Bog Boy

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 16, 2013127 views5 comments

This is an image of a large buck that lives in the Fort Worth Nature Reserve. I have posted other images of this buck. He hangs out in thick brush, so it is difficult to get a clear shot of him. This was from last year. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D
Canon 100-400mm @ 375mm
f5.6
1/80 s
ISO 250

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on July 16, 2013 at 6:53 PM

Wow, Jerry what a nice buck. I like the thick brush, its color is perfect and tells us the kind of habitat he reins in. It is a bit unfortunate that a very oof branch seems to cutting across the eye. If you have more room at the bottom would add a bit there, just feels like a bit more of the bucks chest should be there (my opinion only of course). Nice deer photo!!!

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Comment posted by Brad Clinch on July 17, 2013 at 4:50 PM

Nice strong colors, and what a rack! Tricky environment to shoot in with all the branches. Would like to see a portrait orientation to get more of the body as Gary suggests as the body has some great coloring to it.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 19, 2013 at 9:54 AM

Understand how hard it can be to get some of these big bucks out in the open Jerry. It is a busy BG, but I;m okay with it here. My only real nit is the blurred twig going across the eye. To me, that is the part which is more distracting then the branches.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on July 19, 2013 at 11:00 AM

The heavy lines of some of the brush behind him compete with the antlers...but what a buck! I would experiment with brightening just the deer to lift him a little more from the background.

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Comment posted by Gary Lawrence on July 24, 2013 at 8:18 PM

Nice rack but it seems to get lost in the busy background. You are lucky to have him as a visitor.

Registered on July 5, 2013, 4 Posts, 7 Comments