Everglades Buck

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 2, 2011631 views11 comments

Was out shooting fog and stopped at this location due to the layers. THEN I noticed the buck. Wish I had the 500 but only the 100-400 was with me so this is about a 15mp crop. Still, awesome to see because deer in the Everglades are so rare. A different story north in Big Cypress, but down here, the ecosystem just doesn't seem to support them.

5d2, 100-400@400
ISO: 320
Aperture: 10
Shutter: 1/500

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Derek Yow on May 2, 2011 at 12:52 PM

Love all the golden hues and layers in this Paul, as well as the dew covered webs throughout.
Wonderfully done!

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on May 2, 2011 at 1:58 PM

Beautiful shot- Great light, colour palette and composition on this one- A very pictorial image indeed, fabio

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Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on May 2, 2011 at 2:06 PM

Picture Perfect

Love those tall trees in the backdrop

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on May 3, 2011 at 6:50 AM

Small as the buck may be, the distance you had allowed you to create an even more compelling image by way of the wonderfully lit setting as well as the treetops in the background. Like this picture very much Paul, great job and thanks for sharing :^)

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on May 3, 2011 at 10:13 AM

Yep. You're right. We've got lots of whitetail in Big Cypress.
Nice one, Paul. I like the spiderwebs, also.

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on May 3, 2011 at 12:07 PM

Hi Paul,

Wow, I just love this one - works for me on a ton of levels. The fade from sharp and clear in the foreground to soft in the background is super, love the composition, love the colours, love the mid-ground, love the background - just outstanding! This is how to do an "animalscape" right!

The only thing I have an extremely small reservation about is the presence of the webs - they definitely pulled my eye away from the subject and just admiring the shot. I actually think this was only because I was trying to - for a few seconds - figure out what they were. If this shot was presented as a print it would be completely clear what the webs are and they'd turn to one more positive in this image, but for web presentation they may not be a totally positive element for everyone (tho' I DID notice several of those who commented like the webs).

But please take that as an EXTREMELY small reservation - overall I just love this shot!!

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on May 3, 2011 at 11:42 PM

This works well for me! Excellent work.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on May 4, 2011 at 1:22 PM

Awesome Paul! I really like this. excellent composition with the chosen placement of the deer and the BG tree line. 15MP is still ample to get a decent size print done of this.

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on May 5, 2011 at 10:01 AM

Neat composition. Very moody image. Love the almost monochrome nature of the image.

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Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on May 6, 2011 at 9:19 AM

Excellent shot Paul - I'm happy you didn't bring your 500.

Congrats on your EP.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on May 22, 2011 at 3:04 PM

lovely mood here Paul! congrats on weekly pick!

Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments