Sika Hinds

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 21, 201260 views4 comments

Grabbed this shot a couple weeks ago while I revisited the nature preserve here in Seoul known as Seoul Forest for only the second time (now that the weather is warming up...a little). Being that the deer weren't very active, and paying a lot of attention to me, I took it as opportunity to do portrait shots.

In this particular shot, I am relatively close. If you look closely in the deer's eyes you can see the observation bridge that I shot the photo from. Alas, there is a bit of shadow over her right ear, eye, and cheek (where's a reflector when I need one - haha), but I am happy with the sharpness her eyes and nose, and the glimmer of light on her nose.

Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Sigma DG 120-400mm 1:4.5-5.6 APO OS HSM
Focal Length: 352mm
f8.0
Shutter 1/500
ISO 400
Monopod

Cropped about 10%

Comments and constructive criticism is greatly appreciated.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Gary Reed on February 21, 2012 at 10:33 AM

Mark, great sharpness, but the deer colour is too close to that of the background. It just melts into the photo. No real pop. The background is pretty busy as well. Maybe f5.6 would have helped that. As well you mentioned the shadowed right side. yep, that is a detractor as well.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on February 21, 2012 at 9:51 PM

Hi Mark, I like your shot of this hind. Have you tried a more vertical composition? Might work as a tight portrait. I do feel the image is over sharpened. Also, wondering about the shadow on the right cheek, are you sure it is a shadow? To me it looks almost like winter hair that has not shed, or wet hair. thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Jess Lee on February 22, 2012 at 10:57 AM

Nice tight image. On my screen it does look a bit over sharpened.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on February 22, 2012 at 11:52 PM

I feel this is probably exposed quite well for the lighting conditions and it has the makings of a good portrait with great eye contact. However, the sharpening feels way overdone...notice the "crispy: looking details of the hair. Perhaps you could reprocess it with zero sharpening applied to the background (which will make it less edgy) and a more nominal amount of sharpening selectively on just the deer. Thanks for sharing, and let us know the test results!

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