New Arrival

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 28, 2013104 views4 comments

I found this black-tail buck on today's trip to the nature area. A new buck to me based on his antlers. He was kind of wet in places so I think he swam across the river to check out the does over here. He gave me a nice pose and I had several images to choose from. My wife thought this was better than my other choice so I went with this. No complaints about the pose and a nice BG to show off his antlers. I didn't have to do too much to get this ready. Mostly adding or subtracting small amounts with the sliders. My goal today was to get sharper images so I went without the teleconverter figuring that with the rut I would be able to still get reasonable distances for shooting. Your comments and critiques are welcome and appreciated.

Tech Info

Canon EOS 60D with EF 70-200mm f/4L at 131mm
1/500th at f/4.0 and ISO 1600
tripod

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on November 28, 2013 at 8:55 AM

Well made, with good detail and a regal pose. The BG really sets off his rack nicely.

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on November 28, 2013 at 1:21 PM

Excellent capture, Peter. The larger version really shows off this guys overall details. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on November 29, 2013 at 1:26 AM

Huge step up in terms of sharpness and general image quality from some of your previous images Peter, presumably as a result of loosing the teleconverter ! Like the "stacked" pose he gave you, couldn't be nicer.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on November 29, 2013 at 1:18 PM

Nice image Peter. One of my favorites of your blacktail series. The pose is really exceptional and the antlers show up well against the dark background. Dave

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