Interlopers

These two very hungry fellas, along with at least two more, decided to just wander right in front of the lenses of four of us who were shooting near Glacier Vista at Paradise last night. Damn near ate every single flower we were trying to photograph, then they went and became all inconsiderate and wouldn't stand still. Animals, I tell ya, not good for anything but eatin' and poopin'.

Really nice image Bryan, love everything about it!

Bryan, beautiful scene and I like the glimpse of Mt. St. Helens in the background to the right.

The deer with its head down in the flowers isn't doing much for me which makes me feel that it'd be a great image if you made it square by keeping everything just to the right of the deer on the left. Then the one deer with its head up gets all the attention.

The right deer should get all of the attention, but the left one balances the comp for me. I like it all.

Kevin

And, not only do they eat all the flowers, but they moon you when you try to take their picture!

Nice shot...and, BTW, unless we've gone through a time-warp, that's Mount Adams, not St. Helens.

Great shot Bryan!

How did Mazama Ridge work out for you Saturday morning? We went left insted of right to the ridge.

Kosta

> that's Mount Adams, not St. Helens

My bad...

I have a minor nit, but it's not worth mentioning. It rarely gets any better than this! I'd like to see a BIG print some day.

Keep it as it, this is awesome !!

Yeah, I don't want to crop it any more than I already did because this was a fairly slow exposure and cropping will only accentuate the lack of detail in some areas. Plus I don't want to lose that clump of lupine on the bottom left.

Kosta - Through some bad coordination we didn't do sunrise. I was prepared to go, but Trevor and Andrew couldn't get a hold of one another in time to both be awake when they needed to leave, so we just went for sunset instead. I've got plenty of time to make up for it but it sounds like Karma bit the other two in the butt.

Those deer just stick out in the picture. Contrast in their color with everything else i guess. I like the shot.

I'll drop a tear for you on the terrible luck of having wildlife just wander into your shot! One tear only. Scheesh, what great good fortune and a marvelous comp to show them off as well as the mountains and flowers. Wow.

That's a winner Bryan, and I agree with keeping it as is. (In fact, just a bit more of Adams wouldn't hurt.) The photo is nice, and the deer really send it over the top.

One thing that interests me is that it almost has a "smooth" texture to it. Out of curiosity did you use noise reduction software on it or sharpen it with a high threshold?

No noise reduction at all other than the Lightroom defaults (0 luminance, 25 color). Part of it is this was a 1.3 second exposure at 100. That the deer stayed relatively still for long enough that it doesn't look too blurry at full size (the Buck's head is a little soft from movement) is a flat out miracle.

It's very sharp on my monitor, more of a smooth as opposed to a soft texture. It really isn't any problem at all, just interesting light.