.
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