Red Deer And Fawn +Target Bird

Photograph of a female Red Deer and her Fawn taken on my walk up to the summit of Ben More,the only 'Munro' on the island of Mull and at over 3000ft has breathtaking views of Mull, I was trying to get a photograph of a golden Eagle soaring with the mountain as a backdrop with me above it until the fog and mist came in (camera was put away and I did reach the summit) had a bit of luck and returning soon.But I was able to capture some great shots of these beautiful red deer with just a little of the habitat you walk around on the way to the summit.I liked the intereaction caught here between mother and fawn,and the colours.

All Comments And Advice Welcome

Tech;
Nikon D300
Nikon F4VR600
F5.6,1/200
iso 400,-0.3ev
Matrix
PP-CS3,Full Frame,No Crop

Thanks For Looking

Lovely interaction between these two Craig!
Looks like you have had a great time over at Mull!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

An excellent capture of a seemingly tender moment between the two, with just the right amount of habitat as well. Worth stopping for on your climb. Looking forward to seeing more, Craig.

Nice interaction, and great pasture, did you carry a 600mm 3000 feet, or do you have a wife?

Tim

Thanks gents, Tim I use the super-trekker bag and the lens fits nice,hard work though not long got married and would'nt dare ask yet Mull is a beautiful place and I never stopped,a haven for wildlife,I was lucky enough to photograph a golden eagle half way up but with the fog/mist in the BG it's not the best. My aim was the 'Soaring Andes Condor' look with the eagle beneath me in the valley,mist,light half in the shot etc.Next time! A brillant moment for me to have seen these birds, that I have never seen before in the wild and well worth spending the whole day getting up there and back down

Hi Craig, nice shot of this deers in their environment. Nice to see them "contacting" each other.
The eagle looks a little to dark to me. But it must have been a great moment.

Never seen a golden eagle (wild) I think you're doing Mull tourist board a great service, I want to go now.

Tim

Well worth the walk Craig

Very nice second post, Craig. Looking forward to seeing 'next time's'

Hello Craig.

Glad you had a good trip and got some good pictures.

I like the Red Hind and Calf picture and the comp works ok as is. But I think I might try a vertical crop on this as well. Just a thought.

Lovely scene and nice interaction between mother and fawn. I like it very much.

A lovely tender moment well captured Craig. Looks like it was time well spent away. Like this very much.

Fran

Thank you for your nice/helpful comments folks,all the best