I generally withdraw a few steps from wildlife to give them their space - the mother is used to me as she has seen many times before but not the fawns - especially the one staring at us seem raked by a coyote or some other injury - this is with z7 and tamron 150-600 at 500 mm - I had to limit the jpeg size for uploading - I like some ideas on how shoot an image with that light, more than editing - thanks -
My first instruct tells me that the greens should be a little less bright and that the reds should show through more.
Nice framing of the deer; however the general image is way too busy with plants. Surroundings of the subjects have to be simpler for this to work.
I'd agree the foliage is too bright. Also the image feels slightly imbalanced with the subject pushed too far to the top. You could have something like this (please check below) - de-emphasise what's not important and empasise the subject.
The main issue however is the foliage overlapping too much with the subject(s). You were lucky to find a window in the foliage so that important parts are not obstructed, but still not enough in my opinion.
Thank you - yes your version brings out the main subjects better.
I think you could get better images by waiting. The deers usually get used to you, if you stand motionless. When they move around, you get different "compositions" and subject separations.
I played with the color a bit and added lessened the shadows, and added some shadows.
I don't know the z7 but I can set my D5300 to shoot a frame every 0.3 seconds as long as I hold down the trigger. With animals, I shoot a lot and throw away almost everything. digital film is free. Patience.... and digital film, that's how to get animals.