Fallow deer

[Jonathan Ashton]

Hand held Canon 5D IV Canon 100-400 L IS II @ 400mm
Auto ISO 2000, (-0.67) 1/3200 sec f8

ACR + PSCC

Another shot from the rutting season, this buck was rounding up his harem. I was quite pleased that the DOF was OK, it was one of those moments I heard a commotion, swung round and got the shot.

[John Mack]

Very nice. Really like how you have nice poses on the deer and they all have room between them. Low angle is a plus as well.

[haseeb badar]

Hi Jonathan -- I liked the pano crop and the tones. Low pov always has a nice feel but the FG is a bit distracting element in this case , especially the bunch of grass in front of the male. Nice light , the whites look slight strong but handled nicely IMO. i see some noise in the BKG but the BKG is helping the subjects stand out nicely.

TFS !

[Steve Kaluski]

Ho Jon, perhaps a slightly higher POV may have been better on this occasion and may have also helped on the FG? I quite like the contrasting light.

TFS
Steve

[Jonathan Ashton]

thanks everyone for you comments, I agree with your sentiments but it was a grab shot, the deer emerged about 5 metres from the left of the left doe and ran across so I just grabbed what I could. I was quite pleased with what I got under the circs.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Jon the right female will have headache .... LOL !!!

I think this does look quite good with the stark contrast between the FG and BG , does make the subjects pop !!!
Colors and tones are looking well processed and you handled the contrast well throughout the range.
Overall nicely done ...
TFS Andreas