The king

Hi everyone.
This is my first upload to this website. I'm hoping to gain some valuable feedback on my wildlife photos from some of the fantastic photographers that use this site, and hopefully give something back and become part of this great community.

I'm a keen wildlife enthusiast who is looking to further improve and gain a better understanding of how to take great wildlife images, so feel free to lay the boot in where required

I have watched from afar for about 2 years and thought it was time to finally add my two penny worth

To kick off with and as the deer rut is just round the corner, I thought I'd upload this stag image.

I like the aggresive posture of this dominant stag. He was patrolling his harem of females and seeing off all takers.

SHOT INFO
Canon 5D Mark II
Lens - EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x Teleconverter
Total Focal Length - 700.0mm
Shooting Mode - Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) - 1/640
Av( Aperture Value ) - 5.6
Metering Mode - Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 1000

Thanks for looking, with kind regards,
Lee

Hi Lee

Welcome to the forum

The only nit for me is 'virtual feet' - he's a wee bit tight to the lower frame edge so you've basically cut his feet off.

Because of the blurred foreground you could extend the canvass down a bit and then clone or 'content aware fill' the new canvas to give him enough room.

Other than that it's a nice comp, well exposed and looks well processed too

Looking forward to seeing more

Thanks Andy and cheers for the advice,
Lee

You're welcome Lee - it's what the forum is for

Welcome Lee.

He certainly is a fine looking beast - the next challenge will be to get him on a misty morning with a golden sunrise.....

Thanks Graham, have a few in the mist and in the golden light in the bag, but hope to capture some more this year.

Aside from the very minor nit that Andy's highlighted, a mighty fine image. Looking forward to more.


Simon

Welcome Lee, a good image to start with and good advice from Andy and I am sure you will get lots more helpful advice from here.

Welcome to the forum Lee.

I agree with Andy but the eye contact works well here.

Chris.

Welcome to the forum Lee, I'm relatively new here myself and I'm finding it a very friendly and helpful place.
I agree with Andy about the feet, a minor fault that can easily be rectified.

A great first post, looking forward to seeing more

Geoff.

Welcome . A fine pose and call captured .nit covered .
looking forward to seeing a few more...

Thanks everyone, looking forward to joining in
Lee

very nice, good light and pose, particularly like the autumn leaf stuck on top of one of the points

Thanks jack,
Lee

Hi Lee

Welcome to the forum.

Nits covered nice first image look forward to seeing more.

David

Thanks David a fellow Wiltshire lad I see
Lee

Welcome.

Cracking image to open with, Lee.

Welcome to the forum

Andy...

Thanks andy and Tom, will hopefully be contributing more to the site. Like I said earlier I've been following the site for about 2 years so it feels like I know alot of the people on here already which is a bit odd Will be more fun joining in though me thinks,
Lee

Welcome to the forum excellent forst image

Nits covered. A great first image and I look forward to seeing some more.

David

Welcome. Fine stag!

Welcome to the forum, Lee. Minor nit covered but other than that a great first post.

Hi Lee

welcome to the forum great first post

Looking forward to seeing more from you

welcome Lee and a very nice post to start with. Minor nit mentioned re. feet but looks great in all other regards. I look forward to more.

Matt

Welcome Lee and very impressive start.Particularly like the leaf and the pink of the bellowing mouth and flaring nostrils.

Phil.

Thanks guys, looking forward to uploading more,
Lee