Backlight Roe Deer + REPOST

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Posted by Jeroen Stel on July 19, 2009 at 3:14 PM

Have been hosting 2 Roe Deer workshops this weekend and we had a great time on both of them. In all we managed to shoot around 40GB of Roe Deer images but my favorite of the sessions was this backlit Roe Deer wich i shot last saturday evening in the last light of day. It's a shot i have had in mind for a long time..

For more images from the workshop sessions check my weblog: http://jeroenstel.blogspot.com/

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/2000 sec
Aperture: F 7,1
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: -2/3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 800
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length: 780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
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Posted by Justin on July 19, 2009 at 3:29 PM

A wonderful subject and one that works especially well backlit, as your image demonstrates. Like it a lot.

Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on July 19, 2009 at 3:59 PM

Wonderful shot, Jeroen. I like it very much.

Posted by Paul King on July 19, 2009 at 4:11 PM

Lovely shot with the detail held in the deer, congrats.

Posted by Craig Jones on July 19, 2009 at 6:06 PM

Beautiful light and love the composition and the warm colours very nice

Posted by Ian Haskell on July 19, 2009 at 7:09 PM

Nice light and composition.

Ian

Posted by Tom Smit on July 20, 2009 at 4:50 AM

Great shot Jeroen. Also the backlight works wel in this one and there are still enough details in the deer visible.

Posted by Chris O'Reilly on July 20, 2009 at 5:43 AM

Lovely shot Jeroen.
My only (slight) nit is that the foreground in front of the deer is a little distracting - maybe an aperture of f/4 would have reduced detail in this area and isolated the deer a little more.

Cheers,
Chris

Posted by Ian Macdermott on July 20, 2009 at 7:44 AM

Spot on

Ian

Posted by Fran French on July 20, 2009 at 8:51 AM

A gorgeous light on the deer Jeroen, like this very much.

Fran

Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 20, 2009 at 12:03 PM

Beautiful light and subject, it's a very effective piece of work Jeroen.

Andy...

Posted by Jeroen Stel on July 20, 2009 at 4:00 PM

Hi Guys,

Thanks for your comments. I agree with Chris' comment on the foreground so i have worked a little on that and think it does look better this way..

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Posted by Magnus Hird on July 20, 2009 at 5:58 PM

Yep do prefer the reworked version, the backlighting is lovely

Posted by Mark Hamblin on July 21, 2009 at 4:49 AM

Stunning shot and your reworked version improves it further.

Posted by PhilH on July 21, 2009 at 4:59 AM

Very nice.... there are a few glitches in your reworked forground however, nothing that can't be put right...