Pronghorn Buddies

Gallery: WildlifePosted January 15, 2014104 views7 comments

This was taken in Yellowstone's Lamar Valley this past September. I went with a tight crop of the heads because I thought this was the most interesting aspect of this shot. This small buck and larger buck pretend fought for a long time. It was as if they knew each other and were practicing their skills to use on other bucks.

Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D
Canon 500mm f4 L IS
f4.0
1/500 s
ISO 320

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on January 16, 2014 at 1:45 AM

Jerry,
My favourite "never seen" antelope

This is great, I wonder if just a tad more lightening may improve?

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Comment posted by John Tobias on January 16, 2014 at 8:23 AM

Good close up of this pair of pronghorn. I like the composition of this image, nice and tight. Good detail. The two light circles between the ears of the pronghorn on the right are to me a bit distracting, they look like OOF headlights. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on January 16, 2014 at 12:22 PM

Nice moment. The crop is well chosen. The light rings between the horns don't bother me. But the whole image could be brighter and the white balance seems to be off slightly. Beautiful animals, by the way!
Grt, Ingrid.

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Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on January 16, 2014 at 2:30 PM

Nice moment captured and managed to get enough DOF even at f/4. I would warm up the white balance a bit.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on January 16, 2014 at 5:30 PM

All,

Thanks for all the feedback

I did a repost with some tweaks.

Jerry

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on January 19, 2014 at 10:16 AM

The angles of necks, faces and horns make for interesting composition. Good capture.

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Comment posted by Ashleigh Scully on January 24, 2014 at 8:22 PM

Nice shot I like the second brighter post better

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