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    Todd Frost
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    This whitetail doe was right outside my cabin in Eastern WA (along with 4 others). The family comes through the property daily. Not something we get to see everyday here on the west side (Seattle-Tacoma area) so it is a treat when we make it to the cabin :).
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    Wish I had more room below, but as I was shooting through the tall grass you would not have seen any more of the legs/hooves anyway. I'm sure the tree @ right will not be everyone's cup of tea.
    Thanks for looking, comments and critiques appreciated.
    Todd

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    excellent image Todd , lovely pose , eye contact and colors looks good here , IMHO tree on RHS anchors the frame , VWD my friend
    TFS

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    I love the upright pose and alert stare. The tree on the right works fine for me, as does the DoF.

    You might well want to keep that darkish early morning luminance. I experimented with setting white and black points on
    the doe, then masking that adjustment out so it affects only the deer, the tree and the foreground. Also cloned out that
    white object in the background underneath the deer. Excellent capture!


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    I like this image very much Todd and David's re post adds a bit more zing to it (not a very official term, sorry).

    I must say that the tree doesn't really add anything to the image for me, it feels like it blocks the deer too much. But as you say, personal preference here. I think the deer's pose is excellent and the look is great.

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    Hey Todd, would love to visit you at your cabin, if you have sightings like this.;) Good alert pose, sharp, and the tree doesnt distract. I would run some NR on the BG between the doe and the tree, although David has addressed that in his repost. Overall, well captured.

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    Hi Todd

    Would like to see the Doe slightly smaller in the frame, just to give the subject room to breathe, for me it's just a tad too tight. With regard to colour I feel it is a combination between yours and David's, but the biggest factor is the sharpness. I find it just too heavily sharpened, especially with David's repost, it just leaps out of the page and hits you square. Todd I might try to revert back to the original file and not sharpen the tree, it doesn't worry me, but it stands out more than the subject and sadly detracts. Might also add a tad more foreground for 'the feet'.

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    Thanks for all the comments. David, I like what you did in the re post. Have applied that same tactic to a couple other shots of the deer taken that am. Thank you for your expertise again.
    Todd

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