...and They Will Come

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 9, 201366 views3 comments

This was from my early am shoot at the local nature area on Thurs. I'm trying out my latest technique for getting closeups of the deer: Just stand there looking stupid and they will come to you. So here I was just standing in the middle of the trail observing the deer. This buck decided to move my way (there were does behind me). So he just walked down the path slowly with head somewhat lowered then veered around me by about 10 feet and continued on his way. No blind, no stalking: Just standing there. It doesn't get any easier than that. This image I cropped to near square as the full horizontal just gave a view of the top of his back and I thought this was a more appropriate view. Then I just ran through most a the sliders in LR5 and made minor adjustments. Look okay? Please let me know with your excellent comments and critiques.

Tech Info

Canon EOS 60D with EF 70-200mm f/4 and 1.4 TC = 215mm
1/1250th at f/5.6 and ISO 1250

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on November 9, 2013 at 10:43 PM

Very pretty pose, but a little soft.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on November 10, 2013 at 4:54 AM

A pity this is so soft Peter; in an image like this sharpness is kind of critical. It could not have been your SS, maybe he was within your minimum focusing range?

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Comment posted by John Tobias on November 10, 2013 at 8:18 AM

Nice one Peter. I do agree the softness prevents this from being a real winner, but I would have done the same if a buck had approached me as close as this one did to you. You can see hints of green on his antlers where he must have worked over a small tree or bush. Thanks for sharing, bet it was exciting as the buck approached you.

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