Thanks, I'm learning.

After reading postings for a couple of weeks, I've decided to join the friendly fray. It seems so fine spirited, knowledgeable and encouraging to a learning amateur such as I am. It is quite evident I can learn so much from the writings and photos posted here. As a retired middle school teacher, I have gotten more serious about my photography and this forum is certainly rewarding my rekindled passion. Thanks to all of you. I recently returned from a far eastern Kentucky elk tour and spied this fellow in a draw beneath a steep, steep ridge. Atop the ridge sits the multi-towered Sandy Creek Federal Penitentiary. While the elk below roamed free, the human dwellers atop the ridge, not so much. I was using my Canon T2i with a Tamron 18-270mm zoom lens. I was fortunate that the pine-treed foreground behaved and the background elk remained in focus. I'm not too confident in shooting through dense foreground to a distant object. Thanks for your time in reading this.

Martin County, Kentucky. Feb. 18, 2017