Red deer (Cervus elaphus)
I sense this stag is just biding his time. Time is on his side, the dominant stag had a herem of about 50 hinds, it is unlikely he can meet those demands and fend off young pretenders for that nmuch longer. I reckon he thinks in a few days the big boy will be tired and I can step in and take over.
OM-1, 40-150mm & MC14
ISO 1250 -0.3EV, 1/1600sec f5.6
ACR/PSCC
Hi Jon ... with your intro this image is telling a story , without reading it looks just like a sleepy stag .
Nice colors and the rack looks enormously big !!!
The fur looks quite crunchy to me and the contrast is too high for my taste ... blacks heavily clipped in all channels.
The image might look better with a more gentle approach .
TFS Andreas
I hear you..... how about this? The light was less than ideal.Originally Posted by Andreas Liedmann
Hi Jon .... i think the light might be not perfect , but not really so bad IMHO. Looks like the sun was already at a " lowish" angle when looking at the shadow fall .
Cannot comment seriously as i am at work ... but what is jumping at me is the nice color of the OP that is missing in the RP ???!!.
Will get back to you later tonight .
Cheers Andreas
Looking at home now ... it is improved from the tonal aspect .
Not sure about the darkened FG and the " missing color " .
Cheers Andreas
Thanks Andreas, I do think I have now fixed it, I appreciate your comments.
The IQ of the repost looks much better (i.e. less crunchy) but I am also curious where the beautiful red hues went in the process? Your story helps as I though this beast might be dead when I looked at the thumb!
Hello Jon,
Interesting pose from this deer, initially I thought he looked defeated - but then read the story behind the image
I have seen the expression 'somewhere between the OP and the RP' so many times before... but this is the very first time I am using it: love the colours and tones of the subject in the OP but prefer the more muted colours of the RP when it comes to the vegetation/surroundings.
Regarding your processing, it just seems to me that you are applying the same treatment to the image overall ? In the OP everything is too sharp, to a point that it becomes a bit crunchy... this includes the grass in the FG. The OP looks better from this POV. Worth spending a bit more time on this image, and like Dorian said, please put back those beautiful red hues
Thank you so much for sharing, I enjoyed viewing.
Warmest regards,
Gabriela Plesea
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