Early morning bull elk

[MontanaDave]

A couple early morning bull elk photos from 9-Sept-2025.
The light was low, so I had to slow my shutter speed down to 1/100 second, ISO6400.
I usually have about a half hour before sunrise before the elk move into the thick brush.
So I try to locate their bugle in the predawn darkness, then move into position and hope to get lucky.
Denoised and edited using ON1 Photo Raw 2025.

 

[Jeff1561 61]

A fine looking creature, good shots ...