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Muntjac.

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11 replies
Posted by Stuart McCrae on November 4, 2007 at 5:38 PM
I stumbled across this little chap whilst out today,he was'nt bothered by me in the slightest.

Stu.

40D 100-400L


Focal length: 365.0mm
Exposure time: 1/100
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO equiv.: 640
Whitebalance: Manual
Posted by Paul King on November 4, 2007 at 5:42 PM
Hi Stu,

Just love it nice exposure :toast: :toast:
Posted by Christian Axelsen on November 5, 2007 at 2:03 AM
Hi Stu,

very nice exposure in the shadow area, well done :toast:

what kind of deer is this ?, i have never seen one like it :smile:
Posted by David Clapp on November 5, 2007 at 4:00 AM
A deer wearing makeup?! He's got a nose borrowed from a polar bear as well. Nice capture.
Posted by Andy Astbury on November 5, 2007 at 4:08 AM
Awesome capture Stu - great job :toast:

I think I'd have a stab at cloning out that big grass stalk though, and try to dumb down the OoF sky showing thru the BG. but it is a really nice image, well done :wavey:
Posted by Paul Gibbs on November 5, 2007 at 4:18 AM
Nice Muntjac! I used to have those running about our garden when i lived in Herefordshire, usually with a Springer about 3 foot behind it... Good capture!
Posted by John Swift on November 5, 2007 at 11:15 AM
A very appealing image. I think if it were mine I might try to do some selective lifting of the shadow around the face.

Regards

JohnS
Posted by Graeme Lee on November 5, 2007 at 1:39 PM
Nice shot. I see what Andy's saying about the grass bit. Maybe worth a go :toast:
Posted by PhilH on November 5, 2007 at 4:14 PM
Nice one of a splendid little deer.....

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Rob Chace on November 5, 2007 at 4:55 PM
Lovely shot Stuart, but would have liked a bit more room at the bottom for its virtual hooves.
Personally i don't mind the shadows, looks natural. :toast:
Posted by John MacTavish on November 5, 2007 at 5:46 PM
Good shot of a deer not often photographed.

What did you do in PS to this one?

To me it looks like you may have selectively applied a shadow/highlight adjustment and then gone over it with a bit (too much IMHO) noise reduction.
Reason I say this is that the head and neck hair looks very soft and mushy compared to the shoulder area


J
Posted by Paul Thomas on November 5, 2007 at 6:45 PM
Nice shot. Around here I invariably only ever see the rear view of these disappearing into the distance. The grass stem doesn't bother me but if you could tame the background a bit I think it would improve it.

:toast:

Paul