Wonderful capture. Not much more to say then that I continue to admire your skills with the camera. (And I keep wonder how you get the time to do all those wonderful shots... ^_^)

Hi Michael,
Excellent!...Fine image! ...outstanding shot!

Fantastic shot Michael, good thing you kept your distance, and how nice that mother nature did her artistic part in this.
JuneBug

This is a beautiful image. Great capture, color and composition. This image deserves high marks. Well done. 10+ and Favorites.
Russ

Beautiful shot of a magnificent animal..... so very clear... love it

beautiful shot. your photos tell many wonderful stories. keep em coming

hi, yah, um, perfect no doubt! absolutely amazing as usual michael! keep up the amazing work, sorry no comments from me in a while for ya, but I've really just lost anything to say because all your photo's just amaze me! thank you for sharing your talent and not hiding it :)

Wow! I cannot think of anything else to say.

I have been busy coding an auto-response script for your pictures that analyzes everything people have said then comes up with something original while I just drool on my shirt. It's a little buggy, but here goes .... bzzzt, whrrr, clonk ....

"God would have a picture like this, if he could afford it"

hmmpf, It worked.

gorgeous animal and a goegrous capture of it. 10 and favs! i love the softness and lighting.

Another excellent photo, damnit. Colours, composition, detail.... Sheesh!

I love the pic and i would love to use it as a backgound on my puter.does anyone know what size i have to convert it to to make it fit a regular monitor at 1024x768 ? I wish they would make a special section for this size photo and not mix them with the regular 1024x768s.I can't belive they don't charge to get in this place : )

What an incredible capture. WOW!

This shot definitely deserves that c-index! Absolutely stunning creature.

Great shot!! As usual

The lighting in this one is very unique. It gives it kind of a dream feel. good capture

Awsome shot of a beautiful noble animal. Thanx!! It's a fave!

i'm on a tour through your gallery and i'm so impressed with all those pictures! you obviously travel a lot and i envy you for that :) for that.. and for your skills :o) you provided us with magnificent images and i wish to thank you for that. :)

the plants are richly coloured with vivid and gorgeous autumn colours and this fellow could easily hide among them.. but he didn't manage do hide from you, heheh :))
he looks so proud, what a beautiful animal it is..!

great lightning, too.. and the details! thank you for this shot..high marks and favourites in return ;o)

Look at that! Its so pretty! The sun is shining on him just so, and it makes hime look kingly almost...

Fantastic job on the lighting.

Very majestic capture here...the blending of the colors make this quite the masterpiece!

Absolutely OUTSTANDING. Bravo! Desktop and favourites automatically.

A fabulous shot! I love the lighting, how all the colours are subtle - not too much contrast. And I especially love the editing you have done on the leaves slightly - it lets that magnificent beast stand out even more. Into my favs. without a doubt.

Oh my, did you ever "bag" this one. Look at that rack. Does this animal know how fortunate he was that you "shot" him with a camera instead of something else?
Beautiful job. I will cherish this in my collection, rest assured.

Wow, what a fantastic picture.
It could be in a photography book.
Absolutely beautiful elk and in
a pose that's abit different. I like it!

Very nice shot on everything pretty much on the frame and the picture itself i like how only part of it is blurred very well done keep it up

Thanks Max for your kind comments on " Bedding Down". I really appreciate it.

What an incredible capture. WOW!