Red Deer

Gallery: WildlifePosted December 2, 2009107 views4 comments

Red Deer in Scotland on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula Western Scotland.

I had lying in the undergrowth for over an hour light was fading quickly and the stag came out of the woodland just in front of me and I got this shot

Canon 50D, Canon 300mm f2.8 lens, f2.8 !/350sec ISO 650

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by JACK NEAL on December 2, 2009 at 1:56 PM

Hi Ron,

Nice deer and I know that you worked hard on getting this shot! You might think about making it a vertical shot and taking off some of the foreground. Thanks for sharing.

Jack

Registered on September 26, 2009, 131 Posts, 554 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on December 2, 2009 at 10:06 PM

I, too, like how he stands out. I also agree that a vertical might be a nice improvement.

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on December 3, 2009 at 9:56 AM

Hi Ron,

Looks to me like you had a very high contrast situation to deal with here - and it also looks to me like you handled it well! The deer really stands out well. While I see the logic of going vertical as the others have suggested, given the size of the subject within the frame I'm not sure it would actually work in this case (i.e., it would require too much of a crop). Instead, I'd suggest experimenting with a crop off the bottom, starting with removing about 1/2 of the green out-of-focus vegetation (and thus pulling the buck's head off the vertical midpoint of the image.

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by Ron McCombe on December 4, 2009 at 1:50 PM

Many thanks for the comments guys

I'll take a look and see what I can come up with

Registered on November 16, 2009, 190 Posts, 207 Comments