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    I hope this fits the brief,bit of a cheat,taken from the drivers seat across the passenger(on freeze mode) through an open window elbow on center console HH. Not my usual nutcase fallow but one in the forest of dean I spotted while trawling for boar to stalk just after dawn. Being sat comfy and no effort in stalking and lying in ditches and erm etc make this one slightly unusual for me Mind it was a devil of a job getting her head clean of the bracken,I only spotted a tiny bit of brown but just enough for an id, pull up engine off and hope.

    This is a slight crop basically because we are both on a hill and the image looked plain wrong as taken. Focus point between eyes and slightly lower...bottom touching top of nose. I guess a shout for greater DOF is in order.

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    Guys as always the huge thanks for all previous wisdom bestowed on my previous images. Please forgive if i'm slow to reply,the work load is so bad they have just robbed us of a week at chistmas,so I might not get a chance to reply properly for a few days

    Thanks muchly for all the help over the last year or so: for all have the best christmas what ever you believe

    Stu

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    Hi Stu - I think this is one of your best to date, both in terms of techs and pp. Yes, to a bit more dof but not a deal breaker. I would have shifted the whole crop down a bit so that the doe was a bit higher in the frame. Great to see your improvement.

    TFS,
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    Lovely lovely image that tells a story ! I am not sure I agree with Rachael on the crop.......I think the position of the doe in the frame is nicely balanced by the larger green stem on the left upper side. Catch light in her eyes helps a lot........could the right hand side of her face(as viewed) perhaps be lightened and sharpened a little?

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    Very well done Stu.

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    Hi Stu looks very well indeed ... specially when just plain processed in DPP without any local adjustments !!!!
    I would also like to see the doe a bit higher in the frame .
    TFS Andreas

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    Stu you have caught this one very nicely,do like the way it is framed by the foliage ,a very nice bit of natural history photography.
    All the best for Christmas mate.

    Keith.

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    Hey guys ok wow THANKYOU and erm I need to see better, insecutiry over IQ meant nearly didn't post

    Guys please forgive the brevity , thank you for the thoughts so much
    It was glorious here today I do hope some of you got out in it,
    do have a wicked christmas
    Oh Keith the luxury of sitting in a car.... the guilt... i'll do some penance for that one
    little patches of brown...you know

    take care

    Stu

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    insecutiry over IQ meant nearly didn't post
    Hi Stu, you are getting the framing and vision right, that's the hard part, as you really can't teach that as such, techs & PP is just learning over time and is the easy stage. Never be afraid to post, it's the way you will learn and make progress, and never be afraid people don't like it. F/4 here, I feel is too shallow, look at eyes to muzzle, I appreciate the light, but just push the ISO Stu.

    Just opening the Exp up a fraction, addressing the greens and WB I think helps bring a bit more 'life' to the capture, albeit perhaps away from the original setting. Some more localised sharpening on the subject and a bit of NR also helps.
    Have a good Xmas.

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    Hi Stu -- I like this one , agree with Rachel one of your best so far , great going , Steve's RP has improved this quite a lot .

    TFS !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski View Post
    Hi Stu, you are getting the framing and vision right, that's the hard part, as you really can't teach that as such, techs & PP is just learning over time and is the easy stage. Never be afraid to post, it's the way you will learn and make progress, and never be afraid people don't like it. F/4 here, I feel is too shallow, look at eyes to muzzle, I appreciate the light, but just push the ISO Stu.

    Just opening the Exp up a fraction, addressing the greens and WB I think helps bring a bit more 'life' to the capture, albeit perhaps away from the original setting. Some more localised sharpening on the subject and a bit of NR also helps.
    Have a good Xmas.
    Haseeb hope you have the best holiday and shoot straight in the new year

    Steve thanks again on the informative repost the way the sharpening makes the deer pop is the biggest facet for me ,but as always your subtle touch adds to the the base frame. Huge appreciation of your time

    Steve there is no fear of posting,no worries of what someone else might think of my efforts. That isn't what I meant at all,just surprised by the coments and their implications for IQ etc.

    Have the best break mate. I can't wait to see what you come up with in the new year keep pushing the boundaries Steve!! Sorry slow in reply thanks for everything in 2016,

    best always both

    Stu

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    I agree, your best to date for me Stu.
    Steve's suggested repost has taken it up a notch as well.
    Well done, I like the doe framed by foliage here.
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