White-tail buck

[John Mack]

This image was created in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park on 11/29/18 at 9:40AM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Medium crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
600mm
ISO 3200
f6.3
1/800sec

[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello John,

Lovely pose here, was the image taken during rutting season?

Framing is great, well exposed and very nice colours on the buck. Good detail on the face and coat as well.

I like this a lot, all I can suggest is that you try soften the BG a bit by whatever means available to you.

Thank you so much for sharing,

Kind regards,

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi John ... a funny and typical rutting face , i guess .
Pose , comp and tones are working well for me . Colors ... i might go a tad cooler , but i do not know the location and the animal . The blacks are perfect here for me in this frame .
But i have to disagree with Gabriela ..for me there is no fine detail visible as some sharpness is missing , agree with her about the BG .
TFS Andreas