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    OK, not quite one of the big beasts you all think of, but.:)

    Taken a while back in the Cairngorms in January before the snow arrived. The actual backdrop is bracken that has died back, shot late afternoon, hence the overall colour. The Stag is in a hollow, hence the look of swimming in a mist of brown, plus shooting wide open has given the DOF required, no PS work was done, all in camera and placement. The darker line/blobs that runs through the antlers is the rest of the herd.

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    Sweet in camera composition Steve !! Isolation works very well and makes the animal stand out well, complementing colors take it over the top !!!

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    This works for me Steve. I like the placement, and lovely mood with the surrounding bracken. The stag just pops so well. A well thoughtout image. Well done.

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    Nice picture! Unsharpness on the foreground make him really stand out!

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    Bravo on this one, Steve. :)

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    Interesting.
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    A good example of how 'mush' should work, Blending the foreground into the background making the subject the only sharp piece in the image-would have liked some room for the virtual legs but thats all

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    Excellent image Steve , awesome in-camrea work
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    HI Steve,,,love the selective focus and color harmony...tack sharp on your subject! Congrats!

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    Not really sure of this one Steve. Light is very contrasty and the bg/fg smacks of gaussian blur. Accept what you say, but does look PS'd... The bg /fg divider on the rump suggests some work.

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    Very happy to fwd the RAW if you want David, some slight blemishes were spotted and removed thats all, the rest was all in camera as I say. :)
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