Free Lunch

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 13, 201290 views6 comments

Who says there's no free lunch. This doe certainly was taking advantage of a big section of an oak tree which fell a few days ago. There is an interesting phenomenon whereby during very hot weather seemingly healthy branches fall off of trees. In this case the main part of this oak tree. As this time of the summer is a time of limited food due to the hot and dry weather, this limb with all of it's foliage was a real treat. The deer at the local preserve seem to be starting to change habits again and appear to be a bit more visible. Bucks I've seen have not started to shed their velvet yet. I liked this portrait of the doe as it had nice detail and the big brown eyes with a nice highlight were captivating for me. Comments and critiques welcomed.

Tech info

Canon 60D and EF 70-200mm f/4L with TC 1.4 @ 200 = 280mm
1/200th, f/5.6, and ISO 800
tripod

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on August 13, 2012 at 4:07 PM

Nice portrait. Very sharp and I like the way the deer is framed by the foliage.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on August 13, 2012 at 5:19 PM

The sharpness, color and details stand out very well in the larger image. Good story! Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on August 13, 2012 at 5:43 PM

Very nice detail where it counts and I like seeing those big eyes, way to go.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on August 13, 2012 at 9:05 PM

This has a good "feel" to it. My only question is in color tint, as on my monitor it appears to have a slight greenish cast. Depth of field works good for this busy setting. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on August 13, 2012 at 10:32 PM

Thanks for your input Lon. I'm attaching a photo that was the original I worked from. It had an auto WB. Although the veg. at this time of year is dried out and what greens are left tend to be more sage color than usual saturated greens, I thought a bit of warming might help. In looking at them side by side now, I think I went a bit too far and should have specified a K value in between the two. Thanks for pointing that out.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on August 14, 2012 at 9:05 AM

Thanks for sharing the process. After seeing the original WB I would agree with you that "somewhere in between" will be best.

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