Gallery: WildlifePosted March 3, 201063 views5 comments
This photo was taken last Dec. 12
Canon 5D With 100/400 lens
any comments welcomed
R. Melvin Park
Plumas, Man
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5 comments
Comment posted by Dan Moore on March 3, 2010 at 7:04 PM
Good pose for DOF. The light seems a little harsh to me but I would be very proud of it!
Dan
Registered on February 11, 2010, 143 Posts, 1248 Comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on March 3, 2010 at 8:14 PM
Nice pose and composition. IMHO it is a bit light and could use alittle darkening. Thanks for sharing.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments
Comment posted by Robert Bunch on March 3, 2010 at 9:38 PM
Two beauties. The angle of the light and the position of the deer worked against you a bit here what with one deers shadow falling so heavily on the other. Not much you could do about it outside of changing your position and I don't know if that was an option. Also the BG shadow through the head and ears is a little bit awkward. A lower camera angle would have placed the BG shadow through the neck or shoulders or a higher camera angle would have given you a consistent grassy BG either of which IMO would have been better. Of course these options also depend on how cooperative the deer were and how much time you had to compose and shoot.
Registered on May 18, 2004, 124 Posts, 2503 Comments
Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on March 3, 2010 at 11:16 PM
I like the identical attentive poses here Melvin. You certainly drew their attention! I agree that the image is a bit on the bright side, but that is an easy fix. Though Robert has a point about the shadow on the right individual, I am not too bothered with it as the head is free of that shadow.
Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments
Comment posted by Brad Hill on March 4, 2010 at 9:03 AM
Hi Melvin,
I'm with Vincent in liking the "double stare" you're getting from these two deer. While the light is on the harsh side, I think the most significant difference you could make with the image now would be simply reducing the brightness somewhat (perhaps 1/2 to 2/3 of a stop). To me this brightness issue is more significant than the shadow issues (but I've noticed that shadows bother me less than many others). Robert has already made some good suggestions regarding some alternate strategies at the time of images capture, so I won't repeat what he said.
Cheers...thanks for sharing this...
Brad
Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments
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5 commentsDan
I'm with Vincent in liking the "double stare" you're getting from these two deer. While the light is on the harsh side, I think the most significant difference you could make with the image now would be simply reducing the brightness somewhat (perhaps 1/2 to 2/3 of a stop). To me this brightness issue is more significant than the shadow issues (but I've noticed that shadows bother me less than many others). Robert has already made some good suggestions regarding some alternate strategies at the time of images capture, so I won't repeat what he said.
Cheers...thanks for sharing this...
Brad