White-tail buck

[John Mack]

This image was created in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on 12/1/20 at 8:06AM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Small crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Canon 100-400 f4.5-5.6L IS II USM
ISO 6400
f5.6
1/500sec

[Jonathan Ashton]

Not too sure about this John, was the buck so dark or was he perhaps underexposed?

[Bretoteanu Dan]

I like the layering of the FG and BG, the fact that the deer has plenty of space to look into and the snow on the head. The head angle is good and the ears suggest an alert pose.

[John Mack]

He's wet darker than normal.