Deerstalker

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Deerstalker
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Copyright: Paul Prince (PDP) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2967 W: 365 N: 3847] (11725)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-10-02
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 50-500mm f/4-6.3 EX APO RF, Digital ISO 400, Hoya skylight (1B)
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/320 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): The best photo on TN?, 5 favs. and up, Deer of the UK, 10 fav's and more [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-11-06 19:10
Viewed: 2815
Favorites: 19 [view]
Points: 92
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hi everyone, I hope you are well. I've finally found some free time to post and do some critiquing. In less than two weeks time I am off to South Africa to visit Gerhard, Japie and hopefully Callie (all of whom I have met through TN). I can't wait. I'm also going to try and organise a UK based photographical holiday for TNers next year. Although as of yet I've done nothing :-(.

Anyway, this shot made me laugh. I don't really know why this stag decided to wear a bracken hat but it looked quite deliberate. He looks so stupid but maybe he is the height of Deer fashion! It took quitea bit of doing to get this shot, the weather was pretty nasty and he wouldn't keep his head up over the bracken for very long. I hope it makes you smile.

As for the title I thought of Deer and hats and came up with a Deerstalker and that's what Sherlock Holmes wore.

Red deer (Cervus elaphus)

The red deer is Britain's largest land mammal. They are most numerous in Scotland, but isolated populations occur from the Lake District to Cornwall, with a few small herds in Wales this young example is part of a controlled number that live in Bushy Park- the home of Hampton Court Palace and around 10 miles from central London. Venison from red deer is very popular with consumers in Britain. Venison from red deer has less cholesterol and fat than other red meat, and deer living in the woods do not have any artificial feeding.

Lifestyle
Habitat
Red deer originally lived on the woodland edge, but the large scale reduction in tree cover in Britain over the centuries has forced them to adapt to life on the open hill.

Breeding
Woodland red deer hinds (females) can breed at 16 months old. Smaller hill deer may not reach sexual maturity until they are 2 - 3 years old. The mating season, known as the rut, begins in mid September and continues to late October. Hinds normally give birth to single calves from late May to June. Twins are sometimes born, but they are extremely rare.

Diet
Red deer are herbivores and graze a wide variety of plants from grasses and heather to shrubs and trees.

Threats
Natural predators, such as bears, lynx and wolves, are now extinct in Britain. Eagles and foxes occasionally prey on very young calves. When numbers of red deer become too great for their habitat to support them, they can have a detrimental impact on plant species diversity and can cause damage to agriculture and forestry. They can also suffer from sickness and disease. Today, Forestry Commission wildlife rangers are managing deer populations sensitively and humanely.

Identification
Red deer are red-coloured in summer. This changes to greyish brown in winter. Stags are easily identified by their large antlers.


The notes were taken from the Forestry Commision website. I hope you like this.
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Hello Paul. Very comical and Very Well done. I see you used a tripod ;-)
Just puuurfect.
It sounds like an exciting time ahead of you. You globe trotter you :-)) I hope you have a wonderful time. I'm looking forward to those photos you will come back with..Have a safe trip.
Howard

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  • cedryk Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 959 W: 57 N: 1608] (4943)
  • [2005-11-06 20:22]

Hello Paul! It's simply gorgeous picture! Well captured and gives such a load of humor! Also a great note. I keep my fingers crossed for your plans! Best greetings from Poland! Michal

Lovely shot. Unique.
Hope to see more of pics again.
You will see South Africa is a photograph paradise country.

Nice shot, love the detail and the overall comp.

Greg

Hi Paul,
Good to see you back if for a limited time. This one is excellent. Can't help but laugh at this shot. I would bet he gets that big rack caught on a lot of stuff. Excellent shot!
Scott

Outstanding capture,love the composition in here...

Not often one sees such a great animal shot that manages to be humorous as well as instructive!!

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  • Dave Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 514 W: 47 N: 669] (2101)
  • [2005-11-07 0:22]

Cool shot, well captured!
I like it.
Thanks,
Dave

Hi Paul,
It's good to see a picture from you again, I have missed you.
It's a funny and great picture you have caught.
Great moment with a perfect timing. I have seen this when the bucks maintain preserve, they butt everything they see.
Great details, good POV and composition.
Excellent wrok, my friend.

Have a safe trip, I know you will a great time in SA when you visit our three musketeers.

Tha best deer shot in TN so far! Excellent shot. Congratulations for this incredible moment captured.
I am green with envy about your visit to SA. Hope you enjoy yourself, and take wonderful shots. I would love to have time and meet you and other TN members, sometime I will. If you ever come to spain, I hope you call me too.
Thanks very much, my friend.

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5172 W: 297 N: 4049] (13069)
  • [2005-11-07 2:21]

Hello Paul!
It's nice to see a new post from you;).Wonderful capture.Camouflage is amazing.I liked POV,lighting,colors,details and composition a lot.TFS...:-)

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2698 W: 75 N: 7241] (24193)
  • [2005-11-07 2:24]

Hi Paul!

Great news about your trip and holiday! I hope everything will be ok.
This is one of most funny pictures on TN for sure :-) Excellent moment and scene, what a face and pose!!! You were very lucky Paul, and we are lucky, too, that we can admire this superb shot!

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2393 W: 52 N: 3176] (10836)
  • [2005-11-07 3:34]

Woooooooow ! What a wonderful and interesting shot ! Congratulations Paul and thanks for sharing.

PS : Nice to see you Paul ;-) The raison of my too short comment is on the forum...

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  • sway Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 314 W: 88 N: 305] (1206)
  • [2005-11-07 3:54]

HI Paul,
Fantastic shot!!!
I love the ferns in the deers antlers.
A perfect shot can't say anything else.
LOL
:)+ Worth at least 2

Hi Paul,
I didn't know they were making wigs of that color this year. Nice to see you're back, and also with such a good shot. Perhaps the weather, as you mention, was not with you, but the deer definitely was :-) High comic factor, perfect focus and exposure, superb autumn colors. Another brilliant step in your picture taking and in the camouflage technique for your wild friend.

Hi Paul

A very humourous shot! Excellent camo gear. Well seen and captured. Have fun in South Africa. Look forward to some photos of your trip. Take care.

Great image, unique. Have fun in SA.

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  • honza Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 549 W: 0 N: 680] (4043)
  • [2005-11-07 6:28]

Interesting and beautiful shot. Nice sharpness and colors.

What a super capture Paul, beautiful details, colours and a well composed shot. 8/10 Indeed a winner, very well done. I think its great that you will be going to SA to meet up with TN members, hope you have a great time.

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  • deud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 476 W: 2 N: 445] (1979)
  • [2005-11-07 8:03]

it' absolutely FUNtastic! this is my favorite. this shot combines perfect technical result, superbe subject, great dof, magnificent focus on subject, fantastic colors... and many more. it's incredible how lucky you are to catch this one. enormous thanks for sharing it with us.
do it this way!

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1700 W: 5 N: 2084] (11371)
  • [2005-11-07 10:16]

Bonjour Paul!

Une prise fantastique tout est parfait.

Félicitations et merci pour l'envoie.

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3065 W: 231 N: 5842] (19368)
  • [2005-11-07 10:34]

That is a hilarious shot, Paul. And a great capture at that. Very sharp details, rich colors, and fantastic POV. Great job and TFS. : )

Have a wonderful time in South Africa with all the TN friends.
I can't wait to see the pictures you will bring back. : )

Hello Paul, It's really good to see a post from you again.
Brilliant capture, very funny moment to catch.
Great POV, detail, colour and composition.

Have a wonderful time in SA, thanks for posting.

Hi Paul!
First of all, great to see you here :)
The photo is lovely, for me technically perfect and first of all very interesting.
I really can't take my eyes out of this handsome chap in stylish hat. He looks so proud, so noble and so... ridiculous ;)
I love this shot so straight to my fav's.

Have a great time in SA! I hope you will take so many great shots that after you got back you will have to find time to visit TN more often ;)

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  • Libor Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 178 W: 1 N: 26] (1104)
  • [2005-11-07 14:43]

wauuuuu
superb photo ! :o)
perfect timing and details
TFS Libor

What a cracking capture Paul.
Good clarity of detail and humourous to boot.

Regards
Terry.

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  • Toni Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 403 W: 2 N: 316] (2034)
  • [2005-11-07 17:04]

Hi Paul
This is very funny. With this camoflage, he must be in the army. Well captured. Excellent details and great DOV.
Regards Toni

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3246 W: 138 N: 5388] (16015)
  • [2005-11-08 4:59]

Oh Paul - welcome back! And what a stunner this one is! I'm still smiling. And it isn't the mating seasson either, what must he be thinking!
SA - what an excellent trip for you. I hope you get in lots of photos and get to meet all the old friends.
Janice

Welcome back Paul, it is great news about your trip!

This photo is amazing and so well timed.

Excellent look of attitude on this guy also.

Great job, thank you, and have fun!

Seeing that I feel a bit "peaky"... :)

Might I suggest that you don't need to worry about finding the antelope with difficulty here. They simply don't wear this camo outfits.

It's a great capture Paul. I love this and without discrediting any previous captures this one is way up there. You have a winner here.

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2310 W: 324 N: 4307] (16820)
  • [2005-11-09 10:56]

Paul, Gerhard, Japie and (hopefully) Callie?! Hey, men, I'm looking forwar to checking what's gonna happen.

As for the picture, a great one - and it's also quite funny.

Perfect techinical details, as usual.

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2065 W: 316 N: 4403] (14705)
  • [2005-11-18 4:50]
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;-) Great title.
Personal assessment of the photo: excellent in all aspects.
Capacity of evocation in me: strong.
Very strong visual impact.
Aptness of the photo for the site: excellent.
Personal assessment of the note: complete.
Thank you very much Paul. Maybe you are in SA or going to leave very soon. Please transmit all my friendship to my friends Callie, Japie and Gerhard. Have a wonderfull trip!

I am laughing so loud I can hardly type. This is the funniest shot I've seen since the one I saw of the Zebra laughing. Great capture Paul. You have made my day.

Fantastic shot! Funny and really wildlife shot. Good quality also. Like a lot.

Hi Paul , just finding time myself to catch up a little, this one caught my eye amongst all the brilliant shots you have posted, glad you enjoyed SA.
This image has a bit of everything
Clarity , colours an intresting moment brilliant POV and humour, in all a competion winning image no judge could resist, TFS this and many great images keep them coming.

This is great Paul! I about busted a gut laughing at this one. Fantastic capture. Everything about this picture is perfect. Happy New Year!

Wow, was going through your postings. This one really caught my eye. You have captured this moment very well, I just love the camoflague. You have had more luck spotting these than I have here in Sweden, still looking out for my moose, the four legged kind that is....

Well done

Demetrio

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  • Remig Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 10 W: 0 N: 15] (131)
  • [2006-03-20 14:35]

Fantastic photo. The DOF is perfect and the framing is great. Great all around. I see that you were around 360 mm when you shot this. How close were you? Thanks for sharing.

I found this photo trough "Best photo on TN" forum. I just think this is an incredible shot, so funny and what a nice timing you had! It is almost as it was staged! Very well captured, great moment! TFS,

Claudine

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  • Zeno Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 492 W: 0 N: 935] (7929)
  • [2006-08-19 5:10]

Hi paul,

For me this the best photo on TN. The moment you caught here is unique. The expression of the deer is just perfect.
TFS.

regards,
Zeno.

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  • puciu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 523 W: 0 N: 16] (2599)
  • [2006-12-03 15:00]

Fantastyczne ujêcie, ¶wietny kadr i fajne kolory. Bardzo dobrze zrobione.

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  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1897 W: 94 N: 2369] (8380)
  • [2006-12-28 15:04]

Hi Paul,
Yes, it makes me laugh. You have captured a really funny pose! If it is a deliberate hehabiour, zoologists have a great job to find an ad hoc explanation!:-)
José M.

What a fun photo, really sets the mind to "captioning" the moment... and I love the title you've come up with.

Great compostion with lovely detail and clarity. Colors are perfect, as is the DOF. Like that little bit of blurring you've left at the bottom, gives added depth to the image. TFS

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  • Bac Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 100 W: 3 N: 42] (528)
  • [2007-04-19 12:24]

This is a rambo dear, the situation seems to be unreal, but i like it, the sharpness and the colour are good, TFS.

Christian

Amazing and so funny., I love the expression on the face....Thanks

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  • inked Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 117 W: 0 N: 190] (562)
  • [2008-04-17 1:45]

hi Paul,
fantastic wildlife moment captured! certainly put a smile on my face.. i love it! into my faves it goes! thanks for sharing

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