This is my 85 year old friend Gordon, aka thewhiteone on my fishing forums.


He's the person who sold me my new Super Takumar 300mm f4

Anyways he's up here hoping on getting what he says will probably be his last deer, so I managed to get this photo of him.

I don't like the idea of going on a hunt, but it's what I'll be doing tomorrow half hoping that he gets his animal.
A friend of mine was supposed to guide him, but has too much work to do

[vievetrick]

Stu, I really think this is a great portrait and I bet him and his family would enjoy it. If I had one nit it would be the branch/stick/brown twigs comming in on the right. Lose those and I think it is a winner. Nice story and I am sure you will get some nice shots on the hunt like it or not

[channeler]

Yes, that's a really nice portrait Stu and good colours/tone. I agree with Pat that it could be improved by losing the vegetation sticking up on the right.

Paul

[daacon]

Man I hope I look that good at that age - man I hope I get to that age ! Nice shot Stu - that face I'll bet has a million stories

[little laker]

Thank you very much

I'll clone that reed out some time.

He did manage to get his buck 2 days ago. Around a 175 pound Mule Deer. He was ecstatic.

Gord does have an entire lifetime of stories to share. And all of them are good stories.

I don't know how his wife convinced him to take the trip out here. She's the love of his life, and you could really tell that he missed her.
As she put it it might be the last trip that he could make.

[Sailor]

Man I hope I look that good at that age - man I hope I get to that age ! Nice shot Stu - that face I'll bet has a million stories

Me too. And I wish I could get the kind of casual and perfect portrait like this one. Congrats, Stu.

Jer