Some Wildlife

[David]

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Vivitar (Tokina) 400mm 1:6.3 and Pentax K-7 for all three. The birds were shot last night, the mule deer tonight.

All comments are welcome and encouraged. Comments on lighting, framing, and composition would be especially appreciated.

[Pontus]

I like the deer shot best, very nice mood!

I'm not sure about the last one since it shows the back only, but it's a nice back, I'll give you that. I'm not a big fan of central composition. I would frame the last one differently, a rectangular crop. Leave out the right side of the picture...

[ForenSeil]

I can't display #1
For #2 a longer focal length would have been a lot better und bird looks slightly OOF
#3 is a bit boring imho. Sorry I bit cropping might help

[David]

Thank you both. I tried to focus on off-center composition for my shots from the following day. The results were much better.

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As for the hummingbird's softness, that will be partly due to the jpg compression, the higher ISO, the 400mm lens being hand-held, and the hummingbird being on the top of a tree in the wind. Not an ideal shoot.

[nurkov]

[quote="David"]Thank you both. I tried to focus on off-center composition for my shots from the following day. The results were much better.

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Otstanding really good one, love it


Although I love that one better and I hope that you don't mind what I did

[Minolfan]

I like the deer most.

[David]

I don't mind at all Nurkov. I had some I took without the distant mountains, too.

And yes, Minolfan, I agree that the deer is the best. You know how sometimes you take a photo and you know it's just going to be of the best for the year? I think that's going to be one of my best photos this year. Everything just aligned well.

[Himself]

The deer is the best!
Great timing, golden hour.

[Attila]

[Drack]

The deer shot looks nice, but a bit underexposed to me. I also like the shot of the bird in the yellow sky. Great mood