His Majesty

Gallery: WildlifePosted December 6, 2012190 views6 comments

Well, he seemed pretty regal to me. Out early at the nature preserve on a damp, drizzly day with really low light. Happened upon this buck after leaving another pair and noted him coming across the openning. I tried to figure out where he would end up and how to position myself. Well, I was wrong and he decided to come much closer to me than I expected and I was really pleased when he stopped at this rise and proceeded to check me out for what seemed like 5 minutes giving me time to fire off a number of shots. I liked this one best for the positioning of the antlers. I decided to make it into a vertical as I didn't think the extra habitat showed anything different from what we see here. What do you think? I had to really crank up the ISO as the light was terrible so the BG looks pretty bad and plus this is only about 50% crop. Comments and critiques welcomed and greatly appreciated.

Tech Info

Canon 60D with EF 70-200mm f/4L with 1.4 TC = 280mm
1/160th at f/5.6 and ISO 1600

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on December 6, 2012 at 5:42 PM

No problem with the crop or the image itself, except for the obvious noise in the BG.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on December 6, 2012 at 7:22 PM

Nice one Peter! Like the pose and the colors of this image. IMHO the noise adds to the drizzle look. Thanks for sharing.

Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments

Comment posted by Ezra Schultz on December 6, 2012 at 9:16 PM

Majestic and regal indeed.
Light, position, composition, etc. No problem!
I'd have probably cropped a little more off the bottom, but either way, it's suitable for framing....Izzy

Registered on July 31, 2004, 30 Posts, 114 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on December 7, 2012 at 4:14 AM

Nice looking black-tail buck Peter. Great alert pose in typical rainy winter weather which adds character to both you and the image.

Sweet Photo!

Ken Archer

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on December 7, 2012 at 11:45 PM

I would warm and brighten the buck just a touch...This is a fine capture, given the wonderful head-on pose, looking off camera. I think the digital noise is no big deal at these sizes, and if you print large it would be an easy tweak to apply some noise reduction to just the background.

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

Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on December 9, 2012 at 5:34 PM

Love this one, Peter! The comp is perfect. Despite all the noise in the background, it seems to still be sharp. Maybe a slight noise reduction would help? Aside from that you have a winner! Honestly my favourite deer image of yours!

Registered on February 8, 2011, 254 Posts, 1302 Comments