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Message: <blockquote data-quote="10 Gauge" data-source="post: 472977" data-attributes="member: 39102"><p>Wow, you shot those at 55mm....  Either those are insanely cropped or you could have just reached up and touched the deer, lol.  I agree with the rest of the group that this is more of a technique issue than it is a gear issue.  I understand that a flip out screen might give you a one up in this situation but that would be the only advantage gear-wise.  You really need to shoot with a longer lens and wider aperture to separate your subject from the background.  Since you shot these at 55mm and cropped them, I'm guessing that you were far enough away that even if your lens were at it's widest aperture it wouldn't have done much good to help blur the background.</p></blockquote><p></p>