A Cow Elk photographed in the Phantom Lake Area along the Grand Loop Road in Yellowstone National Park. There were quite a few Cow Elk crossing the road that day in search of food.
Phantom Lake is located about 10 miles east of Mammoth Springs and it is a great spot to view wildlife. A large group of Elk Cows with their young were descending the mountainside South of the road and crossing Phantom Lake before going up the hill on the north side. I waited patiently as each Cow Elk crossed in front of me for one to look my way. This one finally did.
![Cow Elk](https://tkahler.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20180208-lamar-valley-208-edit.jpg)
This image was taken with my Canon EOS 7D Mark II using my Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 II Lens set on 400 mm. The camera was set on Aperture Priority mode with the aperture set at f/5.6, shutter speed at 1/1000th of a second and the ISO set at 800. I used a tripod for support. This is a single image processed in Lightroom and completed in Photoshop using Nik Color Efex Pro.
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Beautifully composed. I like the snow line and the grass that add to the composition. The post processing, as usual, is perfect.
Thanks Rick!