Buck - Behavioral

[Lan-Lord]

Here is a small buck I saw today, he was running a doe, only half heartedly though.

Camera Settings were:
Shutter priority mode
Shutter speed: 1/125
f-stop: f/2.4
ISO: 200
EV: + 0.7
In camera sharpening: -1

Post processing involved:
Unsharp Mask (USM) 60/6
Levels

 

[ru12hunt]

Nice, clear picture as usual. Thanks for sharing.

 

[YH88]

Really cool!

 

[g-hog]

Small buck...In South Arkansas that one is meat in the freezer.

As usual really nice photo lan lord.

Oh BTW that gentleman offered me $10.00 for the camera. I told him I would pass. I can get more than that off ebay. Appreciate your help and input.

GHog

 

[foulshot]

Originally posted by lan-lord@Feb 4 2004, 03:11 PM
Here is a small buck I saw today, he was running a doe, only half heartedly though.

Uh, small dear. Man I gotta get out of SoCal.

Chris, real nice picture as usual.

What kind of tree is he eating from?

 

[Lan-Lord]

Guys I know what you mean about that being a "small buck". He is definately a nice one, just a little smaller than what I have seen in the past.

The big goof that I made was that I was too shallow on the lower end of the frame. I chopped off his feet.

I'm not sure what kind of branch he is going after.

Ghog, good call on the camera, I think the lens you have is at least $50. Maybe more

 

[Tsmola]

nice clear pic, you process your own film? I just made prints for the first time yesterday, pretty cool to see pics develop in the chemicals

nice looking young buck, not quite a shooter yet for me, but he should have some real potential next year

 

[Lan-Lord]

oh no, by post processing, I mean with Photoshop. The photo was taken with a digital camera, and then I used Photoshop to bring out and enhance some of the details.

 

[poorboy28]

Hey great pic. Check out the tarcel (spelling?) glands on that guy, looks like he's stained all the way down to his hooves!

 

[Tsmola]

oh ok lol

you use a digital SLR? must be a pretty sweet camera

 

[Lan-Lord]

Well, it is not actually a DSLR. It is a fixed lens digital. (sony f707). I am saving up for a DSLR in the future. The hard part to swallow is the price of Big/Fast glass, which kind of comes with the territory for low-light wildlife shooting. Gosh, sometimes I think that I am crazy to even think of spending $5000 on one lens. (oh but it is a sweet lens) My wife is in support of it which is a good thing. The lens will also come in handy later in life when we have children and I want to photograph them in sports and what not, so it is a good investment, yet a big one. Good glass always maintains its value anyways.

Like I said, I'm saving up for it. I figure that I am pretty lucky to have the access to the animals that I have access to. I might as well maximize my opportunities with a nice camera/lens setup. just need the $$$ now. lol

The good thing about my situation is that as I save, cameras are getting better and cheaper, so I have another year to observe the latest and greatest. (but I am also missing some great opportunities too)

 

[FEN13]

nice pics