Oh deer.....

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Yet another peaceful night at anchor (somewhere in Poole), and woke up to a windless sunny morning. Rowed ashore and went for a quiet walk, and came across these......

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And this......


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Makes it all worth while sometimes! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
What beautiful pictures! I am envious; I see deer often, but I am walking my spaniel, so they run away.

Also it is often too dark in the woods in the early mornings.
 
T'is a Canon 30D. I've only had it a few weeks now, so I'm still playing with it.
Before that I used a Fuji FinePix S7000, which is Ok (and I still use it sometimes), but has some very basic "niggles", ie, slow auto focus, and a long delay between pressing the button and the photo being taken.

Seems a long way from the Brownie Box camera I had first! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
Wow if I could produce exposures like that I would send the digital file off to an internet printing service and frame the A3 print on a wall at home.
 
Funny you should say that...... Last year, in early october, I was trying to get some similar shots at the same place.

I'd followed a stag around for about 20 minutes, trying to get the either the angle right, or the light right, or the stag facing the right way (seems easy to get shots of their bums!) or a nice "close-up".

I think eventually he got a little fed up, 'cause when I managed to get into the perfect posistion, he put his head down and charged.

I dropped the camera as I went arse over tit, but luckily managed to grab his antlers in my right hand and hold him away from my head. I was shouting and hollering so much that my partner and some passersby thought I was being murdered!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Now I find a tele-photo lens works much better!
 
On the pic of the two together, yes. ISO was set to 400, and the AV was set to 5.6. The camera then chose the correct shutter speed, which in that case was 1/1000. Focal length was 300mm.

In the pic of the stag the ISO was set to 1000, with the camera left to work out the AV and shutter speed automatically. From the EXIF data, the AV was 7.1, with a shutter speed of 1/400. Focal length was 200mm.
 
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At last a sensible comment............
 
That rear-end shot reminds me of African Impala which are nicknamed McDonalds of the savanna - cos of the feint black 'M' on their bum plus the fact they are consumed in vast numbers as convenient & fast food by the big cats!
 
It may be difficult for you sailing types who aren't peasants to comprehend that a cuddly little animal could want to harm a human by charging, but October/November IS the "rutting" season when all the stags want to do is chase off competitors.

If you have escaped from the boat for a quick walk in the woods, and hear "boving" ( a sort of eldritch mooing ) steer clear, as it's a stag wanting to pick a fight, and our Exmoor Red deer can weigh up to 200 kg. No contest, especially for dogs off the lead.

They don't even taste good at this time of year ...
 
The "stag" is a Sika buck and, given the right time of year/sex etc, Sika is without doubt the best tasting venison that is available from the six species of deer that live natuarally in the UK. If you can get it, try either the inner or outer back-strap of Sika. MMmmmmmm!
 
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