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Gallery: WildlifePosted March 21, 2010451 views14 comments

This young bull (Cervus elaphus) came out after 3 hours waiting. The light and the surround were beautiful.

50D 70-200/2,8L 200mm
ISO 200, f/5,6, 1/160, tripod

Every C&C welcome.
Thanks

István Pénzes
Gyõr, Hungary
padre60light@gmail.com

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on March 21, 2010 at 9:36 AM

I like the light of this shot, Istvan. Exciting image!
Mauro

Registered on January 21, 2010, 650 Posts, 2500 Comments

Comment posted by Scott Day on March 21, 2010 at 10:36 AM

Beautiful. The side lighting makes for a dramatic photograph.

Registered on August 5, 2008, 25 Posts, 173 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on March 21, 2010 at 10:50 AM

Hi Istvan. I really like the way the remaining beautiful orange leaves frame the deer. The large tree on the left also helps in the composition. Excellent exposure, retains the dark mystery of the forest. Interesting for me to see the homeland of my ancestors.

Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on March 21, 2010 at 11:57 AM

Excellent composition. I like how the side lighting creates a canopy of colorful leaves over the dark background and the bull is side-illuminated within the dark hole under that arch. The bit of snow does a nice job of cleaning up the foreground detail and adds some sense of forest floor that wouldn't be there otherwise. In the large edition the detail looks is nice and crisp. Thanks for posting this one!

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

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on March 21, 2010 at 2:02 PM

I love this Istvan!

That arch of backlit orange leaves is just too good to be true and you used it very well in your composition. I have only one very small nit and that is the tightness at the bottom. Great work and well worth the wait!

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

Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on March 21, 2010 at 4:30 PM

Beautiful. Good choice to use the leaves to frame the deer. Great composition. Great shot.

Registered on January 29, 2010, 285 Posts, 4281 Comments

Comment posted by Monica Siri on March 21, 2010 at 5:47 PM

Istvan,
great shot! I really like the light, the atmosphere and the inclusion of habitat too.

Registered on September 20, 2009, 132 Posts, 3764 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Bunch on March 21, 2010 at 7:06 PM

Very nice light and good detail in the shadows. Very good capture.

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

Comment posted by JACK NEAL on March 21, 2010 at 11:59 PM

Love the composition and the colors! Good job!

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

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on March 22, 2010 at 9:45 AM

A great setting n beautiful frame, very well executed ! I agree with Vincent and find it tight at the bottom.
Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on March 22, 2010 at 9:58 AM

Hi István,

Put me in the camp of those who like this image very much. Very nice use of side-lighting and I find the natural orange "frame" of leaves very visually appealing. The darkness of the "hole" behind the bull adds to the mysteriousness of the image. Very well done - from image capture through to post processing. Excellent!

Thanks for sharing this memorable shot!

Brad

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

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on March 30, 2010 at 1:27 PM

Absolutely gorgeous light to catch the leaves framing this animal. Nice going. Congrats on the EP.

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Andrius Pašukonis on March 30, 2010 at 7:44 PM

such an elegant picture! Partly because this bull looks so skinny