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Lyme park Stag

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Posted by John Wannop on November 7, 2007 at 2:19 PM
HI all, have been looking at the pictures on here for the last few months and have to say i've been very impressed. So it's time to try one of mine. This was taken at Lyme park a few week ago.

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Posted by John Kerr on November 7, 2007 at 2:26 PM
Fabulous background!!!
The strands of grass in front of its legs are a bit distracting to me.
Would love this to have been mine.
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John
Posted by jack chapman on November 7, 2007 at 2:27 PM
Welcome to the site John, lovely first image the autumn background colours are stunning
Posted by Paul Ashton on November 7, 2007 at 2:54 PM
Excellent capture. The subject stands out so boldly from the background. Good definition and lots of impact.
Posted by Paul Thomas on November 7, 2007 at 3:18 PM
Nice pose and a super background. The grass doesn't bother me.

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Paul
Posted by Craig Nash on November 7, 2007 at 3:22 PM
I think this shows why the background is so important. Lovely shot.
Posted by Paul Gibbs on November 7, 2007 at 3:28 PM
Welcome to the forum, and a nice image to begin with. Hope the rangers didnt bother you?
Posted by Justin on November 7, 2007 at 3:37 PM
Welcome to the forum and an excellent shot to begin posting with. Like it a lot.



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Posted by Tristan Campbell on November 7, 2007 at 3:55 PM
The colours here work really well - nice image. Tristan
Posted by Graeme Lee on November 7, 2007 at 4:17 PM
wow excellent post John. Grass is fine with me and the colours are really god. Nice processing. For me, it's REALLY centred and I'd have shaved a bit off the right as it's looking slightly to the left. Subjective though. Very nice :toast:
Posted by Rob Chace on November 7, 2007 at 6:28 PM
Lovely background. Grass is fine. Agree with Graeme regards the r/h crop. :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on November 8, 2007 at 2:26 AM
Excellent job John and welcome to the board :toast: :toast:

Super BG and great detail - WISH IT WAS BIGGER :wavey:

Graeme is spot on about your crop.

How did you manage to survive in Lyme with a big white 500mm :confused: :wink:
Posted by David Clapp on November 8, 2007 at 3:45 AM
Spot on, he looks tired!
Posted by Mark Sisson on November 8, 2007 at 3:52 AM
Well you've set your benchmark now John - welcome aboard and hope to see more pics soon: this is a fine stag image with cracking colours. Slight crop comment would help, grass doesn't bother me though.
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Mark
Posted by Elliott Neep on November 8, 2007 at 4:29 AM
Agree with centering comments as it only requires a slight crop. Love the background. Waited for hours in Richmond Park for a similar effect. They hardly ever go where you want them :wink: Looks a little muted, but that's just processing. A quality shot to start off in uknp. :toast: :toast: P.s. could you add a few more tech details such as exposure, etc.
Posted by Alan Woolnough on November 8, 2007 at 5:11 AM
Glorious shot John :toast: :toast:

Can only echo the previous comments!!

Alan
Posted by David Taylor on November 8, 2007 at 7:13 AM
Welcome, John, great shot to start with. I like the grass, and the BG is excellent.

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Posted by Barrie Courtenay on November 8, 2007 at 1:30 PM
Great first post John and welcome............fantastic background

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Posted by Alan Bryant on November 8, 2007 at 2:25 PM
Thought this was fantastic when i saw it on the "other" forum.

And i still think its fantastic :toast: :toast:

Look forward to your other shots in the future
Posted by Marko Trebušak on November 9, 2007 at 1:38 AM
Welcome John! You set your bar very high with this excellent photo. We are looking forward to what will fallow :toast:!

Cheers,
Marko
Posted by Danny Green on November 9, 2007 at 5:21 PM
Hello John

Great first post, love the colours.

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Danny