Fresh Scent

I like the shot, but think it would be better IMHO if you were just a bit higher (if possible) when you took the photo. Or maybe even a bit to the left so there was more of the deers' head showing and not quite so much rump. Thank you for sharing.

200mm...you must have been pretty close..nice shot..

I actually saw a group of mule deer at the zoo the other day--they were wild deer, but were roaming around the zoo...
I agree with John--flowers on the deers butt is just a little disconcerting, but i like the pretty fg and the nice headturn on the deer.

I love the flowers in this deers environment. This is one instance where a lower perspective didn't work so well. I wish the deer had turned a bit so you could see it better but wildlife often doesn't cooperate. That said this is still a very pleasant image to look at.

Thank you too Darren for being part of NPN!

I quite like this image and it has some very good 'ingredients'; of course the deer with a great look-back pose and catchlight in the eye, the lovely flowers and the distant BG that adds a great sense of depth and habitat. However, I do agree that it could have been even better. I do not feel that the low angle is at fault at all! I think John is right about seeing the deer a bit more from the left to get a clearer view of the head and a bit of the flank to seperate it from its rear end. I realize that moving to the left probably was entirely beyond your control of course. Further I think placing the deer a bit more to the right as well as including a bit more of the BG (zoom out) would have made this even stronger. Hope that makes sense.

Hi Darren,

Your final comment was very generous and I assume appreciated by many folks! Back at ya'!

As others have said, there's a lot of strong elements in this image, but I think it's not quite as effective as it could be. I think my biggest single nit is this: separation of the subject from the surroundings (i.e.,there isn't enough of it). To me the area where this has greatest effect (in this image) is in the head region - between the dark tones on the head, and those dark background trees, there just isn't quite enough visual separation to grab one's attention. If this problem had been solved, and that head popped out more, then I think the image would have been considerably stronger.

Cheers...thanks very much for sharing this...

Brad

Love the beautiful surroundings of this.I like your angle and my only nit is the white spot near the deers nose.