Posted by David Kjaer on September 29, 2010 at 6:52 AM
Taken in an area where they are quite approachable but this hind with her well grown calf was not going to allow me any closer so this is a verticle crop (approx 50%) from a horizontal image. Still leaving me with a very useable file of 22MB. Flat overcast lighting.
Canon 1D Mk1V 300mm f2.8 IS 1/200 f4 at iso 1250
Posted by David Sewell on September 29, 2010 at 7:34 AM
I like the interaction between the calf and its mother, whilst the doe is focused firmly on you. It is a llittle grainy in the background, which I guess is a combination of poor light, high iso and cropping, but no big deal.
Really nice to put a face to a name at the Bird Fair. As for the image, what it lacks in light it makes up for in the quality of the interaction. Sika deer are great for this kind of stuff!
Cheers
Andy
Posted by Jorne de Bruin on September 29, 2010 at 8:06 AM
Lovely interaction here and I like the attentive look of the adult!
A great subject and a nice image showing the interaction between hind and calf. The overcast lighting works well here.
Posted by Danny Green on September 29, 2010 at 8:38 AM
Hello David
Thats a lovely shot and a nice bit of interaction.
I have a tremendous amount of respect for you Dave as you know and so because you have a 1d MK4 you have the file size to crop and get a decent size image but not everyone has a MK 4. This image you can send to the RSPB but if you send this to NaturePL you will have to interpolate it to reach their 50mg file size, which you will lose quality and sharpness on. The image will be fine for magazines and websites but that is the limit. So if you had taken a belting shot and wanted to enter in a competition you can't because of the heavy crop. My point about cropping is this file size issue and a lot of photographers on here want to try and join agencies and sell their images but they will struggle to do so if they are cropping their images like this. I hope that this comment doesn't attract the attention of your great Belgian friend because everytime it does the thread gets locked because of his personal vendetta against me and so please stay out of it if you are reading this. It is valid point in my opinion and all I am trying to do is make the people that want to make wildlife photography as a career or just to try and sell their images to make some money back aware of the complications that joining an agency will bring. It takes years to build up a quality stock of images and if people are not aware of this then they will be left very disappointed after all their hard work.
Its just my opinion.
Danny
Posted by Karen Summers on September 29, 2010 at 9:45 AM
You have caught a lovely tender moment there David, lovely
Posted by Ian Macdermott on September 29, 2010 at 10:07 AM
A beautiful moment well caught David
Posted by John Robinson on September 29, 2010 at 10:13 AM
Very well done and processed.
JohnR
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on September 29, 2010 at 10:36 AM
David
Lovely interaction and (due to the extra pixels you have available outside the crop) I'm sure it will do well commercially due to the cute factor.
Could be my monitor, but there seems to be a slight shift towards magenta in the neck areas of the deer particularly, As I say, could be this monitor.
Cheers,
Chris
PS. Danny: can you please stop giving trade secrets away as there isn't enough money to go round in natural history stock as it is!! (This comment is a joke, by the way.)
Posted by Lee fisher on September 29, 2010 at 11:45 AM
Like the behaviour captured here Dave, the eye contact takes the shot to the next level in my eyes,
Lee
Posted by Craig Jones on September 29, 2010 at 12:36 PM
Lovely pose captured there,wonderful detail.Very nice to meet you also David at the Birdfair
Posted by Andrew Mason on September 29, 2010 at 1:13 PM
David, you have really caught some great interaction. Andrew
Posted by David Kjaer on September 29, 2010 at 1:28 PM
Hi Danny
Yes all your points are valid and if she had allowed me closer I would have taken it FF. That said it will probably satisfy 90% of my needs and as I have said many times if you are happy with the end result and when shown to others all relevant details are declared, that's fine with me.
David
Posted by Guy Rogers on September 29, 2010 at 2:58 PM
Hello David.
Just beautiful and the pose you have captured is superb. Your chose on the crop for composition couldnt have been better.
Posted by Dave Courtenay on September 29, 2010 at 6:10 PM
Great image and very nice interaction, I do agree with Dannys comments and have blogged on the subject recently-Keep up the good work
Discussion
19 repliesCanon 1D Mk1V 300mm f2.8 IS 1/200 f4 at iso 1250
David
Really nice to put a face to a name at the Bird Fair. As for the image, what it lacks in light it makes up for in the quality of the interaction. Sika deer are great for this kind of stuff!
Cheers
Andy
I love the interaction of the calf with its mother. she was definately not going to give you any ground and I know how close you were!
We can't always have the light we want and have to make do with what we are dealt on the day. A touching image nonetheless.
Shaun
Well done.
Geoff.
Thats a lovely shot and a nice bit of interaction.
I have a tremendous amount of respect for you Dave as you know and so because you have a 1d MK4 you have the file size to crop and get a decent size image but not everyone has a MK 4. This image you can send to the RSPB but if you send this to NaturePL you will have to interpolate it to reach their 50mg file size, which you will lose quality and sharpness on. The image will be fine for magazines and websites but that is the limit. So if you had taken a belting shot and wanted to enter in a competition you can't because of the heavy crop. My point about cropping is this file size issue and a lot of photographers on here want to try and join agencies and sell their images but they will struggle to do so if they are cropping their images like this. I hope that this comment doesn't attract the attention of your great Belgian friend because everytime it does the thread gets locked because of his personal vendetta against me and so please stay out of it if you are reading this. It is valid point in my opinion and all I am trying to do is make the people that want to make wildlife photography as a career or just to try and sell their images to make some money back aware of the complications that joining an agency will bring. It takes years to build up a quality stock of images and if people are not aware of this then they will be left very disappointed after all their hard work.
Its just my opinion.
Danny
JohnR
Lovely interaction and (due to the extra pixels you have available outside the crop) I'm sure it will do well commercially due to the cute factor.
Could be my monitor, but there seems to be a slight shift towards magenta in the neck areas of the deer particularly, As I say, could be this monitor.
Cheers,
Chris
PS. Danny: can you please stop giving trade secrets away as there isn't enough money to go round in natural history stock as it is!!
Lee
Yes all your points are valid and if she had allowed me closer I would have taken it FF. That said it will probably satisfy 90% of my needs and as I have said many times if you are happy with the end result and when shown to others all relevant details are declared, that's fine with me.
David
Just beautiful and the pose you have captured is superb. Your chose on the crop for composition couldnt have been better.
Regards
Dave
Ian