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Red Deer Stags and falling snow

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Posted by Danny Green on February 3, 2009 at 8:38 AM
Red Deer Stags and falling snow
Believe or not in all the years of photographing Red Deer I have never had the chance to photograph them in falling Snow as we just don't get any round here, so I braved the elements and set off on Monday morning. It was quite easy getting there but getting back was the problem as it took me over an hour to dig my car out. These two stags where probably kicking ten barrels of $£%* out of each other three months ago, now they are best mates :smile:

Canon 1DS MK11, 500mm Lens, F4, ISO 200


Danny :wavey:
Posted by David Sewell on February 3, 2009 at 8:51 AM
Bags of atmosphere here. I think I might have preferred to see the right hand one just a little further into the frame, but that is a minor nit on a wonderful shot.

David
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Posted by Dave Courtenay on February 3, 2009 at 8:56 AM
Although i agree with David it does allow extra space for the snow which is just as big a part of the image as the deer-very nice

Dave :toast: :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on February 3, 2009 at 9:36 AM
I also agree with David but furthermore a very attractive winter shot. :smile: :smile:
Posted by Ben Gardner on February 3, 2009 at 9:56 AM
Nice shot Danny. I assume it was taken in Bradgate?
Posted by PhilH on February 3, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Nice one Danny, I'm picking up an ever so slight cyan cast, it is ever so slight mind... I couldn't even get my car out Monday and only just got home in time on the Sunday to get the car up my hill....

Mind you south east copped it a lot earlier....

Really like the setting with the falling snow.

All the best

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Posted by Brett Lewis on February 3, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Great Stuff Danny, worth braving the elements and hope you got a great sequence..

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Ian Mason on February 3, 2009 at 11:19 AM
I love this! I agree about a little more room bottom right, but I really like the skeleton of the tree showing through the blizzard. Our "snow" last night turned out to be rain :mad:
Posted by Mark Wilson on February 3, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Lovely stuff Danny, liking the hint of the trees in the background through the snow.
Posted by Des Ong on February 3, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Hi Danny, lovely capture! I abandon my trip to the east as the weather was looking pretty bad, so I was at the park as well on Monday, no deer but lots of screaming children and sledges :mad: :wavey:
Posted by jack chapman on February 3, 2009 at 12:41 PM
great image, the trees in the background, the poses of the deer and all that snow, can't fault it
Posted by Billy Fairburn on February 3, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Great shot Danny, it all works for me :toast:
Posted by Simon Litten on February 3, 2009 at 3:24 PM
Top shot, Danny.


Simon
Posted by Mark Davies on February 3, 2009 at 4:30 PM
So glad you braved the elements .The atmosphere captured so well .
Mark , yep that one.
Posted by Drew Mellowship on February 4, 2009 at 9:58 AM
All nits mentioned - nice atmospheric shot, well done & nicely captured !

Drew :smile:
Posted by Fran French on February 4, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Love the atmosphere here Danny. Certainly worth being brave for. Love it!

Fran :toast: :toast:
Posted by tony flashman on February 4, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Seems like everywhere had snow apart from my corner of kent :confused:

The winter scene really makes a change from the normal deer shot.

Tony :toast:
Posted by Ray on February 4, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Perhaps a tad tight towards the bottom right corner, otherwise an excellent shot, well worth freezing your **** off for. Nice one.
Posted by Nigel Blake on February 5, 2009 at 3:12 AM
I like this Danny, I think the composition is spot-on because the stags share the stage equally with the snow in this image, I also like the way the shapes of the antlers of the right-most stag are mirrored in the shapes of the OOF tree behind it. A well crafted image!