Oh Deer, Deer, Deer - a photo on Flickriver

            Bolderwood Deer Sanctuary, New Forest National Park

Well trying to photograph things that move is certainly not in my 'comfort zone' but at least deer generally move slower than those flying clowns on Skomer. 

I've had it in mind for a while to check out the Deer Sanctuary at Bolderwood in the New Forest and yesterday I decided to ignore the fog predictions (luckily coz I never saw any fog!) and headed down there armed with the RF 100mm-400mm non L lens (of course I'm not jealous of all of you that have the RF 100mm-500mm L series lens!!...can you tell I'm gritting my teeth and lying?).

 With that lens mounted on my R5 with one of those fancy AF options selected  - did I want the option for fast acceleration/decceleration? or  tracking animals when partially hidden behind objects? or for things suddenly entering the frame? or a jack of all trades master of none option? Bit of head scratching and eventually decided to guess! - I set off...... Oh wait, what ISO/apperture do I want? Well the aperture was pretty much chosen by the lens as you are at f/8 when you are out near 400mm (well 640mm as I was using the 1.6x crop mode option...so is that f/12.8?!). The ISO well, it was around dawn on a cloudy morning so what the hell!!...ISO 3200  it is and trust in the ON1 denoise AI or, if that couldn't handle it then the DxO PureRaw 2 software. 

The deer decided not to stay out too long but I couldn't blame them with the noise from vehicles hitting a nearby cattle grid. It sounded like Elmer Fudd had been given a Gattling gun!!

Anyway, ramblings aside, above is a triptych of 3 of the shots I liked the best. Yes I've sharpened the deer a bit in the processing and introduced a bit more bokeh in the background but for a relatively cheap lens I was  pretty pleased again with what it produced. 

Now I just need some gorgeous mist/light like I've seen in some recent Richmond park images. Not fussy am I?😄

© All rights reserved Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.

Taken in: UK / England / New Forest / Minstead (show map)

Taken on: October 1, 2023

Sets appears in: • Animals • Hampshire more » • New Forest National Park « less

Groups appears in: • UK Flickr users • Deer more » • Outdoor Photographer Magazine (Unofficial) • The British Countryside • Cool Britannia - The Best of British on Flickr • County of Hampshire • UK Photography Club • The New Forest National Park • CanonFlickr ® • Love Hampshire • Hampshire Magazine Cover Options • Amateur Photographer Magazine « less

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