Posted by Neil Burton on March 28, 2012 at 6:27 AM
Part of the experience is the being out there and hearing and smelling and seeing. There is a thrill factor too, getting so close to animals which are so shy. These guys, oblivious to my existence, are only too soon off back into the safety of the trees when 300yards away a cyclist pedals down the footpath. Not once have they bolted because my shutter was too loud, or because they see me.
Only smell gives me away. What a thrill to be among them, watch them cautiously checking from behind the long grass before venturing out. What one does, others follow.
This shot shows better from where they come to graze.
5DII, 500mm f5, ISO800.
Is it me or is there a slight orange cast? Oh no, not more monitor problems :(
I like this one much more due to the habitat change - tells a story of feeding amongst crops.
Re colour balance, this can vary due to the time of the day and cloud conditions etc so an orange cast may not be wrong. I keep on saying this but my first port of call is to judge what is happening to the blacks - absence of light/shadow/near black should not be influenced by the lighting conditions, where as the white end of the spectrum can be. If you are getting a spectral gap in RGB values at the black end adjust that out and 9 times out of 10 the colour cast will sort itself out. - use your colour picker on the nasal hole which will be a true black as you can get. HTH
Posted by Neil Burton on March 28, 2012 at 9:19 AM
I will try that Mike, thanks.
Posted by John Robinson on March 28, 2012 at 10:38 AM
Good advice Mike. I,ve been going on the whites !!
Cheers
JR
Sorry Great shot Neil !
Posted by Nick Mckeown on March 28, 2012 at 4:11 PM
Superb image Neil, great detail in the deer. Very strong contrast between the lush greenery and the brown BG. You can see why they have that brown coat can't you?
Nick.
Posted by David Sewell on March 28, 2012 at 6:01 PM
Great shot of the animal and it's habitat. Colours look fine to me.
Posted by Bob Johnson on March 29, 2012 at 3:17 AM
Great stuff Neil and yes it is fabulous when you work hard to get close to a subject and are rewarded by superb experiences like this. People often ask why I spend hours on end with my little owls etc, but if they need to ask the question it is very hard to get 'THE THRILL' across to them
Bob
Posted by Rene de Heer on March 29, 2012 at 11:41 AM
Lovely shot, your best so far in my opinion.
Rene de Heer
Discussion
11 repliesOnly smell gives me away. What a thrill to be among them, watch them cautiously checking from behind the long grass before venturing out. What one does, others follow.
This shot shows better from where they come to graze.
5DII, 500mm f5, ISO800.
Is it me or is there a slight orange cast? Oh no, not more monitor problems :(
Re colour balance, this can vary due to the time of the day and cloud conditions etc so an orange cast may not be wrong. I keep on saying this but my first port of call is to judge what is happening to the blacks - absence of light/shadow/near black should not be influenced by the lighting conditions, where as the white end of the spectrum can be. If you are getting a spectral gap in RGB values at the black end adjust that out and 9 times out of 10 the colour cast will sort itself out. - use your colour picker on the nasal hole which will be a true black as you can get. HTH
Cheers
JR
Sorry Great shot Neil !
Nick.
David
Bob
Rene de Heer
Phil.
Another very fine Roe shot, Neil. Like Nick I also think the contrast between the foreground and the background works well.
Andy...
Oscar