Whitetail Buck

[John Mack]

Whitetail buck having a snack with a pear. Deer love apples and pears i imagine it is like ice cream to them. There is another deer across the bottom of the frame. Image adjustments in Lightroom.

Hand held, Full frame.

Canon 5D MarkIII
Sigma 150-600mm
421mm
ISO 6400
f8.0
1/100sec

[Gerald Kelberg]

Hi John,
Nice sharp portrait, although 1/100 sec is getting pretty slow; and a nice rack on the buck. The spray of juice really makes it for me.
If it were mine, I would be tempted to tighten the crop to exclude the other deer at the bottom of the frame and take a bit off the top to balance it out.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi John - Nice look to camera and I like the ear position too. The other deer is unfortunate. If it were mine I would also want more ss in the field and would back off on the contrast. Nice fall tones.

TFS,
Rachel

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi John i do like the portrait and the squeezed pear and the flying fluid is a great addition adding interest , compared to a standard portrait. HA and the look to the camera is nice.
Agree with the others that the SS is quite slow, but at this size it does look ok. , But you have lost some fine detail on the way.

TFS Andreas

[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello John,

Cannot help smiling when I see the puzzled look from this deer, really cute. Great timing indeed and I like the head angle here and eye contact. DoF works and I agree it is pretty sharp for such low SS. Lovely colours, subject as well as BG.

I agree with Gerald above, the other deer is unfortunate so maybe worth trying a tighter composition?

Well done capturing this, I really enjoyed viewing.

And I am off to look for a pear or an apple in the refrigerator

Kind regards,