Creative red deer running

I was working with a group in Sutherland photographing red deer, and as the light was very poor (mist and rain), making sharp shots of the moving animals nigh impossible without resorting to 4 figure ISO settings I decided to use a really slow shutter speed and 'pan' with the subject to give this deliberately blurred image.

Deer run 'from the waist down' and this image gives some idea of their elegance and fluid movement over rough ground, which I've been trying to capture the 'feel' of for years.

The fun aspect of this type of image-making is the unpredictability of the results, and that's also a good incentive to keep having yet one more go at it!

1DsMk2, 300 f2.8IS + TC1.4x (420mm), ISO250 1/3sec @ f16 on a tripod

One of our fellow photograhers has a saying about this
"If it is not sharp it is art".
I think this is surely true about this picture.

Well John, if you'd lived a few thousand years ago you'd have been having this snapped up as the very latest in 'cave art' .

I like it - it does remind me somewhat of cave drawings. And yes the unpredictability of this sort of thing does add to the fun .

Agree with Nick,I like it,love the fluidity of it!!

Craig
www.craigchurchill.co.uk

yes, it also reminds me of a cave painting. I like the effect.

Matt

I like this too, and it does look like a cave painting.

Cheers

Terry

I like this too - cave painting is spot on. Great how the bands of colour run through the image in a wave reflecting the colouration of the deer

Very interesting, very abstract, as I’m sure you are aware it would need species ID when posted, published etc. As I said a very interesting image well worked and visualised.