Oh deer

floatingby · Jul 11, 2015

My first post here, thought I'd post what I like to photograph....

baturn · Jul 11, 2015

Nice! Especially the first.

floatingby · Jul 12, 2015

Thank you.

floatingby · Jul 16, 2015

This is my tree and you can't have it

tirediron · Jul 16, 2015

That last one is a really great shot, but it does need to be leveled!

Jasii · Jul 16, 2015

tirediron said:
That last one is a really great shot, but it does need to be leveled!

Ditto that......

Jasii

floatingby · Jul 17, 2015

Better?

If it is then good catch, and good eyes, the eyes were off level by about 4 degrees. Thanks.

tirediron · Jul 17, 2015

Perhaps a little further still...

Vis:

floatingby · Jul 17, 2015

Don't know if it is because I know the terrain was hilly and not straight, but that look a bit off to me.

tirediron · Jul 17, 2015

floatingby said:
Don't know if it is because I know the terrain was hilly and not straight, but that look a bit off to me.

It may well be; since I didn't see the scene, I have no memories of it. I simply leveled it based on the assumption that trees generally grow vertically, and created a plumb line along the approximate centre of the trunk of the tree image left. At the end of the day, it's your image, and if looks right to you, that's all that matters.

DarkShadow · Jul 17, 2015

I like the first and last. I agree with the leveling of the horizon even if it was on a hill and will just through this out as another alternative.

woolybear · Jul 17, 2015

Very nice scenes! They are my favorite species to photograph as well.
I prefer the original crooked tree version over the leaning deer that looks like she's about to tip over next to a straight tree.

floatingby · Jul 17, 2015

woolybear said:
Very nice scenes! They are my favorite species to photograph as well.
I prefer the original crooked tree version over the leaning deer that looks like she's about to tip over next to a straight tree.

Yeah, I don't think tree make very good basis for leveling personaly; in the background, even though it's blurry, we can see that not one of them is straight, they all lean, and all different ways. I did level the picture using the deer eyes as guide, it was a bit off, but I agree that if pushed too much it does make it look like the deer is about to tip over.