End of the Day

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 1, 2013147 views4 comments

Hi all! Well, it's been way too long since I've been active on NPN, but my family and I have certainly been dropping by often and admiring all of your great images. As my daughter mentioned, we took an incredible 5wk+ road trip this spring that rolled into a crazy summer...the summer culminated in us finding a wonderful little acreage to call home which of course meant a wild run at getting our home sold and us getting ready to move.

I decided my first image "back" should be this peaceful scene photographed just down the road from the new Launstein home. I know photographing wild animals that have been impacted by human activity like this isn't what all of us here might find most appealing, but I hope you'll indulge me all the same.

I do have several frames with this young buck striking a pose, but this one felt the most natural, and I thought worked better with the soft light at dusk.

If you have time, I sure like the 1200px version better!

Nikon D600
Nikkor AF-S 200-400mm f/4G VR IF-ED @ 280mm
ISO 1600
1/250sec @ f/5
-0.7EV
On beanbag from truck window

Processing Notes:
Converted from RAW using Phase One Capture One Pro 7
Minor adjustments to tone and contrast in Nik Viveza 2 and Color Efex Pro 4 in PS5
Light NR with Nik Dfine 2.0
Cropped to app. 95% of original

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on October 1, 2013 at 8:58 AM

Strong composition with some interesting diagonals and elements for the eye to rest. But the main focus is on the deer as it should be. I particularly like the way the lower third of the frame is in focus and then the rest recedes in layers of progressively more oof planes. I think I want to be your neighbour.

Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Nichols on October 2, 2013 at 5:06 PM

Beautiful photo of your new neighborhood John. Very nice composition and great choice of DOF.

Registered on November 7, 2007, 161 Posts, 1420 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Bunch on October 4, 2013 at 11:41 AM

Very nice animalscape. Personally, I probably would have picked a shot when he had his head up, but head up or down a sweet shot. I also might have taken a sliver off the top and added a sliver at the bottom. It sucks that you live there and I don't.

Registered on May 18, 2004, 124 Posts, 2503 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on October 6, 2013 at 12:25 PM

Nice pastoral feeling, John. I don't find the agricultural setting to be a detriment at all.

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