The elk was lying down just off the berm of the road across from the Great Smoky Mountains Visitor Center near Cherokee, NC. I was in the passenger seat and asked my driver-companion to stop in the middle of the road so I could roll down the window, compose and take this image.

Photographer: Allan Carrano
Camera: Canon PowerShot SX150 IS
Lens: Canon 5.0mm - 60.0mmm Canon zoom lens
Settings: 1/25s, f5.6, 49.2mm, ISO 100