Memorial

Gallery: WildlifePosted January 4, 2011271 views6 comments

I looked out my back door one morning last fall and saw this scene. I've watched this buck for the last two years. He hasn't been around for several weeks, and the local rumor is that he was taken by a hunter. The last time I saw him he had been injured and was limping. He was a great "neighbor" and will be missed.

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6 comments

Comment posted by mark cillo on January 5, 2011 at 1:40 AM

Very cool scene! It seems to me that this image might be a but over saturated

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on January 5, 2011 at 4:42 AM

A beauty of a buck in wonderful scene, sweet photo Russ!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Oscar Benavides on January 5, 2011 at 6:03 AM

You are lucky to see this by your house but very nice in order that it lasts. When a wild animal accustom to humans the result is almost always the same, it dies.
I think the same as Mark, a bit over saturated.

Registered on January 2, 2011, 12 Posts, 141 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on January 5, 2011 at 10:06 AM

Hi Russ,

Very nice scene. I suppose one can take solace in the fact that if a hunter didn't pick this fine specimen off, a predator likely would have (given your comment that it was injured and limping).

I see a bit of a compositional challenge here - I quite like how the tree provides a natural frame on the left side of the image, but would like to see more room on the right side of the image (and producing that room would likely take much or all of that tree on the left - all assuming you have more room around what we're looking at to re-crop). Always compromises...

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on January 5, 2011 at 11:44 PM

It is a little on the warm side, but with some toning down I think it will qualify as genuinely pretty! Nice capture. Great specimen! I hope he somehow made it an extra season.

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on January 9, 2011 at 11:07 AM

Great looking buck! Great color and light! Agree about toning down the saturation just a little.

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