Cheryl Flory
07-05-2009, 09:08 AM
Canon 40D
Sigma 50 - 500
1/500"
F4
ISO 800
50mm
7:30 a.m.
I didn't have time to change much on my settings since this happened so quickly. I was concentrating on the doe and her fawn that I uploaded yesterday, when I saw both of them put their ears up and stare intently at something. I turned around and saw these two traveling through behind me. An hour later both does ended up grazing in the same large area, and the two fawns literally stumbled upon each other. After the initial startle, they took off running and leaping together, back and forth, through the ravine. it was so much fun to watch. it seems that kids are kids whatever the species. :) Too bad my panning shots didn't turn out better. But I just couldn't keep my lens moving fast enough to track them! lol The fawn who had gotten use to me being around from earlier, kind of over did the running and jumping, and lost track of its mom, even ending up back by its stream completely away from the ravine where its mom was grazing. I could hear it bleating somewhere in the tall growth. After the first couple of looks, mom just seemed to ignore its calls and went on eating. oh oh. perhaps Mom thinks its time for baby to start growing up. i noticed while I was sitting and photographing them, that Mom wasn't letting her fawn nurse as much as it wanted to either.
Well, as Artie once said, and I'm loosely paraphrasing, "If your lens isn't equipped to do close-ups, then shoot habitat images". And I couldn't pass up this one. i would appreciate any comments you have on it. cropped a bit off the left, and some off the right due to a bright distracting branch in the way.
Sigma 50 - 500
1/500"
F4
ISO 800
50mm
7:30 a.m.
I didn't have time to change much on my settings since this happened so quickly. I was concentrating on the doe and her fawn that I uploaded yesterday, when I saw both of them put their ears up and stare intently at something. I turned around and saw these two traveling through behind me. An hour later both does ended up grazing in the same large area, and the two fawns literally stumbled upon each other. After the initial startle, they took off running and leaping together, back and forth, through the ravine. it was so much fun to watch. it seems that kids are kids whatever the species. :) Too bad my panning shots didn't turn out better. But I just couldn't keep my lens moving fast enough to track them! lol The fawn who had gotten use to me being around from earlier, kind of over did the running and jumping, and lost track of its mom, even ending up back by its stream completely away from the ravine where its mom was grazing. I could hear it bleating somewhere in the tall growth. After the first couple of looks, mom just seemed to ignore its calls and went on eating. oh oh. perhaps Mom thinks its time for baby to start growing up. i noticed while I was sitting and photographing them, that Mom wasn't letting her fawn nurse as much as it wanted to either.
Well, as Artie once said, and I'm loosely paraphrasing, "If your lens isn't equipped to do close-ups, then shoot habitat images". And I couldn't pass up this one. i would appreciate any comments you have on it. cropped a bit off the left, and some off the right due to a bright distracting branch in the way.