Oklahoma Antelope

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 24, 2015101 views5 comments

Made a drive through the panhandle of Oklahoma and ran across some antelope. This buck was all alone off the rode about 80 meters. This was one of the first days we had temps above 70 degrees fahrenheit, so I think there is some heat shimmer to this. I liked the positioning of the subject and decided to do a pano to remove the sky and extra f/g. I also cloned some out-of-focus sticks from the f/g and small bushes from the b/g, fortunately none of them crossed the subject.

C&C appreciated.

Canon 7D MkII, Canon 500mm f/4L IS
1/1600 at f4
ISO 100
no flash
beanbag on car door
normal adjustments in LR5

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on March 25, 2015 at 7:37 AM

I like the animal scape you captured here. I think you may be right about the heat waves. My only other nit is the OOF vegetation in the front. Since you shot from your car, this was probably unavoidable. Nice image nonetheless.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on March 25, 2015 at 8:35 AM

Greg:

I like these kinds of images. The environment really adds to the sense of place. I like the OOF vegetation as it adds to the environmental component of the image. Yep, the heat waves were not helping for overall clarity, but those are going to happen on warm days. Nice captured. I like the pano crop!

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on March 25, 2015 at 9:35 AM

Your choice of composition gives the viewer a sense of the vast landscape this antelope is in. Makes me feel like I am there enjoying the sight of this beautiful animal. I too see the heat waves but that gives a realistic feel for the temperature that day.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 25, 2015 at 12:57 PM

I like it. Despite the mentioned "flaws", it gives the sense of seeing it from a road perspective.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on March 26, 2015 at 11:46 PM

The mood and the composition work fine for me. In a perfect world I would have liked the foreground vegetation to be included in the focal zone.

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