A Buck Nine

bulldurham · Jan 18, 2015

Rick58 · Jan 18, 2015

VERY nice!

JustJazzie · Jan 18, 2015

Wow! What a great shot! Beautiful light, and a gorgeous subject! I think, if i had room in the original I might try and level him out a bit though. Im sure he was standing on a hill or something and naturally oriented that way but since he is so prominent, I would probably give it a go!

Great shot regardless though!

baturn · Jan 18, 2015

Very nice! He looks totally unconcerned.

NancyMoranG · Jan 18, 2015

Very nice.
I am not knocking your (and others) when I ask this but...how much sharpening is going on in some of these crystal clear photos?
I just don't seem to get many crisp shots like this!
What camera/lens/ exposure/ tripod ?
Thanks, Nancy

bulldurham · Jan 18, 2015

Nancy, I do very little PP sharpening. I am shooting a D810 with a 80-400 4/5.6 combined with a 1.4 tele-extender. this was shot at F/8 ISO 800, 1/500th. I was set up so that if he bolted, I could still get a nice crisp shot - of course unless he decided I'd look good attached to his antlers. I had a substantial, easy to climb tree between him and me. After all, the rut is just beginning and these guys can be pretty unpredictable when the hormones are raging.

NancyMoranG · Jan 18, 2015

Thanks for that info. I know sharpening only does so much, so I figured this was an excellent shot to begin With!
Nancy

Gary A. · Jan 18, 2015

Nice ... just very nice. As a nit ... the bokeh is a bit distracting ... you might want to blur the background a tad

bulldurham · Jan 19, 2015

Agreed to the Bokeh. This lens is great on bokeh until you add the 1.4 extender. There always seems to have to be a trade off somewhere.

Gary A. · Jan 19, 2015

You might want to add a layer and sharpen the buck separate from the background ... once the buck is separated from the background it's no problem to add some blur to it.