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Weather was forcast to be not so good for the weekend here in the south east so I drove down to see my Fallow Deer herd
They are now tolerating me being there and a couple of the bucks are starting to venture close, for this portrait of one of the sub-dominant males I was almost overgunned and had to make a decision on the composition, whether to try and include the complete headwear or not, in the end I decided that the hint of their size was enough that I could crop into them.
Image is full width of the frame with just a crop to my usual A4 proportions.
All the best
Posted by Peter Barritt on March 13, 2006 at 5:43 AM
Beautiful Phil. Might clone out grasses bottom left. Colours in the background really complement the deer's colouring.
Posted by Rene de Heer on March 13, 2006 at 6:43 AM
Very nice image, i agree with Peter and would clone out the grasses.
Rene de Heer
Posted by Mark sellings on March 13, 2006 at 8:08 AM
yep, beautiful was the word that sprang to mind - love the composition with the antlers, and I personally would leave in the grasses if need be - doesn't detract from the image imo.
nice image phil. looking at those grasses, i think they actually add something compositionally wise, not sure what, maybe just that the image would look a bit right hand heavy without them.
thanks for your comments on my last post, i'll try and vary some flash setting next time as i have the full range of options with the housing that i do with the normal camera.
regards,
mark.
Posted by John Chapman on March 13, 2006 at 9:59 AM
Hi Philip
a very nice image of the Fallow Deer
John
Aberdeen
Posted by David Kjaer on March 13, 2006 at 10:54 AM
Hi Phil
Very very nice, I'm in favour of cloaning out the grasses - that said they don't bother me too much, great shot either way!
Discussion
11 repliesHi,
Weather was forcast to be not so good for the weekend here in the south east so I drove down to see my Fallow Deer herd
They are now tolerating me being there and a couple of the bucks are starting to venture close, for this portrait of one of the sub-dominant males I was almost overgunned and had to make a decision on the composition, whether to try and include the complete headwear or not, in the end I decided that the hint of their size was enough that I could crop into them.
Image is full width of the frame with just a crop to my usual A4 proportions.
All the best
Rene de Heer
Mark
Tim
All the best
Rob
nice image phil. looking at those grasses, i think they actually add something compositionally wise, not sure what, maybe just that the image would look a bit right hand heavy without them.
thanks for your comments on my last post, i'll try and vary some flash setting next time as i have the full range of options with the housing that i do with the normal camera.
regards,
mark.
a very nice image of the Fallow Deer
John
Aberdeen
Very very nice, I'm in favour of cloaning out the grasses - that said they don't bother me too much, great shot either way!
David
I think it's a fine image as is, the grass adds habitat, very nice tone and colour.
Regards