Agree a little more room on the right would have been perfect. A lovely shot otherwise. I love the OOF heather. Makes for a really moody atmosphere. I'm envious we have another couple of weeks to go over here yet before the rut.
Posted by Neil Burton on September 26, 2010 at 12:06 PM
Love the heather colours, stonking.
Posted by Andy Gregory on September 26, 2010 at 12:26 PM
A well captured shot of the stag but I find that the branches at the top compete with the antlers. Still miles better than anything I have managed!
Posted by Jeroen Stel on September 26, 2010 at 1:45 PM
Thanks for your replies so far. I agree a bit more sape on the right would have been better but this is full frame so not much i could do about that.
We have the Red Deer rut from mid September to start of October in the forest area where this was shot as these Deer are originally from Germany and in our largest wetland reserve we have large numbers of Red Deer wich are originally from Scotland so the rut starts later (in October) down there.
Hope to get some more shots of this years rut and if not, who knows i might get over to the UK.
greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Posted by Ian Haskell on September 26, 2010 at 6:18 PM
I think the heather adds to the shot, but dont like the trees in the background too much.
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12 repliesgreetings,
Jeroen Stel
Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: F 6.3
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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Well captured.
Geoff.
Scott
We have the Red Deer rut from mid September to start of October in the forest area where this was shot as these Deer are originally from Germany and in our largest wetland reserve we have large numbers of Red Deer wich are originally from Scotland so the rut starts later (in October) down there.
Hope to get some more shots of this years rut and if not, who knows i might get over to the UK.
greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Ian
Great light on the subject as well.
Did you try any with a horizontal crop from this position as I think that would balance the composition a little better.
Cheers
Austin
www.austin-thomas.co.uk
Beautiful light and capture.
Nits covered so no point in saying them again.