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stag or unicorn

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Posted by Mike Acreman on May 7, 2009 at 10:29 AM
stag  or  unicorn
spent two days looking for this particular stag on exmoor well please i found him, not a geat picture but a rare stag to see. canon 40d Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 L IS USM Lens 1/250 f5.6 ISO 800 hand held
Posted by Mark sellings on May 7, 2009 at 10:56 AM
Wow a Unicorn! Not an award winning picture like you say but a rare sight and one with bags of interest - bet you were glad to get the pic.

:toast:

Mark
Posted by Mike Smith on May 7, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Interesting subject.

There is something wrong with your digital darkroom processing/set-up. Most of your images posted so far look like poorly scanned F Velvia slides - over saturated and lacking sharpness. One thought looking at the OOF grass highlights - are you using a cheap U/V or skylight filter on the front of the lens as a protection measure :confused:
Posted by Paul Gibbs on May 7, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Interesting picture. Your greens look a bit neon?

A bad head this deer, if left to roam about it will probably kill or be killed by other stags in the rut or at best cause serious wounds.
IMHO it would probablly be better to have the animal shot to prevent this.
Posted by Paul King on May 7, 2009 at 4:12 PM
HA looks like the exmoor Rhino got a hind or two !!! :toast:
Posted by Lee Newman on May 7, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Well done for getting an image of your target Mike.
Shame its not sharp n bright, it could have made a cracker :toast:

Lee