Sac Valley Blacktails

Gallery: WildlifePosted December 6, 20171,111 views4 comments

I enjoyed watching this blacktail family - a doe and her yearlings, a male and a female - taken late last April. They were pretty tame so I had to zoom to the minum of 150mm to get them all in. I liked the light and that they were partially hidden behind the vegetation. D500, 150-600 @ 150, 1/400, F11, ISO 1600, HH. Comments and suggestions always appreciated.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on December 7, 2017 at 9:17 AM

I do like this image. It is a cute photo of the 3 deer hiding behind the bush. I also think this needs to be viewed large. TFS.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on December 8, 2017 at 8:22 PM

That's a cute lineup Jim, I would probably just take a small sliver off the top to make it uniform green there, well captured! devil

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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on December 9, 2017 at 1:17 PM

Thanks for the comments guys. I like your idea Nate!

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on December 10, 2017 at 7:45 PM

It is pretty tricky working with bright sunlight and dark shadow together. In this case your exposure of the deer looks spot on. On thing that might make a slightly stronger presentation would be to crop a portion of the dark foreground to make its relative size similar to the other horizontal bands of dark and light, which would emphasize that horizontal element as a compositional element.

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