Mother Moose and Calf

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Grazing Moose

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This moose was just West of Jasper in the big Yellowhead River Meadow. It was way out in the meadow. It took a while for us to realize she had a calf hidden in the weeds with her. It looks like mother moose has had some kind of run in with something as there was a huge scar along her right flank.

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This is a pretty big crop shot at the end of my range. I hope the image holds up to the crop.

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Both shot with Canon R5, f10, 1/125s, iso 200, 100-500 with 1.4 TC at 700. Large crops for compositions.

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This must have been very exciting to witness! Tough to do when you are at the limit of your lens.

I don’t know how you feel about removing things. I thought removing the dead branches in front, some of the small branches across the calf’s face, and just a bunch of the brown brush might help the calf stand out more? The brown moose against a sea of green? Just a thought.

This is just a quick and dirty … I’m sure you can do a better job if you like the idea.

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I’m jealous of all your adventures! I would be so excited to witness this and get a shot!

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Cool! Thank you @elizabeth. I appreciate your thoughts and suggestions. I will see what I can do with those branches in front of everything especially. That makes a lot of sense.