Had great potential, but so over sharpened IMO his face looks like stone. Not voting yet. Will have to come back to this later in the week for another look.
BEAUTIFUL capture! The background noise and sharpening halo ... and the weird stuff about his head and body could have been fixed since it's Advanced Editing, but that's editing stuff. The capture is FABULOUS! (not voting)
Very neat! The eyes give it a scared or surprised look. The bokeh serves well to keep the stag in limelight, and the light itself is nice, warm and pleasing. The crop has a good balance to it too. My top 10.
Gorgeous lighting! Wonderful shot! (not voting in this challenge.)
Ok. So I have a very happy score going in this challenge -- so I thought I'd have some fun and guess which photos were going to be my greatest competition. There are 6 photos that worry me greatly. And this is one! The lighting is so beautiful on this. It brings out the details in the antlers so well. I'm not voting in this competition, but this would have been a 8. Good luck!!