Red Deer Stag

by Graham Brown

Gallery: WildlifePosted January 3, 2010778 views23 comments

Taken in the Torridon area of Scotland.

Canon 40D, Canon 100-400, 1/1600th sec at f8 and iso400

Comments

23 comments

Comment posted by Danny Marchant on January 3, 2010 at 6:16 PM

You couldn't have done it better if you had posed him yourself!

Registered on October 12, 2009, 2 Posts, 8 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on January 3, 2010 at 6:37 PM

Lovely and well balanced!

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on January 3, 2010 at 9:16 PM

Love the shot Graham. Great comp.

Pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on January 3, 2010 at 9:23 PM

Graham, I absolutely love the comp on this! Great details and perfect choice for DOF to display the large snowy BG. I might try selectively lightening the shadows a tiny tiny bit....seems just a touch dark on my monitor.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Hali Sowle on January 3, 2010 at 10:11 PM

Great composition, what a fantastic pose.

Registered on January 9, 2008, 36 Posts, 582 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on January 3, 2010 at 11:08 PM

Great shot!

Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Simpson on January 3, 2010 at 11:22 PM

Wow, great shot Graham! Great composition and a good choice to shoot at f8 to keep that mountain recognizable.

Wayne

Registered on December 11, 2006, 303 Posts, 924 Comments

Comment posted by Guy Runco on January 4, 2010 at 2:44 AM

Great shot, excellent comp and DOF - a really regal looking stag as well!

Registered on September 9, 2008, 77 Posts, 705 Comments

Comment posted by Larry Reitz on January 4, 2010 at 9:25 AM

Terrific image. Looks like he is on top of the world.

Registered on September 7, 2007, 32 Posts, 335 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Goldstein on January 4, 2010 at 12:28 PM

Wow what a regal pose. Beautiful capture!

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on January 4, 2010 at 12:29 PM

Great job of mirroring the stag pose of classic art! The light and background are wonderful and I think you processed the shadow side of the face with just the right amount of brightness to show detail and retain natural appearance.

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

Comment posted by Sally King on January 4, 2010 at 1:47 PM

Majestic is the word that comes to mind when I look at this image. Love the stag and his surroundings. Nice details too.

Registered on December 2, 2008, 416 Posts, 4450 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on January 4, 2010 at 8:18 PM

Hi Graham,

The word "classic" is very hard to avoid when describing this image! It would be hard to dream up a stronger backdrop and I very much like the angled foreground. My only very minor nit is that I would prefer if that rock immediately below the stag didn't have the large white patch on it - but obviously there's nothing you could have done about that (and the rock is exposed well

).

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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

Comment posted by James Campbell on January 5, 2010 at 7:23 AM

Classic pose, comp and setting! Awesome stuff

Registered on January 12, 2009, 48 Posts, 377 Comments

Comment posted by Roger Hayden on January 5, 2010 at 2:06 PM

How did you train him to pose like that? What a great shot. Wouldn't change a thing.

Registered on November 21, 2009, 41 Posts, 201 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on January 5, 2010 at 4:43 PM

Classic indeed, what a shot, all the elements go together in this one, way to go.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Mason on January 5, 2010 at 4:58 PM

Yes, Graham, a classic and classy red deer image! Composition is perfect and the snow-clad mountains are superb.

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on January 6, 2010 at 11:48 PM

Like the majestic pose and the mountain in the background.

Registered on October 30, 2005, 405 Posts, 3693 Comments

Comment posted by Darren Colello on January 11, 2010 at 4:49 PM

Congrats, what a winner this one is. Well done!!!

Registered on July 27, 2009, 175 Posts, 1100 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Walters on January 11, 2010 at 9:10 PM

Congratulations on the pick! Very majestic image!

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Comment posted by Nick Saunders on January 15, 2010 at 11:27 AM

Congrats on the weekly pick Graham mate. This is a beauty !

Registered on February 6, 2008, 321 Posts, 3035 Comments

Comment posted by Colin Pickett on January 18, 2010 at 4:55 PM

Classic image very nice.

Registered on December 30, 2004, 23 Posts, 156 Comments

Comment posted by Angela Classen on January 19, 2010 at 10:53 AM

This has to be one of the most regal looking buck deer I've ever seen. Great details throughout, and perfect DOF. Congrats on the EP

Registered on June 13, 2007, 434 Posts, 2742 Comments