Posted by Jeroen Stel on August 6, 2009 at 9:12 AM
Hi Guys,
Went out again last night for another Roe Deer evening and we had a great time. There is still rut activity going on and both males and females are still easily approachable as you can see in the post below..
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: F 8
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: -2/3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 800
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length: 780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod with FLM 585 FTR & Wimberley Sidekick
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/My own mix-Sharpening
Bibble Pro / Adobe Photoshop CS4
_________________
Good things come to those who wait...
Golden rule in Nature & Wildlife Photography
Posted by Jeroen Stel on August 6, 2009 at 9:14 AM
And here's a shot of how CLOSE these guys really get sometimes and to show how the above image was shot...
The OOF "blob" on the right is one of my workshop participants almost being run over by this Roe Buck....
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Posted by David Sewell on August 6, 2009 at 9:34 AM
The second shot here amazes me. Who is actually watching who? Presumably there is some compression if this was again taken with a 600mm lens.
David
Posted by Jeroen Stel on August 6, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Hi David,
For the second shot i was shooting with the 600mm lens and i was approx. 10-15 meters behind the workshop participant. The Roe Buck was propably around 3 to 4 meters in front of him.
Here's the data for the second shot:
Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: F 8
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: -2/3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 800
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length: 780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod with FLM 585 FTR & Wimberley Sidekick
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/My own mix-Sharpening
Bibble Pro / Adobe Photoshop CS4
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Posted by Andy Shepherd on August 6, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Another good looking image Jeroen, full of detail and complimentary colours, nice one.
Hi Jeroen, Great shots. They are really close. Must be a very special moment.
Posted by Matt Peaster on August 6, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Jereon
Two more really good shots of your Roe activity. I especially like the second looking over the shoulder of the your other photographer which shows the relationship of deer / subject and said photographer.
Your deer are much more approachable than any here even in rut mode where they loose some fear of humans.
Certainly sounds like a very productive location.
I like the inquisitive expression of the first one.
Posted by Jeroen Stel on August 6, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Hi Guys,
Thanks for your comments so far.
To Matt; Over here the Roe deer are similar and not easy to approach but at this location they are more acustomed to people walking and cycling in the area and therefor they are much easier to get close to even without camouflage.
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Posted by Matt Peaster on August 6, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Jeroen
It's facinating how wildlife reacts to humans. Presumably there are areas 'out there' where there is very little disturbance or 'management' by humans so the deer etc have not developed a fear of our presence. There's also sites where the sheer numbers of people mean that the wildlife becomes accustomed to humans and their antics so it's not worth the energy running from the first person or they would run all day. What you do find in many places is an animals tolerance to human presence, get within the zone and they will flee, stay at 'their safe distance' and you can watch or photograph all day.
Discussion
10 repliesWent out again last night for another Roe Deer evening and we had a great time. There is still rut activity going on and both males and females are still easily approachable as you can see in the post below..
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: F 8
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: -2/3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 800
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length: 780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod with FLM 585 FTR & Wimberley Sidekick
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/My own mix-Sharpening
Bibble Pro / Adobe Photoshop CS4
_________________
Good things come to those who wait...
Golden rule in Nature & Wildlife Photography
www.jeroenstel.com
http://jeroenstel.blogspot.com/
The OOF "blob" on the right is one of my workshop participants almost being run over by this Roe Buck....
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
David
For the second shot i was shooting with the 600mm lens and i was approx. 10-15 meters behind the workshop participant. The Roe Buck was propably around 3 to 4 meters in front of him.
Here's the data for the second shot:
Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: F 8
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: -2/3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 800
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length: 780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod with FLM 585 FTR & Wimberley Sidekick
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/My own mix-Sharpening
Bibble Pro / Adobe Photoshop CS4
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Another good looking image Jeroen, full of detail and complimentary colours, nice one.
Andy...
Two more really good shots of your Roe activity. I especially like the second looking over the shoulder of the your other photographer which shows the relationship of deer / subject and said photographer.
Your deer are much more approachable than any here even in rut mode where they loose some fear of humans.
Keep them coming!
Matt
I like the inquisitive expression of the first one.
Thanks for your comments so far.
To Matt; Over here the Roe deer are similar and not easy to approach but at this location they are more acustomed to people walking and cycling in the area and therefor they are much easier to get close to even without camouflage.
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Jeroen
It's facinating how wildlife reacts to humans. Presumably there are areas 'out there' where there is very little disturbance or 'management' by humans so the deer etc have not developed a fear of our presence. There's also sites where the sheer numbers of people mean that the wildlife becomes accustomed to humans and their antics so it's not worth the energy running from the first person or they would run all day. What you do find in many places is an animals tolerance to human presence, get within the zone and they will flee, stay at 'their safe distance' and you can watch or photograph all day.
Send some over here
Matt