Fawn in Hiding

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 21, 201064 views6 comments

D700, Nikon 70-200 @200mm, f6.3

Was teaching my daughter how to drive while touring the Viera Wetlands, outside Melbourne, FL. Saw this fawn out of the corner of my eye and yelled "Stop!" After removing my forehead from the dashboard I jumped cleanly from the car and snapped this quick shot. I don't know if this fawn was in a state of shock over our driving or just thinking how stupid humans really are.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on November 22, 2010 at 9:29 AM

HI Glenn,

Nice soft lighting here and a very cute subject. A bit of a shame that those foreground grasses are so bright - if the sun wasn't striking them directly they'd distract less and blend in with the image far better. But not a thing you could have done about that!

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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Comment posted by Sally King on November 22, 2010 at 9:49 AM

Cute. Very cute. I agree the foreground grasses are a bit distracting. Can they be toned down a bit? That face is very engaging.

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Comment posted by Glenn Starr on November 22, 2010 at 10:09 AM

Thanks Brad and Sally. I'll probably play with this photo more in post to see what I can do to the foreground grass. One of those point and shoot shots and just wish I had more time to compose...Maybe like standing on my tip-toes.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on November 22, 2010 at 6:48 PM

Very nice image. I agree with the already posted comments.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on November 22, 2010 at 9:03 PM

The fawn is nice and clean. Indeed, some more experimenting in post would yield dividends. I think can apply just a smidge of brightening to just the fawn (not too much!) to pull her a little from the background. Glad your daughter got the fun of sharing this moment with you!

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Comment posted by Glenn Starr on November 23, 2010 at 5:48 AM

Thanks much for the advice. Did some more processing to darken the foreground grass as well as brighten the fawn. How does this work.

All feedback comments are welcome!

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