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Sika Deer

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Posted by Fran French on July 27, 2009 at 2:22 PM
Sika Deer
Taken on Saturday at Knole Park, this female was taking good care of her two youngsters continually grooming them. Such a delight to watch..

40D

Lens
EF300mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
Tv(Shutter Speed)
1/1250Sec.
Av(Aperture Value)
F7.1
Metering Modes
Evaluative metering
Exposure Compensation
-2/3
ISO Speed
400

Thanks for viewing,

Fran :toast:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on July 27, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Lovely family setting with a nice backdrop!
Light looks a little harsh but you managed well.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Helge Sorensen on July 27, 2009 at 2:50 PM
Very cute family-image, I like how you are having good eye-contact with all three.
Posted by Mike Acreman on July 27, 2009 at 3:00 PM
nice family shot well taken
Posted by Craig Jones on July 27, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Lovely photo Fran, like the composition and the detail is brillant, love the tongue lick on the left, very nice work :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Matt Peaster on July 27, 2009 at 3:26 PM
Fran
Nice family pose but the hind in the middle has facial characteristics of a Skia hind rather than a fallow doe. The summer coats of these two deer species are very similar and can be easily mistaken. It may be worth checking if the park has Sika.

Anyone else notice the subtle differences?

Matt
Posted by Fran French on July 27, 2009 at 3:42 PM
Thanks for pointing that out Matt, I do know the park does have Sika deer so you could well be right. I am sure Brett Lewis will confirm this should he see the post.....I just assumed without checking..silly me.

Fran :toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on July 27, 2009 at 4:42 PM
As metioned a little harsh light but not something we can control yet! But very endearing family pose, especially the fawn on the left, like it :smile:
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on July 27, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Definitely got the cute factor! Love those shiny noses. Great setting as well :toast:

Simon
Posted by Paul Hobson on July 27, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Hi Fran, great group shot with bags of appeal, light seems harsh but the composition is excellent

Paul
Posted by David Kjaer on July 27, 2009 at 5:15 PM
Beautiful Fran - great setting and you have controlled the harsh lighting very well!

David :toast:
Posted by Brett Lewis on July 27, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Nice work Fran.. For further information and to get an accurate ID on this species it's best to look for the scent glands on the hind legs which you can just about see the white hairs of on the fawn on the RHS. That and the lack of the 'black' tail stripe that is indicative of Fallow.. So Matt was indeed right on his identification. this is in fact a Sika deer family.. :biggrin: (Sorry to be the nerd..!)

Brett :toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Mark Hamblin on July 27, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Beautiful family group. Lovely picture.
Posted by John Robinson on July 27, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Very nice.
JohnR
Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 27, 2009 at 8:09 PM


Great looking trio Fran, nicely done.

Andy...
Posted by Fran French on July 28, 2009 at 2:25 AM
Thanks one and all. And particularly Matt and Brett for pointing out my slip up :redface:

The title of the image has been changed accordingly.

Fran :toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on July 28, 2009 at 2:29 AM
What a lovely family portrait. :smile:
Posted by Matt Peaster on July 28, 2009 at 3:55 AM
Fran
I thought I'd gone mad when the title had changed :biggrin: I wondererd whether I had actually looked at a different title and then clicked on the Fallow .... definately mad!

Thanks Brett for seconding, I did wonder whether to raise it, as I said before the summer coats are very similar but there's some distinctive marks such as scent glands and the balck strip as Brett said. Also there communication - sika are very vocal - squeeking and whistling - very noticable in the rut while fallow are a bit more relaxed.

Lovely picture all the same!

Matt
Posted by Tom Smit on July 28, 2009 at 4:34 AM
Good family shot. Wel done.
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Posted by David Sewell on July 28, 2009 at 6:17 AM
Great family shot, and the bracken makes a very nice backdrop.

David

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Posted by David Taylor on July 28, 2009 at 5:05 PM
You learn something new every day on UKNP. :wink: Thanks chaps for the lesson and thanks Fran for posting such a lovely image.

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Posted by Lee Newman on July 28, 2009 at 5:13 PM
A very nice wildlife family photo.

Lee