Seeking critique on wildlife from Zion NP and Bryce Canyon

[Tschnitker]

Registered here to post something for sale last month, figured I should try to lay some roots at the same time.

I just returned from a trip through Zion and Bryce Canyon National Park. What an experience!


I brought my 60d, 10-22, 28mm f1.8, 70-200 F4L and extension tubes.


Any critiques, tips, honest opinions or compliments are welcome.


More pictures with exif data is on my flickr, here Flickr: tschnitker's Photostream


#1. Spotted by a female bighorn sheep at Zion.

Bighorn Sheep in Zion by tschnitker, on Flickr


#2. Young Ram spots a group of female bighorns from Zion cliff.



Ram on ledge by tschnitker, on Flickr


#3. A Rock Squirrel poses for a shot at Zion.

Posing Squirrel by tschnitker, on Flickr


#4. A Rock Squirrel eating a root he just dug up. Zion

Squirrel eating by tschnitker, on Flickr


#5. Pronghorn Antelope in burned section of Bryce Canyon.

Mule Deer in Burned Forest by tschnitker, on Flickr


#6. Mule Deer with Fawn - Zion National Park

Female Mule Deer and Fawn by tschnitker, on Flickr

 

[dxqcanada]

Focus and exposure are pretty good.

I feel that #1 is too close crop.
Not too crazy about the background in #2. The rock ledge is a little distracting ... maybe this one needs a crop.
#4 ... that blade of grass on the left is bugging me.
#5 & 6 are great captures but the rest of the scene brings them down ... though when taking wildlife shots you sometimes do not have a choice.

 

[CouncilmanDoug]

3 and 5 are really good, the other ones are good too. But those are my favorite