Just Passing Through

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 15, 2012120 views4 comments

Out to the local nature area this morning to see what was going on as this was the last dry day for a spell. I was on the top of a small knoll watching a couple of does feeding and keeping an eye out for a buck who might be watching as well. After a bit, this buck stepped out of the wooded area but showed no interest in the does and just walked right across the field and into the woods on the other side. So much for the rut. Nevertheless he's a pretty handsome fellow and his rack is very impressive when viewed head on. This image, though, was the best of the series. Cropped about 15% to decentered the buck in the image. Nothing else except for sharpening for the web. The smaller version is suffering from compression so please look at the larger one as it is of better quality. Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.

Tech Info

Canon 60D with EF 70-200mm f/4L with 1.4 TC = 137mm
1/2500 @ f/5.6 and ISO 800
tripod

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on November 15, 2012 at 7:36 PM

Nice image Peter. I think you caught this guy just right as he was passing by. Good color and detail in his coat and head. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Russell Colletta on November 15, 2012 at 8:46 PM

Nice subject, and I like the way he's headed into the frame.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on November 17, 2012 at 9:04 PM

Nice light and I like the colors in your photo. The uplifted foreleg implies motion and adds some flare. The dark area at the top leads my eye up there perhaps a little more than it should. I have abandoned using a tripod when using my 70-200, hoping that VR will help my shaky hands. New bodies with better high iso ability helps too. Just my personal feelings.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on November 18, 2012 at 8:02 AM

Hi Peter,

My comments closely reflect those of Gary's, so I won't repeat them. One thing I've noticed in a few of your shots is the use of a teleconverter at focal ranges where it's not needed - such as here were you are "zoomed out" and even with the TC you're at a focal length of only 137mm (and the lens shot without the TC goes 63mm beyond this). TC's always reduce image quality somewhat, reduce your aperture choices, can negatively impact on the accuracy and speed of your AF system, and also reduce the quality of the bokeh in an image. So...my suggestion is that unless you absolutely need them, if I were you I'd avoid using them.

Cheers...thanks for sharing this one...

Brad

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