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no trousers! + REPOST

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Posted by Paul King on October 3, 2008 at 7:58 PM
no trousers! + REPOST
Fraid it is the same over in the west loads of noise and little if any contact sport.
Fallow barking well, but for both hinds not fully into season, cold snap needed really to bring it on full scale, or so I believe??

D300 300mm f2.8 + 2x TC
ISO 400 F5.6
Car as rain shelter!!
Posted by Justin on October 4, 2008 at 2:56 AM
A very nice, sharp and detailed portrait.
The vegetation hanging from the antlers and the eye contact works great.
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Posted by Andy Astbury on October 4, 2008 at 3:59 AM
Nice capture Paul.

One minor thing, his head is turned slightly towards the left edge of the frame but the pic looks slightly out of balance as you've got more empty space on the right, when in fact it needs to be on the left.

It would work well with the same amount of free space left and right too - but as it is it needs cropping slightly imo.

800 pixels is a tad oversize too - or did I miss something?
Posted by Paul Inglis on October 4, 2008 at 5:17 AM
Hi Paul,

Very nice sharp shot!
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Posted by Matt Cole on October 4, 2008 at 8:13 AM
a nice shot, I would tend to agree with Andy re. the composition. Still works nicely as it is though.

Matt
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on October 4, 2008 at 8:47 AM
Paul, agree with Andys comments, however as you say, be nice to see them in a hard frost :wavey:

Steve
Posted by David Kjaer on October 4, 2008 at 10:15 AM
Ditto Andy's comments - that said nice setting & pose with great detail!

David :toast:
Posted by Paula Graham on October 4, 2008 at 10:18 AM
It is all subjective...I quite like it as it is. Nice and sharp and I like the vegetation hanging off its antlers.
Posted by Rob Howard on October 4, 2008 at 11:07 AM
Hi Paul,

I think it looks OK. Good portrait. Nice and sharp as well.

Regards

Rob
Posted by John Robinson on October 4, 2008 at 5:02 PM
Good behavioural shot Paul
Would certainly hang better over to the right a bit.
Cheers
JR
Posted by Paul King on October 4, 2008 at 6:15 PM
ok so a bit more to the right!!! :jump:
Posted by Brett Lewis on October 6, 2008 at 7:43 AM
Hi Paul, Nice natural history shot with lots of detail. The nits have already been mentioned and the 2nd post is relatively soft on reflection. I'm not sure about the 'almost square' format either. I think it would benefit from a little more space T&B and a shave more off the RHS. This is all personal opinion mind, but thanks for sharing.

Brett :toast: :toast: