American Bison

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I always enjoy experimenting behind the lens, and playing around with snow, bison, and long exposures is nothing new for me. But this time I wanted to try something a little different.

We had a huge herd of bison passing in front of us while the snow was falling. I wanted to focus on the falling snow, lengthening it with the slow shutter speed, but I also was hoping to capture the bison specifically out of focus while maintaining the recognizable silhouette. The OOF look reminds me of the ancient cave paintings found in Europe.

I felt color was more effective than black and white here, and the foreground sage added a nice complementary tone and texture to balance the frame.

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Canon R3
Canon 100-500
ISO 100
1/10th
f/14

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I like this experiment! I like the OOF and the length of the falling snow. It almost looks like scratches, but it’s clear what it is, I just like it.
I also like the OOF sage in the foreground, but I wish there were a little more room at the top, and more space for the bison to be walking into. Although it does get the feeling of hunkering down in the storm.
Nice experiment!

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Max, I like this a lot1 It’s fun to play around with a new idea.
I’d like to see the bison further left in the frame, though.
The streaky snow and muted bison work well.
Successful experiment , imo!

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A beautiful and successful experiment, appears to be competition stuff.
Personally, I would prefer the bison to be lower in the frame.

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Max: a very good experimental effort. My only suggestion would be to de-center the bison by adding more room on the right.

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