Rain Deer

Gallery: WildlifePosted December 28, 2015118 views5 comments

In the spirit of the season sad

. This is from the same session as my last post. As is typical with deer, they spent most of their time with thier heads down, but one did check me out while her companion settled down for a nap.

7D2, Sigma 150-600mm C @ 324mm, hand held, f/6.3, 1/1000, iso 1000, aperture priority, pattern metering. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 11.1 Mpixels before resizing mostly due to straightening. I don't know if it was me or if she was on the side of one of the mounds in our back field, but she looked very tilted. Taken November 11, 2015.

I appreciate your comments on my previous post and look forward to your input on this image-you give excellent feedback in this gallery.

Thanks,

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on December 28, 2015 at 7:38 PM

The flying bits of H20 add much to this capture. I am noticing faint bands of color in the grasses and am wondering if you could enhance that a tiny level to make them more evident but avoiding, of course, any feeling of unnatural. Do I see the ear of another deer to her left????

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

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 28, 2015 at 9:44 PM

Interesting observation, Lon. I normally find myself trying to deemphasize the bg. I think I'll try giving it a slight saturatin or curves boost to see what it looks like. Thanks for the suggestion.

You should see two ears from the other deer, one pointing toward the camera and one pointing away.

Cheers.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on December 29, 2015 at 5:40 AM

Dennis,

this is for me a fantastic photo, due to its nice monochromatic coloring that emphasizes the rainy mood. Also the alert pose of the deer and its placement in the frame is well done and that rain drops add the special touch to make the image different.

Well done devil

Registered on January 27, 2004, 494 Posts, 4021 Comments

Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on December 29, 2015 at 10:51 AM

Better ears... sad

Registered on December 2, 2003, 1247 Posts, 3439 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on January 3, 2016 at 5:39 PM

She gave you great eye contact here and the ears up are a plus, the rain adds a lot to this Dennis, very nice! devil

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments