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Backlit Stag - washing

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Posted by Tim Gregory on October 8, 2008 at 3:33 PM
Hi.. this is my first post round here.. been a watcher for a while so I thought i'd finally post something. :razz:

Taken from recently from Bradgate park, spent around 3 hours following this guy around, trying to line him up in the sun for some backlight, instead he decided to go into a ditch for a wash and emerged with a bit of backlight and had a good shake!

1DS MkIII
600 F4 IS
F4
1/250th
ISO 400

Cropped slightly for printing dimensions.
Posted by Des Ong on October 8, 2008 at 3:49 PM
I like it Tim, and welcome :wavey:
Posted by Tom_W on October 8, 2008 at 3:50 PM
Impressive, I would be tempted to dodge the antlers a wee bit to seperate them from the black BG
Posted by Rob Howard on October 8, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Hi Tim,

Welcome to the forum :wavey: Nice first post of an impressive looking beast.

Regards

Rob
Posted by Edwin kats on October 8, 2008 at 5:44 PM
Very impressive and welcome to this great forum.

Edwin Kats
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on October 9, 2008 at 4:06 AM
Welcome to the forum and what a stunning first post :smile: :smile: .
Posted by Jon Galt on October 9, 2008 at 6:31 AM
Very striking. Hope the weather stays fair for those going to the meets over the weekend.

Jon
Posted by Dawn Monrose on October 9, 2008 at 6:47 AM
Welcome!! :wavey:

Very nice first post, very powerful!

Looking forward to seeing more!

:toast:
Posted by Philip Kirkham on October 9, 2008 at 8:40 AM
Welcome, nice first post too.
Best wishes
Phil :wavey:
Posted by Matt Cole on October 9, 2008 at 10:05 AM
nice composition and lighting. Welcome to UKNP :smile:

Matt
Posted by Tom Smit on October 9, 2008 at 12:25 PM
Impressive shot. And welcome.
:toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on October 9, 2008 at 1:28 PM
Welcome Tim and a great shot, the backlit spray and fiery fur are lovely :smile:
Posted by Terry Whittaker on October 9, 2008 at 1:28 PM
Great light, very atmospheric and a great expression.

Just maybe a wee bit tight around around the antlers but no big deal.

Cheers

Terry
Posted by David Taylor on October 9, 2008 at 2:49 PM
Great portrait and welcome :smile:

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Tim Gregory on October 9, 2008 at 3:50 PM
Cheers guys.

Had a good session this morning, the light was awesome and the deer are getting very frisky now, need to buy another hard disk lol!

Cheers

Tim :razz:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on October 9, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Hi Tim
Good to see you posting here-Great image-liked it when i first viewed it

Dave
Posted by Tim Gregory on October 10, 2008 at 8:08 AM
Hi Dave :wavey:

Yeah, I went on what a few people including yourself said and reduced the crop slightly, as it works a lot better on A3. Sometimes I get carried away with other stuff and instant impact rather than thinking of the bigger picture :cool:

Posted by Anthony House on October 16, 2008 at 2:06 PM
Very nice Tim, I can see why it's one of your favourites......

Tony
Posted by Guy Rogers on October 31, 2008 at 2:06 PM
Hello Tim.

I some how missed this one. Totally STUNNING thats all that came to mind when I opened this.

Seen a lot of Stag pictures this year, but this for me as to be the best one.



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