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Fallow 'fighting'

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Posted by David Kjaer on October 21, 2007 at 5:25 PM
Fallow 'fighting'
Went to Richmond on Saturday - the Red Deer 'rut' appeared to be over as I only heard one stag 'roar' all morning and no activity. The Fallow on the other hand were very active and these two 'bucks' were at it for about 15 minutes on the edge of the wood before taking there contest into the woodland where the light was too contrasty. I did however see the same two 'bucks' over an hour later some 500 metres away and they were still at it.

I took this image in a light mist/fog which made the image difficult to process as to try and show the mist resulted in a flat image with no real atmosphere so I have processed it more than I normally would to increase contrast and clarity!

1D MkIII + 500 iso 400 1/1250 at f6.3
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on October 21, 2007 at 5:46 PM
Cool a nice looking image :toast: :toast: .

Phillip.

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Posted by Paul King on October 21, 2007 at 5:51 PM
A good capture of the action David . :toast: :toast:
Posted by Paul Thomas on October 21, 2007 at 6:16 PM
Great action shot David. The overhanging branch frames it very well too.

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Paul
Posted by Paula Graham on October 21, 2007 at 6:30 PM
Yes, good shot, I, too like the bit of framing by the tree.
Posted by PhilH on October 22, 2007 at 2:17 AM
Nice one Dave, as said the tree framing is attractive.... Even the Fallows weren't that active on Sunday.

Really nice action here.

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Posted by Andy Astbury on October 22, 2007 at 3:56 AM
Superb action shot David - lovely colours and great comp - no nits here :toast: :toast:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on October 22, 2007 at 4:10 AM
Great shot!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Dave Courtenay on October 22, 2007 at 8:36 AM
Good to see the fallows having a clash of antlers-great action, The guy on the left giving it full welly :toast:
Posted by Mark Sisson on October 22, 2007 at 9:07 AM
Hi David,

Went to Richmond myself on RThursday and would concur that Red Deer activity s by and large over - some early morning bellowing but otherwise pretty quiet with stags fully knowing thier pecking order place now!

Nice pic here - really bloodshot eyes show the strain of it all well, and the nice lighting we've been able to enjoy the last few days too.

:toast:

Mark
Posted by Kent Johnson on October 22, 2007 at 11:21 AM
Great shot Dave! I'm from USA so when I read "Richmond" I think of a city in Virginia. Is this a National Park or game preserve? Where is it located? Thanks Kent
Posted by John Swift on October 22, 2007 at 1:07 PM
Nice dynamic shot David.
Kent, Richmond park is a national nature reserve and I believe is the biggest park in London.

Regards

JohnS
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on October 22, 2007 at 2:01 PM
Fantastic action shot David

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Posted by Philip Kirkham on October 23, 2007 at 4:33 AM
Hello David
Great action, and that tree frames it so well.
Best wishes
Phil :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Varley on October 23, 2007 at 10:58 AM
Splendid shot David. It very nicely conveys a feeling for the effort involved - I feel tired just looking at it :smile:


Posted by Alan Bryant on October 23, 2007 at 12:15 PM
Oooo i can here the fud from here :eek:

Cracking action shot David :toast:
Posted by Graeme Lee on October 23, 2007 at 3:50 PM
Superbly done David. Comp is exceptional :toast:
Posted by Marko Trebušak on October 24, 2007 at 1:14 AM
I like the tension in this image. It's showing clearly that both animals are throwing it all in. I find branches on top of the image distracting and would probably crop it to panorama format.

Cheers,
Marko
Posted by Justin on October 24, 2007 at 5:22 PM
Hi David,
Like it a lot and looks expertly processed too.
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