shortpants Report post Posted October 25, 2010 Way to go Doug! Always enjoy seeing and reading about your and Rica's adventures! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GameHauler Report post Posted October 25, 2010 Congratulations my friend. Great write up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azpredator@work Report post Posted October 25, 2010 "Optically thwarted" - I like that one! Nice bull and congrats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cramerhunts Report post Posted October 25, 2010 Congratulations on a nice bull Doug. Sounds like a tough hunt but it looks like it ended well. I love the picture of Rica next to the big rub! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Rabbit Report post Posted October 25, 2010 Thanks. It was fun getting close to the herd opening morning and seeing the two bulls filter through the trees. Later Friday morning we (Rica and I) pursued some bugles on another hill. Had 6 cows pass in front of us at 20 yards. Rica stood quiet and still as we were given the discerning eye. I never caught up to and saw the bull. He was unresponsive to a whiny cow call. Doug~RR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heat Report post Posted October 25, 2010 Way to go Doug! Looks like you took a mean ol bruiser! Congratulations on your trophy and another mighty fine contribution to the site. Nick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Rabbit Report post Posted October 25, 2010 Here is another field photo taken from the left side. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted October 25, 2010 Congrats Doug on a good looking bull. Thanks for sharing the great pics and write up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanley Report post Posted October 26, 2010 Awesome Doug! Congrats!!!!! S. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
200"mulie Report post Posted October 28, 2010 nice bull and more amazing story thank you for sharing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willhunt4coues Report post Posted October 28, 2010 Wow what a bull congrats bud. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted October 31, 2010 An awesome trophy Doug along with awesome pics, congrats to you on a great hunt with a great bull!!! JIM> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Claw Report post Posted October 31, 2010 Very Nice Doug, Good bull, congrats. As usual your photos are second to none, thx for sharing your talent! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Jonathan Report post Posted October 31, 2010 Those field photos w/ the bull are gorgeous! Any advice on how you achieved that- clarity/depth of field? What was aperture/shutter speed to get that much light in the fog? Congrats and thanks for sharing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Rabbit Report post Posted October 31, 2010 Mr J. Thanks. The camera is the Nikon D90 with the kit 18-105mm lens. iso400 (usually I use iso200, but had it set to 400 earlier for an extra stop and had not changed it back), f/8 aperture priority. Shutter speed was 1/6 sec. The lens is probably most sharp at f/5.6 & f/8. I chose f/8 for the slightly greater dof to assure the elk and I would be in focus. I did not care so much about the background. Probably could have gotten the trees sharper if I used f/16, but then I worry about softening of the image due to diffraction. Tripod mounted, no flash but the lighting was pretty even due to the fog. I did not take many with various poses or settings like I normally do, but I checked the histogram for exposure and images after each set to see if I got an acceptable composition. Post processing included adjustments to shadows, highlights, brightness, contrast, saturation, cropping and final sharpening. I did paint out some blood on the bull's left side in the last image. Doug Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
