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Fallow Deer & Magpie


Fallow Deer & Magpie
Photo Information
Copyright: Hauke Steinberg (MadraRua) (36)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-08-10
Categories: Mammals, Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 400D + Grip BG-E3, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/250 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-08-12 16:20
Viewed: 721
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Fallow Deer (Dama dama) & Magpie (Pica pica) in Dublin's Phoenix Park. This bird landed on the deer's nack and the deer didn't even seem to notice.

Phoenix Park (Irish: Páirc an Fhionn-Uisce, it means Clear Water) is the largest enclosed urban public park in Europe. It is located 3 km to the north west of Dublin city centre in Ireland. It measures 712 hectares (1,760 acres), with a walled circumference of 16 km that contains large areas of grassland and tree-lined avenues.

Fallow deer have been present in Phoenix Park since the seventeenth century when they were hunted for sport by the gentry of the day. The present-day herd is descended from those deer who were chased for enjoyment and hunted for food.

They are wild animals, and their relationship with man has sometimes been a stormy one, like when calls were made to remove the animals to a special enclosure so twentieth-century motorists could drive through the park on the way to somewhere else without having deer wandering the roads and precipitating accidents.

In fact, their wanderings during the Second World War and pressure on space in general in Phoenix Park saw most of 1,200 herd members being officially shot dead. Just thirty-eight animals constituted the herd, following the 1942 cull.

By 2005, the herd had grown to some 800 animals once more and a major reduction was ordered by the Office of Public Works. Some 350 animals were to be killed to reduce the herd to a manageable size of 450 animals once more. A deer population of this size was regarded as the maximum carrying capacity of the park. The cull was to be carried out over a number of years taking into account the number of healthy or infirm specimens that are extant from each year of birth.
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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1159 W: 255 N: 2639] (11925)
  • [2008-08-12 23:18]

Hi Hauke,

This attractive picture deserves more comments,it is a nice pictur with a nice subject (s),the colors and the composition are great imo,thanks for sharing,

Paul

GReat capture - it's really sharp, and well framed, but what does it is the Magpie. It makes for an unusaul photo. Shame about the orange earings on the second deer. Maybe you should try cropping it to a tighter frame with just the one deer and the magpie?
Matt

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  • eliz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 65 W: 5 N: 120] (679)
  • [2008-08-13 7:29]

beautiful moment ! never seen this in nature (only crows staying on the back of a sheep)

Love the casual manner of the three animals, the suggestion that this is the usual way they spend the day...

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2102 W: 6 N: 2113] (13565)
  • [2008-08-14 2:27]

Hola Hauke,
bella captura y fino pov,
sensacional ambiente y detalles.
saludos
pl

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