Thaw
by Emerkaza

Comment by krnodil:
There's a lot of shapes and angles to look at here and for me this is what keeps the image lively and interesting - I gave this a 9. Interesting foreground, spectacular background, and a river leading line to take you through it all.

Moose
by Emerkaza

Comment by purpleflutterby13:
Wow! I've never seen one of these in real life! Quite a friendly looking creature really. Nice shot, and the direction of the light is good. However, I would have been tempted to play with creating some new shadows and highlights in pp to guide the viewer's eye more - like darken bits of the background, and add some subtle highlights to the moose's face to make it more obviously the main focus of the picture.

There's a tutorial about it here.

Thaw
by Emerkaza

Comment by Melethia:
Very crisp and clean, and I like the way you composed this.

Eagle Ice Capades
by Emerkaza

Comment by ellamay:
I am so jealous that you have moose and wildlife so close to you!
I NEED TO MOVE TO ALASKA

Thaw
by Emerkaza

Comment by jackal9:
I love the framing of the trees and grass in this, I think it is very effective and hope to learn to do this better myself, I do feel a tighter crop from the bottom to remove just a bit more of the grass would help though, just a minor point really as this is a very nice image, way to go!

Thaw
by Emerkaza

Comment by noraneko:
Very pretty, Cecilia! The contrast of wheat-colored grass and sky are lovely together.

Thaw
by Emerkaza

Comment by poser:
great picture, I feel like I'm standing there.

Thaw
by Emerkaza

Comment by rachelellen:
Ooh, pretty. My only complaint, and it's minor, is that I personally would have liked to see less of the foreground grass. But it's your picture, not mine. Good job capturing this time of year so well that you'd be able to 'feel' it in July. :)

Thaw
by Emerkaza

Comment by Ringostarr:
Nice composition 7

Thaw
by Emerkaza

Comment by sherpet:
Nice capture here.....