Wellington Photographer Claims Runner Up

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A Wellington photographer was recently named runner-up in the international photography competition, with Mike Heydon’s image of a stag getting him second place in the ...full storyRelated %category%:

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[boneywhitefoot]

I eat live and breath bush stalking stags and theres something wrong with the lighting and that stag,Im 99% positive its been placed in the photograph.
the light on the stag is all wrong considering the bush around him.

[chrisgin]

What on earth are you talking about?

[boneywhitefoot]

http://www.jetphotography.co.nz/

[wirehunt]

What on earth are you talking about?

For a start, the colour of his antlers is all wrong, at that time of year they should be dark stained, as soon as stags get the velvet off, in fact part of getting the velvet off is rubbing their antlers on small trees or native bush. In doing that they stain the antler.

[boneywhitefoot]

we have now found so many mistakes on this piece of art its not funny.
it makes photo comps nothing more than a joke in my eyes.
the deer has no foot,plants floating in space,wrong lighting, wrong size , wrong perspective,...what do the judges actualy look for and how hard do they look???