Cautious Stag

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Posted by Paul Rosser on April 13, 2010 at 2:54 PM

Hi everyone. This image of a young Stag was taken recently in the Scorrish Highlands, as you can see it had just started to snow at this level. Try as I might, I could not get close to these lovely animals, this one stopped feeding to give me the eyeball, then promptly moved on. I've tried to capture some habitat in this shot, to show the kind of territory they occupy. Any comments and tips are greatly recieved, so please feel free to critisize!!

Regards,
Paul.

Canon EOS 7D, Sigma 150-500mm lens.

f6.3, 1/500sec, ISO 320, @500mm.

The image is full frame.

Posted by Graham Goddard on April 13, 2010 at 3:01 PM

Not bad at all Paul - perhaps a tad off the bottom, but that would be very picky......

Posted by Ian Mason on April 13, 2010 at 3:31 PM

He's certainly giving you the once over. Composition fine by me - great stuff!

Posted by John Robinson on April 13, 2010 at 3:34 PM

Good one. - wild as well which is a bonus !
Cheers
JR

Posted by Philip Newman on April 13, 2010 at 3:50 PM

Lovely atmospheric Paul - a big success.

Phil Newman

Posted by Robert Lawrence on April 13, 2010 at 4:01 PM

Good pose and comp is fine with me.

Posted by Craig Jones on April 13, 2010 at 5:57 PM

Love the proud pose caught here Paul,weather conditions add to the image IMO,cracking Red Deer

Posted by Mark Davies on April 13, 2010 at 6:05 PM

Nicely done bud. As you say these aint easy out in them wilds.Comp works fine .

Posted by Andy Gregory on April 14, 2010 at 11:00 AM

Never been to the 'Scorrish Highlands'! Are they anywhere near Scotland?

Nice image by the way

Posted by Guy Rogers on April 14, 2010 at 12:57 PM

Hello Paul.

Lovely capture and pose caught.

The setting and conditions have really helped to make this a very nice enviroment image.

Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 14, 2010 at 2:48 PM

Iike it too, good looking image Paul.

Andy...