Ridgetop View

Gallery: WildlifePosted December 1, 2013131 views8 comments

I captured image of a mule deer buck this fall at the National Bison Range. He was moving across a ridge top and I was pleased to capture some nice morning sky behind him.

Comments, critique and suggestions always welcome.

Happy Shooting
Jack

Tech stuff: Canon5D III, Canon EF500mm/f4L IS, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec, ISO-800, tripod. Cropped 30% from left and top. Processed with Lightroom.

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on December 1, 2013 at 10:46 PM

Handsome Muley Buck. Composition, light capture and BG all plusses. Congrats.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on December 1, 2013 at 11:27 PM

Nice big buck Jack. Great handling of the light and nice cropping to get the right composition.

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on December 2, 2013 at 12:18 AM

Nice capture, Jack. The cropping made a nice composition. Good detail even with the crop. Nice rack on this guy. Where are all the babes? Interesting color palette as basically 2 colors with numerous variations in tone and saturation. FG and BG set off the buck nicely.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on December 2, 2013 at 1:21 AM

The buck looks very beautiful against that stunning sky, the variations of blue and mauve really adds to the photo.

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on December 2, 2013 at 8:33 AM

Simple but excellent. You have captured the Deer from excellent low angle viewpoint in very good light. The contrast against blue sky is perfect. Well done Jack.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on December 2, 2013 at 10:46 AM

Jack,
Great POV for this one

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on December 2, 2013 at 5:00 PM

Great sky and handsome subject, well handled. Nice work.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on December 4, 2013 at 2:41 PM

Jack, An exceptional mule deer image. Like the comp, but especially like the buck posed against the dark clouds, Dave

Registered on October 30, 2013, 417 Posts, 1255 Comments