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Good: composition (with the eye just visible) and low pov. I also like the impression of snow and winter. Bad: absolutely no details in the snow. It was almost impossible to get details in the dark parts and the light parts of the image.

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Graphic look. More or less high key.
I want to show the alertness of the animal, although it looks at first sight it is almost sleeping. Another goal of the image is showing the difficult conditions it is living in

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Do you feel what I am trying to express and what is your opinion about the lack of detail in the snow.

Technical Details

Nikon Z9 with Nikon 100-400mm (400mm). F/6.3, 1/800sec, exposure + 2.3 stop.

Description

Coyote in Yellowstone National park. We saw several coyotes during our trip to Yellowstone. This one was quite close and actually laid own in the snow very close to us. But it stayed very alert.

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A cool capture, literally and figuratively! The snow doesn’t need detail, it’s just the paper on which where is an etching! (And the DOF would have been almost too shallow to capture any.) The detail on the animal (a Coyote?) is a wonderful pencil drawing!

For my tastes, the composition is a little off-balanced. I would crop a little from the bottom and right – but that may be too conventional and expected for such a wonderful find.

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I think this is a spectacular image. It’s minimalism at its best. The unconventional composition draws me in for a second and third look. I hope this is not overdoing it, but the image reminds me that there are moments when our settings are opaque and maybe unknowable.

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Thanks Russell!