Mule Deer

[Nancy Bell]

Still winter up here in the Colorado mountains! Photographed these Mule Deer through an open window. There is a small herd that passes through every few days to raid the bird feeders and munch on the few bushes I have. A few seem to be hoping to train us into putting out more birdseed on demand !

I removed a few blurred twigs & branches.

ID Mark IV, Canon 70-200 f2.8 L IS @ 70mm, 1/800, f6.3, ISO 800, exp. comp. +1/3

[Don Railton]

Hi Nancy

Very sharp and crisp image.. I like the snow sprinkled over the coat, the 'pleading' stare and the fact that the whites dont burn your eyes to look at them. Well done. I think the image would be stronger without the 2nd OOF deer as I find that stealing my eye somewhat, however I understand finding one deer by itself is a bit like eating just one chocolate... hard to do.

DON

[Andre Pretorius]

Hi Nancy

I like the eye-contact and the second deer behind looking on inquisitively.

Image crisp, well exposed with no blown highlights and heaps of detail in darks.

Fallen snow on coarse fur creates a special effect.

I would have given a bit more space on LHS to include back ear.

Andre

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Nancy - Nice eye contact, detail and sharpness. Good choice on dof. The snow really adds to the image. While I like the way the deer in the back is sort of looking around the main subject to see you, I too wish that you had the whole ear. I also wish the rear leg of the back deer wasn't merging with the body of the main subject.

TFS,
Rachel

[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello Nancy,

It seems to me that the deer was trying to hypnotise you This is a beauty, and I am so sorry you could not fit the ear of the second deer in, I would clone it in somehow! Great detail and sharpness and very well exposed, a very attractive image, TFS!

Kind regards,

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Nancy ,
love this . Really great shot and so cute looking those two.
If there could be just that ear in …….. but that`s life.
Would back off on the blacks a fraction in the real dark parts.ON RHS as viewed there is a area that is pure white and detail less ?

Well done besides the small nits.
TFS Andreas

[Nancy Bell]

Thanks all for the feedback! I would love to have that bit of ear on the back deer. I must look at my other images from the series and see what I can find to "build" an ear. Andreas, are you talking about those vague shapes on the right side just over the back of the deer? I think those are distant evergreen trees much obscured by the snow.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Nancy, the crisp detail, cool vibe and in-your-face comp here make it for me.
I do agree with the finer compositional critiques given above, but by no means does it make this less special.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Nancy, great to think they are happy to get so close.

The tight crop and inquisitive look works, although the clipped ear is a shame. Blacks look OK, but I'm using the laptop, likewise the techs look good. Detail/clarity seems again OK, but I do think the best IQ has been from the 7D which is surprising. The snowy scene adds greatly to the overall image.

TFS
Steve