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Lifetime Member
Hi Dale - this works extremely well. Thanks for the detailed intro. I think you accomplished your goal. It's a very majestic image with the pose of the buck and the distant mountain. Nice light and detail. Fantastic comp but I do wonder if cropping from the bottom just above the lightest sage in the fg enhances the image. I think you still have enough room for the virtual legs. I just find that light tan bush drawing my eye slightly.
TFS,
Rachel
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Yea it would be fine to crop a bit since this is full frame, as you know most of my images are and why.... It may indeed help!
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Hi Robert, thank you for the detailed explanation. The mountain peaks in the BG looks majestic for sure. I know it is tough to get an image like this and I like it very much, but then I want to see more of the landscape. I wonder if you have anything in horizontal format with a shorter focal length? may not look as well in a small print, but could make a gorgeous large print. Loi
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Hi Dale. This is a lovely image with a nice backdrop. Thanks for sharing the story, really helps understand the scene better. I like it as presented but would echo Loi's comments on getting a wider view.
cheers,
Sanjeev
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BPN Member
Hi Robert,
this indeed works very well. I as well would crop a tad from bottom. Somehow around the antlers it is a bit blurry or something. Andreas mentioned it already above!
Have a great eve
Ciao Anette
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Macro and Flora Moderator
I have reloaded this page a couple of times and there appears to be something wrong with the image/loading/resizing, the antlers and head are not sharp, the perimeter appears quite fuzzy.
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Story Sequences Moderator and Wildlife Moderator
Dear Dale,
First of all, I love the title and the story - I can see your passion for this amazing environment and it comes through so well in your images. Looking at this frame it is not difficult for me to "see" what you saw: the colours are amazing, so is the vegetation, and especially the mule deer - he so fits in this majestic landscape!
I like the vertical crop - it gives prominence to the subject and to me there's enough space for the deer to look into. Also, it includes those lovely high peaks, so I wold not compose this otherwise:) I already mentioned the colours and I do think tonality is great, if this were mine I would take another look at the antlers (I see some kind of halo around them) and maybe consider softening the FG at the bottom of the image.
Overall a lovely capture of this superb proud mule deer - hope one day I get to see and photograph this species, for now I am happy to take great delight in viewing your images:)
Kind regards,
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BPN Member
Great use of layers, colour, light and context here Dale.
I would consider shaving a tad off the bottom and top, removing the OOF sagebrush FG and the empty blue sky over the peak - as an alternative...
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Wildlife Moderator
Hi Dale, for me the image conveys space & scale, having the snow cap mountains in the BKG provides for a 'layering' depth too, glad you waited for the head turn.
TFS
Steve