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11-OCT-2008

Tongue, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 2008

This would have been just another descriptive image of a grazing moose, if not for the long tongue coming out of its mouth. The tongue is the detail that gives this image its message: a moose having a good breakfast.

Leica V-Lux 1
1/250s f/4.5 at 52.2mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time11-Oct-2008 08:54:09
MakeLeica
ModelV-LUX 1
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length52.2 mm
Exposure Time1/250 sec
Aperturef/4.5
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias-0.33
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programprogram (2)
Focus Distance

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Phil Douglis19-Oct-2008 19:38
You are right, Carol -- the life of a moose is no joke. This is not a zoo -- these animals are on their own, and survival is the name of the game they play. I thought the tongue offered us a change of pace, even if it is anthropomorphic.
Carol E Sandgren19-Oct-2008 19:09
What fun! I see the tongue wagging as a gesture of joking. So refreshing! (but I guess we all know that there is no joking in a moose's life.)
Phil Douglis18-Oct-2008 23:02
Thanks, Tim -- once again, it was burst shooting that did the trick. I took a number of frames, and the tongue happened to be out in one of them. It is the detail that makes the image work.
Tim May18-Oct-2008 21:46
What a wonderful detail.
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