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We had a brief window in storm Dennis late yesterday afternoon so I grabbed the gear and set off in the hope of a Roe maybe a hare, Just nice to be out really, second weekend of storms has made me more than a little nuts. The day job means weekends are my only chance to make images at this time of year,
The wind was still extreme , so basically I sought out spots where a thick hedge would give shelter for Roe to lie up. Every spot was blank. One such haunt means I tend to walk out and then back along the same big hedge . On the return I nearly took a short cut,that would have left me out in the open, I work the field edges and dark places while stalking roe so I opted for the long way around and quietly lmao squelshed on.tight to the hedge
Good move that !! I was suddenly aware of the buck below, quartering the field and heading in my general direction,. He was really focused, head up, look how flared the nostrils are...they are in every frame If you look close you'll see blood in the velvet, I ducked melted into the hedge using a ditch to slightly lower POV ,while still standing . It would have been futile going lower due to veggies and got lucky
I think what's happened is he's just had a spat with another buck which has crossed my path behind my back, unseen. I've then done a U turn and bumped into this guy hell bent on chasing this other buck off. Pure theory . It's interesting becuase it's WAAAAYYYY too early for them to rut . I've never come across a buck as pumped as this other than at rut time( may/ june) before ,I'd love to have seen just that bit more to actually know a bit more behind this story. But hey I had a chance and saw sommit new, which is always special, all down to pure luck so no complaints.
This is interesting .... just after this I ignored my gut instincts something was telling me to go in a particular direction to a specific field I mused the deer might be lower it was too exposed chose a different route, ok I saw some munty and charlie fox which is lovely but nothing panned out. I eventually get to that field, no light, and see 6 roe...DOH
560mm as framed ie no crop 1/3200 f 6.3 ISO 3200. HH standing . SS deliberatly high, the wind essentially was making handholding in any form of steady fashion rediculously. hard The buck never heard the camera but picked up my scent at yards away. Shame just as I was flipping the camera to portrait
For anyone that saw "low" it's that similar little niche shooting across a valley a bit wider, just off the brow of a hill.
That said nowt was comtemplated here. I'm simply just trying to point the bloody lens in the right place........................ and the wind is saying NO!!!!!
_S2I9129 The Scent smj by Stuart Philpott, on Flickr
cheers
stu
The wind was still extreme , so basically I sought out spots where a thick hedge would give shelter for Roe to lie up. Every spot was blank. One such haunt means I tend to walk out and then back along the same big hedge . On the return I nearly took a short cut,that would have left me out in the open, I work the field edges and dark places while stalking roe so I opted for the long way around and quietly lmao squelshed on.tight to the hedge
Good move that !! I was suddenly aware of the buck below, quartering the field and heading in my general direction,. He was really focused, head up, look how flared the nostrils are...they are in every frame If you look close you'll see blood in the velvet, I ducked melted into the hedge using a ditch to slightly lower POV ,while still standing . It would have been futile going lower due to veggies and got lucky
I think what's happened is he's just had a spat with another buck which has crossed my path behind my back, unseen. I've then done a U turn and bumped into this guy hell bent on chasing this other buck off. Pure theory . It's interesting becuase it's WAAAAYYYY too early for them to rut . I've never come across a buck as pumped as this other than at rut time( may/ june) before ,I'd love to have seen just that bit more to actually know a bit more behind this story. But hey I had a chance and saw sommit new, which is always special, all down to pure luck so no complaints.
This is interesting .... just after this I ignored my gut instincts something was telling me to go in a particular direction to a specific field I mused the deer might be lower it was too exposed chose a different route, ok I saw some munty and charlie fox which is lovely but nothing panned out. I eventually get to that field, no light, and see 6 roe...DOH
560mm as framed ie no crop 1/3200 f 6.3 ISO 3200. HH standing . SS deliberatly high, the wind essentially was making handholding in any form of steady fashion rediculously. hard The buck never heard the camera but picked up my scent at yards away. Shame just as I was flipping the camera to portrait
For anyone that saw "low" it's that similar little niche shooting across a valley a bit wider, just off the brow of a hill.
That said nowt was comtemplated here. I'm simply just trying to point the bloody lens in the right place........................ and the wind is saying NO!!!!!
_S2I9129 The Scent smj by Stuart Philpott, on Flickr
cheers
stu