Velvet

[Tom Barry]

Young whitetail buck in velvet. Taken in our front yard with the 70D+EF 400mm f/5.6L. I don't normally use JPEGs, but as the camera is new to me, I thought I'd try some, dialing in -2/3rds stop from the "evaluative" meter reading, which has worked in other cameras. Here's my favorite of the resulting lot:
Final3-web by tombarry975, on Flickr

[FootLoose]

Well done, Tom, great detail in this capture. It would be good if you could tone down the bright flash in the b/g.

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[JBW]

This is the type of shooting animals that I approve of. Excellent detail. But I gotta agree about the bright strip.

[Tom Barry]

Thanks. The bright strip is afternoon sunlight shining through the spaces between fence palings. I tried to work the buck (and his less-antler-endowed brother) away from the fence, which was ruining all the shots. I got a number of shots of the two (and their mother), and some of them don't have the problem. Anyhow, I'll work on this one and the others and post again later.

[Tom Barry]

OK, I fiddled around some more and wound up using the healing brush in Photoshop with zero hardness. I picked the color next to the white strip on the frame and replaced the white with that. It took a while, but I don't think it is too bad:
Final3-web by tombarry975, on Flickr

[Urbanflyer]

Your work turned out well. I looked at your B/W as well and like this one better.

[JBW]

not too bad at all

[FootLoose]

Good work, Tom.

[Tom Barry]

Thanks for the kind words, Judith, Brian and Greg.