The tall grass.

[dankearl]

Common Black Tail Deer in the bottomlands.
1/250
f6.3
600mm
iso450

DSC_1893nx.jpg (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=101208&stc=1&d=1316895868)

[Brendan Dozier]

This is outstanding, Dan! Beautiful portrait, love the fur texture, eye contact, subtle colors, and real nice soft BG.
Minor, but I might be tempted to clone out tips of reeds sticking above the ears. Excellent capture and compostion! :cheers:

[Steve Canuel]

Super detail Dan, you can even see the bumps on the nose. I like the color and diffused look of the grass.

[Harshad Barve]

Big congratulations for this excellent capture
TFS

[Rachel Hollander]

Dan - very nice portrait, one of your best wildlife postings. I like the comp and as said above lots of detail.

TFS,
Rachel

[Pieter de Waal]

Superb image Dan. I too like the comp, detail and above all the wonderfull light in this image. The tips of reed don't bother me as they suit the caption and are quite subtle.

[DanWalters]

Like the way the head is poking out of the OOF green areas. Nice portrait.

[Mark Wiseman]

Hi Dan,
I like the wonderful background, POV, detail, eye contact and the seperation between your subject and the background, TFS.
:5

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Just wonderful ! Amazing BG and FG and the sharp subject !!

[dankearl]

Thanks all for the nice comments. I don't get a lot of wildlife photos, in fact, I was walking in a bird refuge looking for birds
when this guy/gal appeared in the wetland. It was a gray misty early morning, so the light and the diffused grass was
just kind of fortunate.
I am in awe of most of what I see here.

[Morkel Erasmus]

A very endearing portrait captured here Dan - soft light worked well too.
Gives one the feeling of an unexpected sighting - "happen to stumble across a buck while out on a stroll" or something...:tinysmile_shy_t: