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Elks Gathering their Harems at Banff Springs Golf Course

Scott Stoness
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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Elks Gathering their Harems at Banff Springs Golf Course

It is Elk rut season. In Banff the elk hang out at Banff Springs Golf Course.

[And so do the bears

]

Here are a collection of my favourites of the afternoon including:
- Harem building
- Bugling
- Practice fighting
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1-4 of 10

Comments and feedback are appreciated.

Scott

Canon EOS R8 EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM EXT lens 490mm f/8.0 1/1250s 5000 ISO -0.3 EV

Canon EOS R8 EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM EXT lens 480mm f/8.0 1/1250s 5000 ISO -0.3 EV

Canon EOS R8 EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM EXT lens 442mm f/11.0 1/1000s 10000 ISO 0.0 EV

Canon EOS R8 EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM EXT lens 406mm f/11.0 1/640s 25600 ISO 0.0 EV

Oct 01, 2023 at 08:56 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Elks Gathering their Harems at Banff Springs Golf Course

5-8 of 10

5 Bugling and peeing and pawing and !!!

Canon EOS R8 EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM EXT lens 560mm f/11.0 1/1250s 12800 ISO 0.0 EV

Canon EOS R8 EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM EXT lens 560mm f/5.6 1/1250s 2500 ISO -0.3 EV

Canon EOS R8 EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM EXT lens 490mm f/8.0 1/1250s 3200 ISO -0.3 EV

Canon EOS R8 EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM EXT lens 480mm f/8.0 1/1000s 25600 ISO -0.3 EV

Edited on Oct 01, 2023 at 09:22 PM · View previous versions

Oct 01, 2023 at 08:57 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Elks Gathering their Harems at Banff Springs Golf Course

9-10 of 10

The bears

9 Bear 1 Collared and Tagged

Canon EOS R8 EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM EXT lens 560mm f/9.0 1/1250s 20000 ISO 0.0 EV

10 Bear 2 Smaller

Canon EOS R8 EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM EXT lens 560mm f/11.0 1/1000s 25600 ISO 0.0 EV

Edited on Oct 02, 2023 at 07:03 AM · View previous versions

Oct 01, 2023 at 08:59 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Elks Gathering their Harems at Banff Springs Golf Course

Great looking set Scott. 6, 8 and 9 are my picks

Morris

Oct 02, 2023 at 07:01 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Elks Gathering their Harems at Banff Springs Golf Course

Didn't see any bears when we played that course many years ago but sure did have the elk. They were all over downtown also.

Sue

Oct 02, 2023 at 04:49 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Elks Gathering their Harems at Banff Springs Golf Course

Nice shots, Scott. The elk rut is always great for interesting shots. The bear is a bonus.

Gord

Oct 02, 2023 at 05:25 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Elks Gathering their Harems at Banff Springs Golf Course

What a great set of images, super bear shots but those elk images are top notch.

Oct 02, 2023 at 05:30 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Elks Gathering their Harems at Banff Springs Golf Course

Morris: Glad you like 6, 8 and 9. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott

soupy: This is the season for Elk. And apparently black bears at the golf course. Thanks for the comment. Scott

gcooke0522: Glad you like the shots. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott

louie champan: Glad you like the elk images. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott

Oct 02, 2023 at 10:48 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Elks Gathering their Harems at Banff Springs Golf Course

Nice stuff Scott...
I really like the pair of bulls sizing each other up and your final bear shot... it's a little strange to see the bears on such a groomed habitat, but the weather and trees in the background balance this out in some way.
cheers,
bruce

Oct 03, 2023 at 06:36 AM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Elks Gathering their Harems at Banff Springs Golf Course

OwlsEyes wrote:
Nice stuff Scott...
I really like the pair of bulls sizing each other up and your final bear shot... it's a little strange to see the bears on such a groomed habitat, but the weather and trees in the background balance this out in some way.
cheers,
bruce

It is strange to have bears on a golf course. I would not normally post them. I avoided the grass mostly for the elk. But the bears capture the ambience of a great evening with bears and elk.

Glad you like the size up. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott

Oct 03, 2023 at 11:29 AM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Elks Gathering their Harems at Banff Springs Golf Course

Great series Scott.

Oct 04, 2023 at 06:31 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Elks Gathering their Harems at Banff Springs Golf Course

Nice series. That being said, in number one, the elks in the back appear slightly out of focus. They're not so out of focus that attention is drawn to the first two, but blurry enough to be distracting. It's a fun picture but I think it would have been much better had you found a way to really blur the two in the back.
I love the two elks facing off - classic.
Steve

Oct 04, 2023 at 06:43 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Elks Gathering their Harems at Banff Springs Golf Course

Wow!

Oct 04, 2023 at 06:48 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Elks Gathering their Harems at Banff Springs Golf Course

Ted ellis: Glad you like the series. It was a fun outing. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott

Blueridger: You are right either more dof blur or none would be better.The elks in the back are slightly out of focus because of long lens and wider open aperture (smaller dof). The light was fading and I was choosing between high iso vs motion blur vs the effect you see. I should have gone higher on stop for this picture. I have not yet got used to the super high iso capability of my camera combined with noise reduction. Glad you like the elks facing off and the series. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott

beji: Glad you like the elk. It is a great time of year. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott

Oct 05, 2023 at 09:41 AM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Elks Gathering their Harems at Banff Springs Golf Course

Real nice set Scott, nice to see the Elk and the bear. I took a short side trip a couple of weeks ago and drove around the ring road of the golf course hoping to see the Elk or bear but no luck it was a grey rainy day.

Dave

Oct 15, 2023 at 02:11 PM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Elks Gathering their Harems at Banff Springs Golf Course

Nice work on these. That is a healthy looking bear.

Oct 15, 2023 at 03:19 PM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Elks Gathering their Harems at Banff Springs Golf Course

Wonderful series Scott !!

Oct 16, 2023 at 05:39 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Elks Gathering their Harems at Banff Springs Golf Course

golfing elk !

Oct 21, 2023 at 07:20 AM


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