Deer at Richmond Park, Surrey, UK

Jay925

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They aren't usually so quiet and placid, so I took the opportunity to get as close as possible without spooking it. Still needs some PP work and I think the colours could be brought out slightly more although I'm not sure how.

C&C appreciated and welcomed,

Jay.

Mark Edell

Jay, nice job on getting that close, they are not easy to sneak up on.

Overall you have a nice shot here. There is some motion blur with the head and ears, you must have caught him in mid "flick" Never underestimate PP, there is a lot to work with here. I hope you don't mind but I reworked it a bit so you can see what can be done.

Here is what I did...

*Slight shadow and highlight adjustment
*unshapen mask
*Adjusted saturation
*used dodge tool to bring out the eyes some more
*used burn tool to darken background a bit (helps make the subject pop)




Keep them coming!!

Netgarden

Hi Jay, How great to have deer around. They fascinate me because we hardly ever see them in so. cal! I'm trying to figure out where the focal point was. The face looks a little soft, but I can't tell if it was back focusing a tad? You might try a smaller focal point area too, so uncontrasty colors don't fool the autofocus area.

Forgot to say, Mark, I do think your processing did it well!

Jay925

Thank you
Thanks for criticism and PP. Much appreciated. Guess I should play around with Photoshop and Lightroom more over the Christmas season to get to grips with it more and attempt to produce some better results