I created this image in early November here in Ottawa while standing ont eh shoulder of a road. The city has a large amount of green space with many fields, wooded areas and nature trails.
This massive buck was in an area of agricultural research land that, in total, is 16 square kilometres in size. The buck and two other big males (10 and 8 points) were contending for a doe. Apparently they had been fighting earlier in the day.
The fellow had been lying down nearly exhausted when the doe came near and then tried to move off. He followed after her at a dead run trying to herd her back. I panned the buck but unfortunately he was moving away from me. His head is not s shapr as it could be but despite that fact I still like the sense of movement here.
Canon EOS 40D, Sigma 50-500mm at 417mm on Induro tripod.
1/80 seconds, F6.30 and ISO 640







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