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    Let's see if I still remember how to do this. One from an early evening outing in late March, caught this buck and a couple of his friends cutting in front of this stand of scrub oak. 7D, 700mm, f6.3, 1/160s, ISO 1600, HH from vehicle, small crop from bottom, right, and top, processed in PSE 10.

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    Hi Steve - Nice to see you posting. I like the sort of muted winter colors here, the pose with the eye contact and placement in frame. You did well HH at such a slow ss with the 500 and 1.4.

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    Nice stare, did you desat the green in foreground ?

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    Hi Steve ,
    like the composition , the overall tones/contrast and the colors . You have good Sharpness/Detail for the techs given, well done .

    TFS Andreas

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    Good detail here Steve with the whites just right the habitat does look a tad bleached, but I wasn't there and trust your colour on this.
    TFS


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    Hello Steven,

    This buck is sharp and well exposed, cannot believe you had 1/160s!

    Love the BG, the FG puzzles me a bit as I would expect at F6.3 to have a few "in focus" grasses around the subject yet I really like this "painting" effect you have here, quite unusual and it works for me as it makes the subject pop nicely. I feel it might need a bit of rotation but let us see what the others say, overall I really like it, good processing and composition, sharpness is there where it counts, great work!!!

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    Gabriela Plesea

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    Thanks to all for the looks and comments.

    @ Tom, No to the FG. The grasses don't start greening up around here until mid-late May.

    @ Marc, Maybe a touch light but pretty close to the winter colors of the grasses. Wanted to go a bit darker, especially on the BG brush but thought it looked a little to unrealistic.

    @ Gabriela, This particular area has a lot of little rolling hills. There's a mound running between me and the subject and I think the grasses that should be sharp are partially obscured by the FG grasses lying between us. I've got quite a few shots of these guys with that effect, some like it, some don't, and me, it depends on what kind of mood I'm in.

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    Great image Steve, colours and detail look good to me, only as a personal pref i would loose about 1-2cm off the bottom.

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    Nicely framed and portrayed Steve. Like the winter grass against the dark BKG, adds a for a rich contrast. Would run some NR to the BKG only.

    TFS
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    It's good to see you posting again, Steve. I like how the buck pops from the dark BG. Nice soft light too...
    Ditto Steve on some NR ;)
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    Brendon, Steve, and Morkel,
    Thanks for the look and suggestions.

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