So I decided to do a before/after with my deer. Now I didn't take time to really setup an ideal pose and the effect is more dramatic (more deceiving) if you don't have something (like my mantle) in the immediate background to give more scale, but you still get the idea.

holding deer beside me, about 6 ft from camera:


now, "long-arming" it with the deer about 2 feet from the camera and me as far back as possible:


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