There is no pleasing some people!
05th October 2018
My deer stalking skills are getting a little better but I am still taken surprise, with embarrassing regularity, by my quarrel actually sneaking up behind me.
The other morning I watched a young Muntjac and Mum skipping and jumping whilst having fun in the early, warmth of the sun. I couldn't believe my luck when they headed towards me, usually they run in the opposite direction.
That's when my grumbles started. Having set my camera up for deer being more in the distance of course they then got too close! They were in the shadows so the light was low and my ISO too high. There were too many grasses in the way for a clear shot ..blah, blah, blah...so I put down my camera and just watched them for a while.
They were very relaxed, I was very relaxed, it was all rather lovely.
As they scuttled into the shrubbery I sat up to move life back into the limbs only to realise that a Roe Deer Hind and twins were immediately behind me!
So to repeat myself: Having set my camera up for deer being more in the distant of course they then got too close! They were in the shadows so the light was low and my ISO too high. There were too many grasses in the way for a clear shot ..blah, blah, blah! They didn't hang around for long, with a contemptuous barking call, Mum called the twins away and they bid an elegant swift retreat back through the sugar beet!!
There is no pleasing some people!!
The other morning I watched a young Muntjac and Mum skipping and jumping whilst having fun in the early, warmth of the sun. I couldn't believe my luck when they headed towards me, usually they run in the opposite direction.
That's when my grumbles started. Having set my camera up for deer being more in the distance of course they then got too close! They were in the shadows so the light was low and my ISO too high. There were too many grasses in the way for a clear shot ..blah, blah, blah...so I put down my camera and just watched them for a while.
They were very relaxed, I was very relaxed, it was all rather lovely.
As they scuttled into the shrubbery I sat up to move life back into the limbs only to realise that a Roe Deer Hind and twins were immediately behind me!
So to repeat myself: Having set my camera up for deer being more in the distant of course they then got too close! They were in the shadows so the light was low and my ISO too high. There were too many grasses in the way for a clear shot ..blah, blah, blah! They didn't hang around for long, with a contemptuous barking call, Mum called the twins away and they bid an elegant swift retreat back through the sugar beet!!
There is no pleasing some people!!