Fawn at Rest
This fawn rested in the shade of a cottonwood while a twin sibling and their mother fed nearby.
This fawn rested in the shade of a cottonwood while a twin sibling and their mother fed nearby.
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Location
Capital Reef National Park,UT.Time
Approximately an hour before sunsetLighting
Soft diffused sunlight.Equipment
Canon Xti with sigma 150-500mm lens supported by a manfrotto tripod with ballhead.Inspiration
This photo took little inspiration; the fawn had wandered a short distance from its mother and twin sibling to lie in the shade of a cottonwood. Up to that point dappled sunlight was blowing out highlights making for useless photos. Open shade with sunlight reflecting from the reddish cliffs, acting as subtle fill light, aided in a fawn portrait which demonstrates the beauty found in a young deer.Editing
Yes. I slightly brightened the shadows, sharpened, and removed a net wire fence from the background by utilizing the cloning tool in Adobe Photoshop.In my camera bag
I currently use a canon t4i equipped with a 150-500mm optically stabilized lens for most of my wildlife photography. When needed, I attach a Tamron 1.4 teleconverter to increase magnification. I sometimes apply a zoom extension tube and use the above combination for macro photography; especially, when photographing skittish butterflies. I use a Canon eos d70 for macro and landscape photography with either an 18-135mm canon lens or 18-250 mm sigma lens. For 1:1 macro I employ a 150mm sigma macro or use extension tubes on an 80-300mm macro sigma lens. For ultimate sharpness in landscapes, I've found my 50mm and 24 mm canon lens unsurpassed. Though optically stabilized lenses are terrific, I still opt for a bean bag or a carbon fiber manfrotto tripod with ball head when working in low light.Feedback
If possible, try to travel to wildlife destinations like Capital Reef National Park when young animals are being born. Does have their fawns in late July or early August in this area, and when I took this picture in late August on a weekday, my wife and I had the place nearly to ourselves which greatly increased my odds of capturing a spotted fawn during a serene moment. Something I've learned from many failures is lighting can change instantly and transform a mundane picture into a work of art; therefore, patience, observation, and readiness are components of good wildlife photography.
