It was quite an unsuccessful trip to Richmond park, set out early and full of glee to get stuck in traffic arrived late, saw a bit of mist and some deer fighting, yipeeee! parked the car ran back to find mist had lifted and Deer had scattered.. My luck! decided to spend the day down there anyway, met up with some old git called Mark-A and from a pretty dismal shoot this was maybe the best of them I had. I hope it can hold it's own in what should be an awesome challenge with some great shots.
est score 6.3
dream score - over 7
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I think I would say it held its own! Apologies for suggesting it might have been the work of that second-rate photographer Simms;¬P - and congrats on the top 10 finish!
I think I would say it held its own! Apologies for suggesting it might have been the work of that second-rate photographer Simms;¬P - and congrats on the top 10 finish!
I'm not sure on the processing here, everything around the stag looks to be in motion blur somehow, even the tree. I can see that that might help make the deer the focal point but personally, I'd find it more attractive if everything was more in focus. Still, he's a beautiful animal and you've captured him at a great moment.
Simms? Wonderful composition and technicals, and the bellowing stag couldn't be a better subject, but I am somewhat unsure whether I really like the processing style. I have revisited this a number of times and my vote hovers between 7 and 10 - so I shall go for 9....
There are a number of deer/elk photos in this challenge but this really stands out. Perfect lighting. This is an emotional shot. Not sure what I mean by that, but I can't stop looking at it.
Absolutely stunning capture. I really love this one and as far as I am concerned this one should get a ribbon. Wonderful muted colors and play of light. The composition is also almost technically perfect except for the branches intruding into the top of the frame but that's a minor niggle. The stance of the deer, it's mouth open in calling is perfect and the tree and ferns in front create a nice natural frame.
The pose here is spectacular! Absolutely spectacular. Focus and DOF are spot on. And before I digress, I voted this a 9.
But I'm going to nitpick, because the color is striking me oddly. The delineations feel artificial: the little patch of yellow he's standing in and then a soldly pinkish field behind and green and yellow in front, with no colors interspersed elsewhere. The trees in the back appear in clear bands of color. I don't know if that's processing or if it really looked that way, but it just doesn't appear natural to my eye. If he wasn't standing out well enough because of color I would have gone with B&W. Such a strong image would work well that way IMO.
I am on the fence with this shot. I love the shot but he PS kills it for me, it is a way over done. Now please know I like it but it could be SO much better with out all the PS work.
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