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red deer

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Posted by Mike Acreman on January 15, 2010 at 12:06 PM
red deer
yet another picture from bushy, canon 50d Canon EF 300mm f2.8 L IS USM Lens 1/500 f4 iso 640, slight crop hand held.
Posted by John Stuart-Clarke on January 15, 2010 at 1:30 PM
I like the arrangement of the deer but it's tight at the left. I might have tried to get a bit lower if the opportunity to do so was there, in order to move the tree/foreground horizon to a different part of the composition. But the deer themsleves look great and the eye contact works well for me
Posted by Robert Lawrence on January 16, 2010 at 3:51 AM
To be honest Mike this one doesn't do a lot for me. I know that snow is attractive and can anhance an image but I have tried to imagine this without the snow to see if the image still works. To me the stag looks bored the left hand hind is a bit close to the edge and the light is a bit plain.
Robert
Posted by Andrew Parkinson on January 17, 2010 at 11:40 AM
Hi Mike

I have to echo RL' comments, it is a nearly, but not quite image let down by the stag's indifferent expression. Good effort

Andy