Preparing for Fall

[Steve Canuel]

40D, 1-400L @ 275mm, f5.6, 1/25s, ISO 1600, -1/3 EC, tripod, MLU, cable release, removed a distracting seed head from between his antlers, slight crop all around.

[Ken Watkins]

What a beauty, and the image is pretty good to. Wonderful sharpness you can almost feel the velvet, good muted light and soft colours. No problems at all with the foliage. Excellent!

[Harshad Barve]

100 % Ditto Ken here , such a beautiful image
TFS

[David Fletcher]

Ditto Ken too! :). Like the crop as presented too Steve, and the placement within the frame. The soft lighting compliments the deer and velvet a treat.

[Vivek Khanzode]

Love the composition and the light is good too. Also I like the contrast of the deer with the rest of the habitat. All in all a good shot.

Thanks for sharing.

-- Vivek

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Exceptional work mate. I love the sticks framing around the antlers. the light is super and it's razor sharp. Phew! What a beauty this is. thanks for sharing. :)

[david cramer]

A lovely image, Steve. Nicely exposed and beautifully presented. I hope you two run into each other this autumn.

[Trey Barron]

Nicely framed and lighting is sweet. I might tone down the stick in the BG just left of the antler, not a big distraction but think it might help a little.

[Morkel Erasmus]

nothing you could have done to take a better shot at this moment. great soft light and details, pin sharp...

[John Ippolito]

Classic image, Steve. Beautifully exposed, eye contact, the comp is excellent, and the lovely texture of the rim lit velvet antlers adds a lot. Very nice work.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Steve,
I like this image. The composition is good. Eye contact is nice and the rim light on the antlers look great. It seems light was very low.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Steve Canuel]

Thank you all for the looks, comments, and suggestions.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Steve, good choice on the comp. The softer light has brought out excellent detail, and just love the direct eye contact. If I had to change anything, I would want this larger. Print and frame.