Taken on a very foggy morning, just outside Ottawa at about 7:30 in the morning. Processing included, after tweaking in DPP, in no particular order, levels, curves, hue/sat, selective colour, noise removal, some light D&B, and then cropped, reduced image size, another light USM pass, and saved for the web.
Edit (after voting):
Thanks everyone for the great score and the very nice comments. to expand on what someone said in a comment, this was a combination of a great long lens, fairly tame deer and a whole lot of luck to be in the right place at the rigth time. Thanks again.
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arghhhhhhh!!!!!!!! sorry Steve, only now I look the results of free study and I see this your fantastic final score and position!!!!!! Super congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm going to own up and let you know that I gave one of the conspicuously low marks. Now I have read your description, I really should justify it and apologise.
When I looked at this image I thought it was a still life - the 'static-ness' and the difference in the foliage colour at what appears to be a fixed point in the middle distance made me think this was a shot of an exhibit at a natural history museum. The background looks like a painting and the foreground looks separated and still. And overall the lighting doesn't look like daylight.
Now I've read your description, I find I have to reconsider my score.
Apologies again, but I thought you deserved an explanation.
I love this image. Great nature drama in a natural setting. Masterful control of exposure and focus, with very effective differential contrast (fog). Top score from me. (10)
This looks like a painting... like "no way a person actually got a shot of them so perfectly arranged". *grin* Well done. I hope this does well for you. (not voting yet)
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