Foggy Morning Buck

Gallery: WildlifePosted January 31, 2012188 views5 comments

Another in what seems like an endless series of black-tailed deer in foggy condtions. Seems like it's the norm every time I go out. This was early today at the local nature area I freguent. Here we have one of the nicer bucks giving a look near the back edge of the field. Lots of vegetation around him and a few stray ones across his nose which I decided to leave in as they aren't that obvious or a distraction to me. This is about 75% of FF. My wife looked at it and essentially said too much negative space. Even though it's another darker image, I kind of like it. Yea or nay? Does the crop work? Comments and critiques appreciated.

Tech specs

Canon 60D with 70-200mm f/4L at 200mm
1/500thth at f/4.0 and ISO 800
tripod

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on February 2, 2012 at 7:32 AM

Peter, the crop works for me. I like the mood this image presents. For foggy conditions you have produced a photo with good detail. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on February 2, 2012 at 10:26 AM

I like the overall effect of the fogginess, yet I think the camera focus is on the very near foreground rather than the buck. I would side with you in judging this does not have too much negative space.

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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on February 2, 2012 at 6:17 PM

The fog, and even the foreground and background vegetation, for me, make this picture. The buck is veiled in it all, and the image provides a lot of mystery.

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on February 2, 2012 at 7:39 PM

Thanks for the comments and critiques everyone. I seem to be on a streak with very dark images that look really bad in the thumbnails, so I'm glad that many have gotten by that to see what actually lurks in the image. Happy for the thumbs up on the cropping issue as well.

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on February 7, 2012 at 11:01 PM

WAY late commenting on this (offline for a couple of weeks) but these foggy images (this one and the "Phantom of the Oaks" caught my eye for their natural look that brings back memories of foggy mornings peering through the mist wondering if I was looking at branches or antlers. These spectacular-looking deer are more interesting to me this way than if they were set in a "post card" environment.

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