Bushy Park .... Deer rut (Image heavy)

Mike-P
Posted 17/10/2020 - 22:22 Link
Have been meaning to go for years but normally we go away in October so never got the chance up until last weekend. Took along the K-1 and 150-450mm and have to say they performed very well, the only let down being the buffer which left me standing around waiting a few times.

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Deer rut - Bushy Park by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

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Deer rut - Bushy Park by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

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Deer rut - Bushy Park by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr
bforbes
Posted 17/10/2020 - 22:34 Link
A wonderful set. First and last stand out for me
cardiffgareth
Posted 17/10/2020 - 23:43 Link
Male deer bellowing, what's not to like
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LennyBloke
Posted 18/10/2020 - 10:14 Link
Nice set Mike - the 3rd shot is my favourite, the soft brown tones work so well
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AlJones2402
Posted 19/10/2020 - 00:55 Link
bforbes wrote:
A wonderful set. First and last stand out for me
Same here. 👍
pschlute
Posted 19/10/2020 - 07:36 Link
Some lovely shots here. My parents used to take us a lot to Bushy Park when we were kids.
Gwyn
Posted 19/10/2020 - 14:22 Link
Lovely shots Mike, a bit of a trip from Hampshire!

pschlute wrote:
Some lovely shots here. My parents used to take us a lot to Bushy Park when we were kids.
Mine too. It was only down the road from us really (I grew up in Sunbury). We never went to Richmond Park though for some reason. Saw photos of how jam acked Richmond Park was this weekend. Poor deer.
ilovesaabs
Posted 19/10/2020 - 15:10 Link
Richmond Park is on my doorstep, and I prefer my bed rather than going out at silly o'clock to go into the park. Fortunately it's a 20 minute walk via East Sheen Common and another 20 mins to Royal Ballet School so all of it is walkable for me.

Your remark about the queues in RP just reminds me of the annual photofest of the Darwin wannabees trying to feed the stags. Sometimes some people leave their brains behind at the gate. Then there is the issue of cyclists.

Just convinced myself to stay in bed later this weekend.
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Chrism8
Posted 19/10/2020 - 16:03 Link
I went the other week to Richmond Pk ( Fri 9th Oct) , got there for when the park opens at 7am, some decent shots and myself and a friend were pretty much the only photographers around, had the the place to ourselves photo wise till lunchtime.

The cyclists kept to the roads we went x country.
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Sry
Posted 19/10/2020 - 20:43 Link
There's a welcome variety of poses/points of view in this set, Mike. All very nice.
womble
Posted 19/10/2020 - 21:42 Link
Lovely shots. The last gets my vote. K.
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pschlute
Posted 20/10/2020 - 21:24 Link
Gwyn wrote:
Lovely shots Mike, a bit of a trip from Hampshire!

pschlute wrote:
Some lovely shots here. My parents used to take us a lot to Bushy Park when we were kids.
Mine too. It was only down the road from us really (I grew up in Sunbury).
Small world. We grew up in Oatlands Village (between Walton and Weybridge). not far from you just over the bridge.
Mike-P
Posted 22/10/2020 - 11:01 Link
Cheers for the comments.

I got there around 6.30am on a Sunday morning and apart from a few cars the place was dead. By about 9.30 it was absolutely heaving, I could have sold my parking space for about £20 ten times over I reckon.

Anyway, it made a change and now I know where it is I will do it again.
K10D
Posted 22/10/2020 - 18:14 Link
Great images with #4 a stand out shot for me. Very well photographed.

Best regards
Too far from a shore.

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