Red Deer Stag

[Rich Steel]

Hi

One of the red deer stags I photographed last week in the Royal Parks in London. Quite a cool morning with the overnight clear skies.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/squidfish_2006/reddeer60head.jpg

Taken with 1Dmk3 +500mm at ISO 400 1/125s F5.6 -0.33 EV

Cheers

Rich

[Robert Amoruso]

Rich,

You handled the dappled light well. Getting the breath is a great plus and I like the framing affect of the tree. I would suggest cropping a bit off the bottom to eliminate the small section of BG peeking out below the torso and leg.

Nice work.

[Rich Steel]

Thanks for your comments Robert. This image is actually a crop of the original which actually had other parts of the animal steaming but thought I would self-censor so as not to offend the more sensitive viewer.

Cheers

Rich

[Mike Lentz]

That steam really makes the image! Congrats!