Photo Of The Day By Charlotte Couchman

By Staff

Updated April 22, 2020

Photo By Charlotte Couchman

Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Elk Cow in RMNP” by Charlotte Couchman. Location: Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

Couchman describes the image as an “elk cow chewing grass, backlit by the afternoon sun.”

Olympus 75-300mm lens. Exposure: 1/640 sec., f/4.8, ISO 200.

Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them.

Originally Published April 21, 2020

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