Mule Deer Buck

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 20, 2012133 views3 comments

This is another photo I took near Lewiston, Idaho. Drove out to the edge of town looking for an American Kestrel, that I had seen in the area. Coming back in, I spotted two nice mule bucks near the road. Was a lot of tall weeds and brush, and I could not get a clean shot of the whole body.
Is the back ground ok? Should I remove the power lines? There was just no way to get them out of the photo while shooting.
Any and all C&C is really appreciated!

Nikon D300
Nikon 80-400mm lens @ 360mm
F10
ISO 400
1/800's
HH
Some cropping, mostly on the bottom to remove blurred weeds.
Shot in raw, processed in elements 8.

Ron Huff
Culdesac, Idaho

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Gary Reed on February 20, 2012 at 9:48 AM

Ron, Remove the power lines for sure. The easiest way is a scratch remover tool. Just drag it over the power line and voila....Really nice light on the buck's face.

Registered on September 19, 2009, 198 Posts, 1074 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on February 21, 2012 at 12:42 AM

I really like how his head and those impressive antlers are set off by the dark background. The weeds in front of the rest of his body are a little unfortunate and the wires in the upper left are distracting to my eye. I think it would work best cropped to include the right half of the frame.

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on February 21, 2012 at 1:18 PM

Hi Ron, those powerlines already drew my attention in the thumbnail; they definitely do not help the image. It is of course up to you whether to clone these or not, but it will definitely improve the image as a whole. What I do really like about this image is how the wel lit head is nicely framed by those grasses and set against that dark BG. IMO choosing a longer lens (if that was an option at all) and going for a portrait would have been the way to go in this situation.

Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments