Red Deer

[William Dickson]

Canon 1DX Mk2
f/4 400mm DO Mk2 with 1.4iii
f/5.6
1/640
ISO 1000

This is one from the beach near to a little village called Applecross on Scotland's North West coast. I thought it was quite unusual, as I had never seen a Red Deer on the beach before. Approx 30% cropped from the original...HH...ACR and PS2020.

Will

[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello Will,

You are absolutely right - very unusual to find a deer on the beach, but perhaps he was just looking for a safe spot to chill and be on his own for a while :S3:

I quite like the pose and despite the busy BG I also like the way the subject is 'nested' against those rocks. Techs look good and the Deer is sharp with some nice detail in the coat.

Nice composition, colour wise I am a bit shy to comment as I do not know the subject nor the environment - does the coat colour of this animal change, depending on season?

Overall an interesting image and I enjoyed viewing, many thanks for sharing. I hope to see more from you:S3:

Kind regards

[John Mack]

Neat find. Cool to see the deer on the beach against that old rock wall. He looks pretty content with just sitting there. Nice detail on the deer as well.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Will, nice to see a Red Dear, but not loving the location, I'd much prefer to see it more in the Highlands with the sweeping mountains. :w3

Again I think you are being conservative on the SS, evident on the last post which was soft, low SS will kill the images. Overall it's a bit flat, darkening the FG, top LHC and to the right helps. Adding a midtone Curves adjustments pulls more life into the image, likewise enhancing that lovely yellow lichen.

TFS
Steve

[William Dickson]

Thanks for the comments...appreciated

Will

[Jonathan Ashton]

A handsome looking young stag Will, well focused good DOF and he looks sharp to me. My initial reaction is that the image looks a little lacking in tonal contrast. If my memory serves me well the deer sometimes go to the beach and browse on the seaweeds they are a good source of trace elements.
I am going to check the weather forecast there may be an opportunity tomorrow morning to get some images of red deer at Tatton Park.

[William Dickson]

Thanks Jon.....Appreciated...Hope you got some photographs at Tatton Park

Will