Moose Cow & Calf MOOSE MOMENT (Alces, Elan, Orignal) Baxter State Park, Maine Image Copyright ©Christopher Dodds www.chrisdoddsphoto.com All Rights Reserved. Canon EOS 1DsMKII, 500mm F4 and 2XII tele-converter ISO 500, F8 1/250s Manual mode. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE A PRINT or LICENSE IMAGE FOR PUBLICATION.

With all of the rain and cool weather we've be experiencing around Montreal this summer, I've been thinking about fall. Here's an intimate portrait of a Moose Cow and her yearling from Baxter State Park in Maine. While hanging out for the Giant Bull Moose, we often watch and photograph the females and their young eating the rich, lake bottom, pond weed. Working with a 500mm Lens and doubler to get tight was the key here. Notice the adult's ears are down, while the youngster's are alert, and up. I held off knowing that the image would not be as intimate if the adult had her ears up and looked alarmed. The yearling will stay with it's mother a full year until she gives birth to a calf in the spring.

Check-it out: Moose and Fall colors of Maine Sept. 28 - Oct. 2, 2009 A Christopher Dodds Workshop