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Gallery: WildlifePosted February 6, 2010201 views10 comments

I shot this yesterday afternoon. This buck gave me many good shots, but I thought that this one was special. Special what I am not sure of. This was the first day with no rain in four days so I was glad to be out!

Hope that you enjoy my picture and please comment. That is the way I learn.

50D
F8
ISO 200
FL 400
30% CROP

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by István Molnár on February 6, 2010 at 1:56 AM

Moment caught well!
Congrats:István
Hungary

Registered on January 7, 2010, 114 Posts, 704 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on February 6, 2010 at 9:30 AM

Hi Jack,

Yep, no doubt that buck sees you! While I'm not normally a fan of dead-centre compositions, I think the head-on stare here justifies the centred positioning of the buck. Two suggestions of things you could have done a little differently here that may have helped strengthen this image. First, I think the positioning and lines of the subject suggest a vertical composition as opposed to a horizontal one. The current orientation produces excess "wasted" space on either side of the image that contributes very little to the image. Second, in this case you didn't need a lot of depth of field, so I think opening up the aperture more (possibly even wide open) would have helped throw that background out of focus more and isolated the subject better (making it stand out more).

Otherwise, techs look good here (exposure pretty much dead-on, etc.).

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on February 6, 2010 at 12:58 PM

Hi Jack, that sure is a special or let me say interesting pose and sure beter than seeing only its backside! Regarding the composition I echoe Brad's comments here. You say this is a 30% crop, do you mean that this image is 30% of the original file or 70% of the original file? I presume the latter as 30% would not leave many pixels to make a decent print with.

Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on February 6, 2010 at 1:40 PM

I like the pose here and agree that shooting with a wider aperture would improve this image.

Registered on May 28, 2004, 114 Posts, 2890 Comments

Comment posted by JACK NEAL on February 6, 2010 at 1:44 PM

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. I am posting a verticle crop, and you are right. The verticle crop centers your attention on the deer. Much more powerful. The original picture had 70% of the original shot in it. I cropped a little from around the total picture. Thanks!!!

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

Comment posted by John Tobias on February 6, 2010 at 3:44 PM

The repost is much better. Good exposure.

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

Comment posted by Robert Bunch on February 6, 2010 at 4:20 PM

I like the vertical crop better as well. Pretty nice rack on this guy.

Registered on May 18, 2004, 124 Posts, 2503 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on February 7, 2010 at 3:54 PM

A nice looking buck Jack. Almost looks like it is time for you to move! I like the vert crop too.

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by Luca Mussato on February 8, 2010 at 8:42 AM

Hi Jack, did you consider a vertical cut? IMO it could have given more strength to an al ready very good shot.

Registered on November 14, 2006, 118 Posts, 855 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on February 11, 2010 at 2:06 PM

Agree with the crop... Good buck and good exposure.

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