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In Flight !

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Posted by Ian Macdermott on November 1, 2009 at 9:46 AM
In Flight !
Last visit to Bradgate this year.

The result of a dog chasing the small herd :mad:


Was nice to have met up with everyone :wavey:


D300
400mm 2.8
1/320 sec at f5.6 ISO 200 -.3 ev
tripod
Full frame processed in NX2


:toast:
Posted by Chris Johnstone on November 1, 2009 at 11:47 AM
Yea Ian,

Really good shot. The movement in the fur is superb and the sharpness of the stag is great too.

I'm guessing people might pick up that the entlers are not in the frame but the way the rest of it is composed, I don't feel it's a problem.

Chris
Posted by Ian Haskell on November 1, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Fantastic shot this...there is a bit of movement in the shot, which I feel adds to this as an image. Overall the image just feels right to me.

Ian :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on November 1, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Love the action captured here and it suits the composition,lovely light and detail too :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Fran French on November 1, 2009 at 12:48 PM
The image conveys their panic nicely. Shame about the antlers but it is better that than the feet. Very well caught action shot!

I just wish these irresponsible dog owners would learn to keep the blighters on a lead, but it did give you a nice image.

Fran :toast:
Posted by Ian Mason on November 1, 2009 at 1:01 PM
Excellent! Real sense of movement. Because the tips of the antlers are missing, I might be inclined to crop a little more from the top to focus more on the deer.
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on November 1, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Skilful grab shot - given another chance I'd have liked to have seen the dog included! Still, you take what you're given and you've conveyed the action well. Nits covered.

Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Ian Macdermott on November 1, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Cheers for the replies :toast:


There was around 20 deer in the herd so this is only a small part of it. I have other shots of it but they were so close all are full frame and it was a case of lose the anklers or lose the feet :frown:

The woman retired with dog after Maggies Mark and my comments :smile:
Posted by TOMFINLEY on November 1, 2009 at 2:52 PM
Great shot, good movement.
Posted by Mark Davies on November 1, 2009 at 3:13 PM
As said at the time it wasn't the dogs fault but the numpty owner .Stupidly the dog got a wollop off its owner which proved a real lesson as it did again down the hill with some fallows .
I too got the same image Ian and struggled with the antler /feet dilemma ( sorry Maggie for the machine gunning in your ear.) Its captured the action /charge superbly and timed so much better than mine . I'd be inclined to blur ( slightly ) the eye of the hind at the rear to put full emphasis on the stag. :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on November 1, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Really captures the moment Ian. Nice detail. Strangely enough I have the same shot, again with missing antlers (even though you and Mark were machine gunning me) :mad: Just you both wait until next week - I'll be gunning at the same speed :biggrin:

P.S. What new lens have you ordered? You kept that a secret :eek:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on November 2, 2009 at 7:24 AM


Nice one Ian, really like the colours on this one, good action too.

Andy...
Posted by Danny Green on November 3, 2009 at 1:06 PM
Hey did Kato strike again. Great timing missed that one.

Danny :toast: :toast:
Posted by Lee Newman on November 4, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Nice action capture Ian.

Lee
Posted by Lee Newman on November 4, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Nice action capture Ian.

Lee