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Roe Deer family
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Roe Deer family

by Ron McCombe

Gallery: WildlifePosted January 19, 201078 views4 comments
Roe deer on a clear fell area in the Lammermuir Hills in the Scottish Borders UK. The dear were feeding on the brash in the clear-fell area.

Canon 50D, canon 500mm f4 lens, F13, 1/160sec, ISO400, full frame

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on January 19, 2010 at 11:09 PM
Nice shot of the 3 deer. I like the way the vegetation sticking out of the snow adds a sense of winter habitat to the shot. It does look a bit soft, but IMHO does not take away from the scene.
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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on January 20, 2010 at 7:11 AM
nice deer image Ron, looks liek they difinitly noticed you, very nice alert pose!
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Comment posted by Brad Hill on January 20, 2010 at 9:11 AM
HI Ron,

There's no doubt those deer were wary and checking you out! I like the simplicity of the scene. I suppose it would be nice if there wasn't overlap between the two deer to the right, but if this were the case you might have had problems fitting it into your frame with a prime lens. If this is a crop and you have more room above to work with I think it might be worth experimenting with cropping a little off the bottom (and adding the equivalent amount above). This would lower the subjects in the frame, both getting them off the vertical midpoint and give them more of a feeling of being "grounded' (compositionally).

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad
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Comment posted by István Molnár on January 21, 2010 at 2:35 AM
Cool shot Ron.
István :toast:
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