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    Velvet

    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:
    VelvetFinal3-web by tombarry975, on Flickr

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    Re: Velvet

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

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    Nicely done.

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

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    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.

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    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:
    VelvetFinal3-web by tombarry975, on Flickr

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

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    not too bad at all

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    Good work, Tom.

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

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