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    I followed this family for threee days mostly shooting in the dark wooded conditions. On my third day I found them in the field so I approached low and slow. After shooting for a while the two babies began nursing and I was able to get a few frames before Mama moved a way and it was all over in a few seconds.
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    Hi Cheryl, WOW!

    Personally I think you ladies are really bringing the tender side of Wildlife through in your images which is really nice and diverse too, thanks. Overall I like the composition, even with the tree trunk, the FG vegetation is enough to give the appearance you were hidden from view in the bush, quietly observing. To see them nurse like this is marvellous and was a testimony to your fieldcraft, most are very skittish in my experience and fly/bolt at the sound of any noise.

    Looking at the image to me there does seem to be a cast in the whites (I think it's Cyan and or Blue), if this is balanced it does help. The greens look very punchy & vibrant, surprised as you were saying that the conditions were more in shadow, darker, any thoughts on that? Personally I would bump up the depth within the subjects, add a % of Linear Curves on them, compress the Levels histogram, (it can come in a little either side of the Histogram) and apply some more selective sharpening. Finally keeping the same ration of crop, again, just come in a fraction from the LHS, which in turn with crop some off the top too.

    Would love to have a shot like this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski View Post
    Hi Cheryl, WOW!

    Personally I think you ladies are really bringing the tender side of Wildlife through in your images which is really nice and diverse too, thanks. Overall I like the composition, even with the tree trunk, the FG vegetation is enough to give the appearance you were hidden from view in the bush, quietly observing. To see them nurse like this is marvellous and was a testimony to your fieldcraft, most are very skittish in my experience and fly/bolt at the sound of any noise.

    Looking at the image to me there does seem to be a cast in the whites (I think it's Cyan and or Blue), if this is balanced it does help. The greens look very punchy & vibrant, surprised as you were saying that the conditions were more in shadow, darker, any thoughts on that? Personally I would bump up the depth within the subjects, add a % of Linear Curves on them, compress the Levels histogram, (it can come in a little either side of the Histogram) and apply some more selective sharpening. Finally keeping the same ration of crop, again, just come in a fraction from the LHS, which in turn with crop some off the top too.

    Would love to have a shot like this.

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    Hi Steve. Your suggestions are always helpful and I appreciate your comments as well. The cast, it may be time to calibrate again. The vibrant greens are as they were I think because this was more in the open than the woodsy area I had been seeing them in. I am glad you like the inclusion of the tree even though it is oof. I wanted to include the natural habitat yet some of the tree had light coming on it so it was a little bright. I wish I had a little more light on the deer yet they were in the shade so I already brought them up a bit thus taking away the depth. I will need to go back and add some more. HERE IS MY REPOST Thanks
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    Delightful capture of a most tender moment, Cheryl. Your hard work obviously paid off. While this behavior can be seen, it's quite difficult to capture it as cleanly as you have here and with at least part of each head showing of the fawns!!! I love your inclusion of the habitat. Great eye Steve on the cast. What a difference it made when I brought this into PS. If I had focused on the tip of mum's tail, I may well have caught it.
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    Nice job on getting views of all the faces. Difficult to do. Like the tree coming in and over on the right, gives substance to the shadow they're in.

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    Cheryl - nice job on the repost. The image itself has a beautiful feel to it and your field work really paid off. As others said, great to get both fawns' heads showing and nice pose by mom.

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    A lovely tender moment Cheryl. Steve did a great job of the upfront critique here...and your repost is all the better for it.
    As presented (repost) I would still dodge mum's face a tad, and burn the background a bit using Robert's luminosity adjustment mask (see sticky at the top of the forum).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Morkel Erasmus View Post
    A lovely tender moment Cheryl. Steve did a great job of the upfront critique here...and your repost is all the better for it.
    As presented (repost) I would still dodge mum's face a tad, and burn the background a bit using Robert's luminosity adjustment mask (see sticky at the top of the forum).
    Morkel Thanks so much. I really appreciate the honest critiques as i definately learn from them. I will check out that sticky
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    Hi Cheryl, the repost in pane #9 works best for me. You have photographed a wonderful tender moment in nature. An image that is not easily captured..at least around my home where all I get see is their rumps as they dash away through the woodlands. Thanks for sharing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew McLachlan View Post
    Hi Cheryl, the repost in pane #9 works best for me. You have photographed a wonderful tender moment in nature. An image that is not easily captured..at least around my home where all I get see is their rumps as they dash away through the woodlands. Thanks for sharing.
    Thank you Andrew. I always get such great advice here on BPN

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    The 2nd repost is a clear sign that you received some good advice above. Nice one Cheryl and a great moment that is rarely seen.

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    I think it's lovely and the scene is wonderful. I like the reposts but with a little less saturation. Nicely done Cheryl!

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