Père David's Deer

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 12, 2011182 views8 comments

Elaphurus davidianus.

Very strange looking beasts. Taken in Margam country park today, just before my camera shutter failed.

Canon 7D, EF 300mm f/4L & 1.4x TC, monopod and ballhead. Aperture priority mode, f6.3, 1/400sec, ISO400, -1/3 exposure compensation. Imported with Adobe camera RAW, processed in CS5: shadow/highlight, curves, contrast and sharpness. Noise reduction with Nik Dfine, fullframe.

C's & c's very welcome as always!

Thanks.

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Jaymes Dempsey on November 12, 2011 at 7:35 PM

I really like the nice foreground wash...and the color behind the antlers is lovely! Great capture and pose!

Registered on June 28, 2010, 47 Posts, 590 Comments

Comment posted by David Sewell on November 13, 2011 at 6:57 AM

The foreground mush works nicely. Shame about the camera shutter, hope you can get it sorted quickly.

David

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Comment posted by Matt Cole on November 13, 2011 at 7:40 AM

I've never seen one of these in the flesh, they are strange looking aren't they? The composition works well with good eye contact.

Matt

Registered on February 18, 2008, 17 Posts, 267 Comments

Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on November 13, 2011 at 8:03 AM

Excellent portrait of this wonderful species- Great DOF control, detail and composition- Very well done, Fabio

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Comment posted by Guy Rogers on November 13, 2011 at 12:09 PM

Hello Paul.

Yep that a strange looking deer but you have captured it quite nicely.

Only comment would have been to have had the deer slightly more to the left and alittle more room on the right.

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Comment posted by Ian Mason on November 13, 2011 at 4:45 PM

A cracking image! Funny how opinions differ though - I would take a little off the right and bottom and maybe add a little on top.

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Comment posted by Paul Whippey on November 14, 2011 at 5:45 PM

Thanks everyone. It was difficult to get the comp right with this animal. They like to keep close together, so I had to make a compromise. Thanks for all the positive comments.

Registered on September 16, 2011, 16 Posts, 69 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on November 27, 2011 at 7:05 AM

Nice photo, but shouldn't this be in Wildlife?

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