Morning with Deer

Got up at 4:45 and I really didn’t want to leave my bed. Checked the weather forecast and it seemed to be the last day with good weather, so I decided to get off my bed Got to the mountains before the sunrise and was walking in the darkness for at least another half an hour.

I knew there are many deer but I wasn’t sure if my equipment is sufficient enough for this kind of photography. It appeared that I really need a long zoom lens as these majestic animals are very skittish and you have to be very very careful and quiet while approaching them. Which was absolutely impossible to do. They always knew way in advance that I was coming, even before I spotted them 😦

Therefore I think a great zoom lens is the only solution

f5.6, 1/100 sec, 200mm, ISO 400, 0EV

f5.6, 1/30 sec, 200mm, ISO 200, 0EV

f5.6, 1/60 sec, 200mm, ISO 400, 0EV

f5.6, 1/20 sec, 200mm, ISO 200, 0EV

Tags: animals, co wicklow, daylight, deer, Ireland, iso 200, iso 400, natural light, nature, nikon d300, outdoors, photo walk, photography, travel, wicklow mountains, wilderness

14 thoughts on “Morning with Deer”

Lindy on 20/09/2012 at 12:43 said:

I love #3!

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CopperLeaf Treasures on 20/09/2012 at 15:10 said:

Beautiful… Where were these taken?

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- photobypawelp on 20/09/2012 at 17:29 said:
  
  These photos were taken in Wicklow Mnts in Ireland 😉
  
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Mom Photographer on 20/09/2012 at 17:59 said:

wow! great photos! my husband shots those, too, but with a different equipment! 😉

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- photobypawelp on 20/09/2012 at 18:16 said:
  
  don’t want to hear stories like that… I’m to soft
  
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  - Mom Photographer on 20/09/2012 at 18:20 said:
    
    i know what you mean!
- photobypawelp on 20/09/2012 at 18:17 said:
  
  don’t want to hear stories like that… I’m to soft
  
  jak zbiore sie na odwage to cos niedlugo pokaze… nie bylo to mile doswiadczenie ale jak mi przejdzie to napisze pare slow 😉
  
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  - Mom Photographer on 20/09/2012 at 18:21 said:
    
    to mnie teraz zaciekawiłeś!
Leanne Cole on 21/09/2012 at 00:05 said:

It is like they are playing peek a boo, or hidey or something like a children’s game.

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artsifrtsy on 21/09/2012 at 01:35 said:

Awesome! They are beautiful

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Steven Tze on 21/09/2012 at 18:50 said:

#3! Definite serious look on his face while peeking out of the ferns(?).

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f-Stops.net on 26/09/2012 at 05:07 said:

Nikkor 80-400 VR with 1.7x teleconverter is a good way to give a try in wildlife photography with a sturdy tripod, specially on a DX sensor, imho. Then, a lot of patience, but it seems you have that 🙂 Nice pictures.

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- photobypawelp on 26/09/2012 at 09:01 said:
  
  I wish I had a lens like that at the time…. Maybe one day 🙂
  
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steviegill on 04/10/2012 at 11:29 said:

Great shots. The 3rd one is very amusing too.

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