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Gallery: WildlifePosted December 16, 201372 views4 comments

Well, that's what this looked like to me. I was watching a parade of deer passing in front of me when this buck stopped and stepped over to this doe and this interaction took place. To me it certainly shows recognition between these 2. I've never seen a buck in the rut approach a doe in this manner. I'm guessing that this young buck may have been this does' fawn last year. It just seems sort of natural to acknowledge one another when passing. Anyway that's may thinking on this encounter. Mostly what I did to the photo was about a 50% crop to just focus on the 2 deer. The habitat isn't of interest, just the deer. Not much else except a bit of contrast adjustment, and small tweeks to other sliders. Comments and critiques appreciated.

Tech Info

Canon EOS 60D with EF 70-200mm f/4L at 200mm
1/80th at f/4 and ISO 1600
tripod
Lightroom 5

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Martin Dunn on December 16, 2013 at 3:51 AM

Peter, the interaction is intersting but I feel you could get more from this image with a bit of tweaking. As it stands the colours are a bit flat.

Registered on February 20, 2013, 198 Posts, 1011 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on December 16, 2013 at 7:02 AM

Peter,
I have to agree with Martin on this, it kooks a little flat, I am not familiar with LR 5 so I have no idea what you can do, other than try a boost in contrast

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on December 16, 2013 at 11:45 PM

Hi Peter. The interaction between the deer is definitely the story here, and you have captured that very well. However, I don't know if I could go along with your statement that "The habitat isn't of interest, just the deer"; pretty tough to separate the two aspects. I like the trees in the frame, although the dried grass occupying more than a third of the frame is slightly dominant.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on December 19, 2013 at 9:26 AM

Interesting interaction. The angling body of the doe, the leaning tree and angled overhead branch make me feel like we should see more on our left and making the overall framing a little less crowded. Still, I fully realize there might have been tons of distracting elements there to make that impractical.

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