White-tail buck

[John Mack]

This image was created in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on 12/4/19 at 8:06AM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Small crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
600mm
ISO 5000
f6.3
1/160sec

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi John a nice solid portrait of this species .
Colors are looking better to me in this frame , if you like you can push the tones a bit more for a bit oomph . Framing is working well and i do like ears being both forward , if you like you can crop a bit from the bottom to avoid the darker fur and have a " cleaner " image.

For my taste the techs are borderline to create a sharp image , i feel the fine detail is a little bit gone .

TFS Andreas

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Hi John, the pose and BG are great. The SS could have been higher but guess you were limited to 6.3 on the sigma. You could have gone with 6400 ISO instead?

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi John, not a great image, yes the techs haven't helped and the broken antler is not ideal. I feel the image also requires a CCW rotation, more sharpening (albeit the RP has suffered) and there is a bluish cast. Engage the Electronic spirit level in the viewfinder it will help.

TFS
Steve