My first deer photos

Driving thru the park looking for deer, ready to give up (again) and as soon as I turned my head to the right...there they were! But out of the corner of my eye I could see hikers coming up along the path next to them and of course, awaythey ran! I had less than 30 sec. to shoot my first deer photos!


Do to the rush in shooting, they are not very sharpand I must of bumpedmy setting off manual mode getting it out of the bag (my settings were all wrong)but C&C still welcome anyway:)


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thanks for viewing!
Denise

Very nice.They are all nice shot, but I like #3 the best.


Let us know camera & lens info [:)]


Wally

Thanks, Wally! These were shot with my 7d and 100-400mm lens. I

I like #3!

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Originally Posted by ddt0725

.... I had less than 30 sec. to shoot my first deer photos!


Do to the rush in shooting, they are not very sharpand I must of bumpedmy setting off manual mode getting it out of the bag (my settings were all wrong)but


C&C still welcome anyway:)








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Denise

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Hi Denise,


I do that all the time, I accidentally bump the mode dial. I wish Canon would put a button lock on the mode dial, like my old..., film SLR Pentax had.


You got the shot, and that's all that matters!





I like #2, because the Deer is looking right at the Camera.


C&C:


Lets, see.., things to improve if you had 5 more minutes, would be to add back light compensation, since the background is slightly overexposed, while the face of the Deer is a little dark. Or, try spot metering with exposure lock, by metering on the sand, since the sand color appears to be half-way between the color of the sky and the color of the Deer. Lastly, if you wan't to really scare off the Deer, you could use fill flash.






Rich

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if you wan't to really scare off the Deer, you could use fill flash

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[:D] LOL


Denise,


Very nice photos. I like #2 and #4.I saw a moose on Sunday. First of all, seeing moose is New Hamphire is not as common as you might think, I've only seefour since I moved here six years ago.And this guy was big, had something dangling from his good sizedantlers, and he had trees in full fall colors behind him as he crossed the road about 15 ft in front of us. I jumped out of my car, grabbed my camera and fired off two quick shots just after he entered the woods..........I got a fuzzy black thing moving through fuzzy trees because my camera was set at Tv 1/4......


In other words....your deer pictures are amazing.............


Brant

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That one is my favorite also! I think I should have just concentrated on this one deer knowing I didn't have much time at all instead of trying to get photos of all four. I guess I got a tad greedy! [:P]

Denise

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Lastly, if you wan't to really scare off the Deer, you could use fill flash.

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HA! HA! Maybe I should get there really early and set up my softbox or beauty dish ahead of time and hope they walk to the same spot! [:P] If I succeeded in getting one shot, it would be worth it! LOL!

Denise

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Originally Posted by Richard Lane

Lets, see.., things to improve if you had 5 more minutes, would be to add back light compensation, since the background is slightly overexposed, while the face of the Deer is a little dark. Or, try spot metering with exposure lock, by metering on the sand, since the sand color appears to be half-way between the color of the sky and the color of the Deer. Lastly, if you wan't to really scare off the Deer, you could use fill flash.


Rich

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Thanks, Rich! I will keep that in mind for I plan on going back to that same area next time just alittle earlier, right at sunrise. The back is badly over-exposed, You can't tell from this angle but that is Lake Michigan behind the deer and if I remember right, it was a blue sky w/ white clouds!

Denise

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Very nice photos. I like #2 and #4.

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Thanks, Brant! From your story, you know EXACTLY how I felt after I saw what my camera was set at and what my photos looked like! [:'(] I wanted so much to be able to shout, WAIT! COME BACK!


Did those hikers really need to come by at just that moment!? [8o|]

Denise

Great photos, don't get that sort of wildlife where I'm from. I like deer pic number 4, it has a "what the heck are you doing here look"


But I did just snap these tonight as I stopped at at vineyard just around the corner from my place.


I think they are the "Lesser known short front legged, long tailed hopping dears"


Thay don't look as evil in the daytime, I will have another go in the daylight.


Cheers


Steve

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Thanks Denise, you are right they are wallabies. They don

What are you talking about Steve? Don

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Ahhh yes the formiddable drop bear... scary stuff. I've never encountered one but my neighbour's dog was eaten by a Yowie one time. [:P]

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And how about those deer photos!? lol [;)]

Oh yeah they'll alright too. [:P]I WOULD be very impressed if you got a shot of a Yowie or a drop bear though. [:D]

lol! Stay tuned ..maybe next week! [:P]

Gorgeous venison, number 4 looks like he's spotted some headlights.[:)]

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Originally Posted by ddt0725

Driving thru the park looking for deer, ready to give up (again) and as soon as I turned my head to the right...there they were! But out of the corner of my eye I could see hikers coming up along the path next to them and of course, awaythey ran! I had less than 30 sec. to shoot my first deer photos!

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Very good Denise. Obviously if you had more time you could have done better, but they just don't seem to be very patient. I always like to see them and to be honest, even when you used manual settings, some turned out pretty good I think. I really like the third one.


I see them very often and I know some spots where they are very regular visitors. However I always walk or cycle. The chances of getting close with a car are much smaller. Also I never really saw many of them at sunrise! They are most active from about an hour before sunset till later. In the other times the chances of spotting them are much smaller since they like to sit in long grass and bushes and they're very stealthy!


I had a great encounter in juli. While I was hiking at one of my favorite deer-spots I saw something in the high grass(about 1ft high grass) and I couldn't directly see what it was and my first thought was that it was a fox I quickly pushed my camera to live-view and zoomed in a lot and saw the ears. At that moment I knew what it was. I started to get closer, like 20ft or so and my settings were messed up by the live-view and I decided to video-tape it. It easily walked in some bigger bushes and I lost it. I walked towards the bushes and I didn't see the little one anymore, but I could hear it squeak. When I looked better it started to jump away and at that point I realised that I was only 3ft away from it. I tried to take a photo, but it was way to quick.


Anyway, here's a short 10sec video that I made. It was probably the smallest one I've ever seen, very cute [:$]


I hope you get more luck next time[:D]


Jan

Thanks, Jan!


Very cute little video you were able to capture! I would love to get a photo of a baby one! People told me to either go right a sunrise or a shortly before sunset. For now, the sunrise on the weekends fits my schedule best but it is getting darker earlier and earlier, so soon I will be able to stop at a few places at night on my way home from work and hopefully see a few and maybe even get a few "harvest" moon shots!


I LOVE the change in seasons ...it gives a whole new line of subjects to go after!!

Thanks, Jan!


Very cute little video you were able to capture! I would love to get a photo of a baby one! People told me to either go right a sunrise or a shortly before sunset. For now, the sunrise on the weekends fits my schedule best but it is getting darker earlier and earlier, so soon I will be able to stop at a few places at night on my way home from work and hopefully see a few and maybe even get a few "harvest" moon shots!


I LOVE the change in seasons ...it gives a whole new line of subjects to go after!!

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I would love to get a photo of a baby one!

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Me too! [:D] But you'll have to wait some time before they have youngsters this big again.

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People told me to either go right a sunrise or a shortly before sunset. For now, the sunrise on the weekends fits my schedule best but it is getting darker earlier and earlier, so soon I will be able to stop at a few places at night on my way home from work and hopefully see a few and maybe even get a few "harvest" moon shots!

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I agree, I must admit that I've seen quite some deer at sunrises as well. However most of them were sudden encounters. One running over the path in front of me or one jumping away out of nowhere. The positive side of looking for them just before sunset is that they are easier to spot. At least that's how it works out for me [:P]

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I LOVE the change in seasons ...it gives a whole new line of subjects to go after!!

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Well I do to, however when I see all those amazing autumn shots...pff I wish I lived somewhere else [;)]