Up Periscope

Gallery: WildlifePosted January 26, 2012107 views2 comments

While not the best compositionally, I was struck by how well deer can conceal themselves in what seems like right in the open. This reminded me of coming up from hiding to check on things in this sea of weeds. I cropped this to maybe 80% of the original to help emphasize the monotypic habitat here. Cloned out a couple of very distracting twigs across her face and sharpened for the web.

Tech Specs

Canon 60D with 70-200mm f/4 at 200mm
1/400th at f/5.6 and ISO 800
tripod

Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.

Comments

2 comments

Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on January 27, 2012 at 11:11 AM

I think it would improve a lot compositionally if you cropped some of the oof grass off of the bottom of the frame. I like the texture of the seed heads around her & the mood created by seeing just her head.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on January 28, 2012 at 8:23 AM

Hi Peter,

They are good at hiding in plain sight - don't know how many times I've stumbled upon deer that were "just there" and not hiding. This is a different sort of shot, and while I see where you were going with it, for me the flat lighting hampers this image significantly (which obviously you could do nothing about). But good to see you looking at things creatively and differently...

Cheers...thanks for sharing this.

Brad

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