Big Horn Sheep and Green Background

Nikon D1h, 300mm f/2.8 AF-S, Tc-20e, Incident Metering, ISO 400, 1/100sec, f/8, Gitzo 410, Kirk BH-1, Wimberly Sidekick

One of the most important least discussed element of a wildlife photo is the background. Have a crappy, uninteresting, blown out background, find a poor image no matter how good the subject looks. In this case. I shot this ram from slightly above with green pool/lake in the background. The lake was rendered totally out of focus by using a narrow DOF. So, when you're about to shoot any image, checkout what's in teh background to see if there's anything distracting.