For he's a jolly good Fallow...

by morpheus71

Delightful to see this elegant Fallow Deer buck wandering the woods at Powderham Castle on a spring evening.


I had planned to walk only a couple of minutes further along, before heading home. I stopped to get a drink from my bag and out of the corner of my eye I saw a 'ghost' moving through the grasses, I waited a few moments and then saw the stag staring at me, we held our gazes for several minutes before he calmly slinked away, further into the woods.

Pentax K3
Sigma 50-500mm APO OS HSM DG at 500mm
(f/8 and 1/200 second at ISO 800)
Uploaded29/03/2019 - 00:14
CategoryWildlife / Nature
Shutter SpeedN/A
Aperturef/8.0
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ISO800
Focal Length500mm
Views/Likes27/3

GIULIO57
Posted 29/03/2019 - 08:36 Link
PPG
morpheus71
Posted 29/03/2019 - 12:31 Link
GIULIO57 wrote:

Many thanks Giulio
go4IT
Posted 29/03/2019 - 13:57 Link
A sunbeam catches him, but subtley. The horns echo the branches and the texture of the grass and tree contrast with the smoother texture of the deer's body. It appears to be sitting down (but probably not) in the grass, giving the scene a tranquility boost, whether or not it was needed. Like.
Posted 29/03/2019 - 15:29 Link
Very nice.
morpheus71
Posted 29/03/2019 - 16:50 Link
go4IT wrote:
A sunbeam catches him, but subtley. The horns echo the branches and the texture of the grass and tree contrast with the smoother texture of the deer's body. It appears to be sitting down (but probably not) in the grass, giving the scene a tranquility boost, whether or not it was needed. Like.

Thank you very much I deliberately framed him with the trunk and bough, the repetition of form of antlers and gnarled branches the sunbeam diffusing through the seed 'ears' of the grasses made such charming fairy light effects around him... Sometimes everything just becomes magical for a few fleeting moments and we happen to be ready
morpheus71
Posted 29/03/2019 - 16:51 Link
Grodgeman wrote:
Very nice.

Thank you very much
Graham_A_E
Posted 01/04/2019 - 16:41 Link
Lovely light and subtly isolated from the background.

GAE
morpheus71
Posted 01/04/2019 - 17:41 Link
Graham_A_E wrote:
Lovely light and subtly isolated from the background.

GAE

Thank you very much for your generous comments Graham

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