Young Buck at Dusk

[Steve Canuel]

Prairie grasses are turning and the pronghorn coats are looking good. This one was hanging around the big boys but not quite ready to mix it up yet. 7D, 500/4, f4, 1/1000s, ISO 640, +1/3 EC, cropped a bit all around for comp, removed part of a building near the top.

[Mark Wiseman]

I like this image Steve. Excellent detail, composition, light, angle and wonderful background. I would have decreased the crop at the top of the image and instead of a square crop, made it a little bit more rectangular, otherwise a fine image. TFS.
:cheers::bg3:

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Steve, not sure if the image looks a little flat because of the time of day? Certainly by giving it a little 'pop' it brings out the image nicely, but then may get away from the mood & feel of the OP and the soft muted colours? Happy as presented re crop.

I didn't realise until recently, these animals are a 'stand alone' animal, with NO links to any other antelope, a unique breed. :S3:

TFS
Steve

[dankearl]

Outstanding, just a fantastic BG and processing.
The layering in the BG is beautiful.
The FG grass is really well done.
Wildlife photo's don't get much better.

[Brendan Dozier]

Really gorgeous capture, Steve, excellent on all counts. Nice work!

[Harshad Barve]

Really gorgeous capture, Steve, excellent on all counts. Nice work!

Plus one here , Won't change aything

TFS

[Rachel Hollander]

Steve - nice pose and I like the prairie grass as the fg and particularly the bands of color in the bg. Nicely captured.

TFS,
Rachel

[Pieter de Waal]

Hi Steve, lovely image and I like the mood and feeling you have created with that great BG. I also like the crop as is with all the layers of colour and feel the blue just rounds it off nicely.

[DanWalters]

Nice pronghorn. Like the surrounding grass and the muted colors.

[Steve Canuel]

Thanks for the comments folks.

Steve,
I took a look at an added contrast version when I was playing around with this one but decided to go with the more muted look. Thought that better captured the light at the time.

[Danny J Brown]

Hey Steve,

Just scrolling down wildlife and noticed this stunning image; couldn't take my eyes off it for awhile. Keep up the excellent work.

DB

[Steve Canuel]

Thanks for the look and comment Danny.