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upload_dateJan, 2013

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32 Comments |
JHPhotos PRO+
 
JHPhotos February 07, 2013
Nice capture. How many points was he?
Carli
 
Carli February 07, 2013
great shot :D
alsvetlinov
 
alsvetlinov July 20, 2013
Amazing shot!
valzart
 
valzart July 20, 2013
Excellent capture & a ***** fave :D
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta July 20, 2013
Beautiful closeup portrait. Congratulations on being featured.
PhotoAlaska
 
PhotoAlaska July 20, 2013
nice
Tkay
 
Tkay July 20, 2013
Beautiful capture! Congrats!
tetvet PRO+
 
tetvet July 20, 2013
nice close up,congrats
kkat Platinum
 
kkat July 20, 2013
Terrific Portrait!! Luv deer Congratulations!!!
mailsmc
 
mailsmc July 20, 2013
Great shot, congrats on your feature!
Akang_Bagja
 
Akang_Bagja July 20, 2013
nice shot!
LoriLynn13
 
LoriLynn13 July 20, 2013
Nice shot! Congrats!
jleiweke
 
jleiweke July 20, 2013
Congrats!
barbarabrock Platinum
 
barbarabrock July 20, 2013
The deer are everywhere. Why is it so hard to get a shot like this?? Beautiful.
debhall Platinum
 
debhall July 20, 2013
Beautiful shot!
CG
 
CG July 20, 2013
Nice Closeup
iceman2
 
iceman2 July 20, 2013
Congrats!
lilianabates
 
lilianabates July 20, 2013
Very cool. I love it. Way to go bro.
kittylegs
 
kittylegs July 20, 2013
nice, congrats on your feature
HappyTree
 
HappyTree July 20, 2013
Excellent close up!
AK_Swathi
 
AK_Swathi July 20, 2013
Gud one. Al d best!
Batesphoto
 
Batesphoto July 20, 2013
Thanks everyone so much for your kind words here. It was thrilling to get this shot and gratifying to be chosen by the Viewbug editors.
bongke
 
bongke July 20, 2013
buck close and personal :) good photo! congrats on the feature !
Jonocon
 
Jonocon July 21, 2013
Nice capture!
Angela_Lewry
 
Angela_Lewry July 23, 2013
Stunning photo.
redwriter Platinum
 
redwriter July 24, 2013
Great shot. Congrats. - Jake
ThompsonsPhotography
 
ThompsonsPhotography July 29, 2013
great shot congrats
ZachRosa
 
ZachRosa August 04, 2013
great shot
Batesrc2 PRO+
 
Batesrc2 October 30, 2013
Nice
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arizonadkins September 11, 2014
what a GREAT shot!!!!!
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MikeHiggins December 18, 2014
Wonderful.
smithkim
 
smithkim January 11, 2015
Beautiful!! ;) :) ;) :)

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Behind The Lens

Location

Cook County Forest Preserve Property near Willow Springs Illinois.

Time

Between 12 noon and 1 PM. I would occasionally take my lunch break time and look for photo ops in this particular area, that I could reach easily and quickly.

Lighting

I would purposely choose overcast days as I prefer the look of diffused sunlight.

Equipment

A Fuji Finepix S-2 pro with a 80 - 400mm VR Zoom. I have a window clamp tripod head that I used and shot this from an SUV, which made for a good "blind".

Inspiration

I enjoy nature photography and Whitetail Deer are one of my favorite and most challenging subjects. It helps a lot to get to know their behavior patterns to increase your odds of sightings and shooting opportunities.

Editing

The cropping is as shot and the only Photoshop work was to tweak the contrast a bit higher.

In my camera bag

For nature photography, in addition to a Nikon D800 with the above zoom lens I carry a veteran manual focus 55mm Micro-Nikkor because I enjoy closeup work in nature also.

Feedback

Learn all you can about the animal, bird, or other creature you want to photograph, and use that to give yourself more opportunities to make images of them. This buck was photographed during their rutting period, the peak of which is usually in November in the Midwest, and was near a doe it was "courting". The water droplet on his nose indicates his sense of smell was working overtime. Whitetail bucks loose some of their normally cautious behavior in their pursuit of does ready to mate. And further, this change in behavior can also make them very dangerous to people that get too close as they can attack anything perceived as competition.

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