It’s already the 7th of January, but this post is my first entry to the January Squares challenge that is running over at The Life of B. I chose to start my entries to this challenge with this one because it makes me smile:
In case you are concerned, this was an encounter that went well. The driver of this vehicle was parked and the elk walked up to it, the driver had not attempted to attract the animal in any way. When the elk began to lick the car, the driver restarted his car and reversed slowly away and the elk lost interest.
But this split second, when the two are sizing each other up, made for a good photo. It was shot on my Canon 80D and then edited in Luminar AI. I’ve added the “Instant Result” template at 80%. Your thoughts are welcome below.
Cheers!
Wow, I am glad the standoff ended peacefully! Such a majestic animal. ❤️
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Yes, we saw a whole bunch that day. I’ll be publishing other photos I’m sure. Majestic is a very good word to describe them I think.
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They are beautiful, large, powerful beasts!
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An amazing capture! So glad all went well!
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Yes, I thought it was probably important to put in a word or two about the encounter since this one shot doesn’t tell the whole story.
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oh my, what an extraordinary moment. How fabulous you captured it
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Yes, I was pretty excited that the shot turned out.
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Wow! Great shot! That’s a big animal!
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Yes he was, I think the car gives a great sense of his size.
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What a fabulous capture! And your caption works so well for the challenge, Amy. All good with you? 🙂 🙂
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Thanks very much Jo. I am well, a lot of things going on but we are all healthy in this household so🤷♀️ I hope things are well with you also?
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Yes fine thanks, hon 💕
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Okay, that car looks tiny. Wonderful photo 😀
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Yes, the car gives a really good feel for just how big this particular elk was.
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Oh wow what a unique capture
And it does seem like some damage could have been done – and Glad the car had an easy reverse and slip away
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Yes, it was a cool moment. It could have gone badly, but the elk seemed pretty relaxed and the man in the car was calm as well.
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😊☀️☀️
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Wow, that was scary!
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It had the potential to go badly, but honestly, the elk seemed pretty relaxed and the man in the car acted calmly as well.
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Good on them. If it was me…I would go crazy!
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Makes me smile too. Perfect timing!
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Thanks very much!
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One perfect capture this is 🙂
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Thanks very much!
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Fantastic capture! Good thing you had your camera at the ready for that moment!
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Me too! 😊
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Wow! What an incredible interlude…licking the car….OMG! And that you captured it on your camera. Nice looking bull elk too! 🙂
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Thanks very much. This particular herd is really healthy looking.
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Where was that? We saw some awesome herds at Mammoth Hot Springs when we were in Yellowstone in Sept. 2019. Then a huge herd with a 16 point Bull near the West Yellowstone entrance. So awesome to see them! 🙂
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I took this photo at Lone Elk park which is just outside of St. Louis in Missouri. Fun Fact: The “seed elk” if you will for this herd were from Yellowstone.
I’ve been to Yellowstone and seen them in person there too, and they really are impressive animals.
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Here is the herd that we last saw on our trip in Sept. 2019. It was quite awesome! https://oureyesopen.blog/2020/05/30/leaving-idaho-back-to-yellowstone/
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Really nice post, thanks for sharing it here.
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Thank you for reading it. 🙂
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😊
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Great shot – it really tells a story. I’m glad you mentioned that the encounter ended well for both elk and car 😀
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Yeah, didn’t really want to leave people guessing.
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