Velvet bucks in the tall grass

[Lan-Lord]

This will probably be my last opportunity at any velvet photos this year. I won't be able to get out and shoot anytime in the near future, and Ive already seen a couple with stragly velvet hanging down around their ears (already rubbed off).

I was shooting with the 70-300mm f/4-f/5.6 lens. The lens was maxed out at 300mm, plus the 1.6x crop factor, so I was shooting at an effective length of 480mm. These shots had plenty of light (around 6:00pm in the afternoon), however some of the early morning photos (7:30am) I took with this lens didnt look as nice due to the noise (low light required ISO1600 and ISO3200)

technicals on these are
Shutter priority
1/400sec
f/5.6
ISO400
300mm

 

[Roscoe.]

Wow...fantastic stuff there!

What county if you don't mind me askin?

 

[Lan-Lord]

Thanks Roscoe,
These photos were taken on the edge of harris county. the place that I go to doesnt allow hunting, so they are able to mature very well.

 

[Ridn9high]

lan-lord, lan-lord, lan-lord!!!!!!!!!Your killing me with all these big buck photo's. The count down til achery is taking longer than ever.

Keep up the great work

I love your pictures, they never get old

 

[foulshot]

Nice shots Chris!

I've got a nice 12pt. buck that is haning around my in-laws. As soon as I can get pics and put them online I'll share.

Man not having internet is killing me!!!

 

[clutchkiller]

Wow, great pictures Lan-lord!

 

[in2blacktail]

Incredible pictures Chris, Thanks for sharing.

 

[wapiti]

Nice shots!

 

[Hideandwatch]

Very nice shots Chris!

Especially like the second one.

 

[el_vaquero]

Incredible pics...thanks for sharing those.