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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: David Paterson on July 01, 2018, 10:12:01

Title: 200-500mm VR (Image added.)
Post by: David Paterson on July 01, 2018, 10:12:01

This little roe-deer female was in our field two nights ago. She was well down the bottom end of the field so I needed a long lens - ran back to the house, ran upstairs, picked up my 200-500 and ran all the way back to a point where I could see most of the field without breaking cover myself. She had moved even further off but even so she sensed me and her head came up and she stared straight at my hiding-place.

Now we come to the point of all this - there was nothing to lean on and my hands were shaking badly after all that running; I fired off two shots before she ran, and I assumed I had got nothing usable but when I looked at them on my (computer) monitor, they were both good and sharp.

The attachment is a very heavy crop from one of the two images - only about 15% of the original file. The VR on that lens really does work! The exposure data for the original image was 250th, f5.6, 400iso and the cropped file makes a very nice 45cm print, printed at 180ppi.

Title: Re: 200-500mm VR
Post by: Akira on July 01, 2018, 10:33:30

The sharpness is amazing, but the purplish pink color of the grasses surrounding her and the lime green of the far background seem to contribute to this fantastic image.

Title: Re: 200-500mm VR
Post by: simato73 on July 01, 2018, 12:05:22

Lovely.
I like the delicate grass stems in the foreground and the colours, as already mentioned by Akira.

Title: Re: 200-500mm VR
Post by: ArthurDent on July 01, 2018, 12:20:57

D850? Whatever the body, a very nice shot!

Title: Re: 200-500mm VR
Post by: David Paterson on July 01, 2018, 13:50:09

Thank you, Akira, Simone and Arthur.

Arthur - it was a D800.   CORRECTION - it was my D600.

Title: Re: 200-500mm VR (Image added.)
Post by: David Paterson on July 01, 2018, 13:55:45

I'm posting the other image, for comparison. This is approx. a 50% crop (area-wise) of the original.

Title: Re: 200-500mm VR (Image added.)
Post by: Hugh_3170 on July 01, 2018, 15:01:43

David - just lovely.  She looks so much in place in her grassy environment.

BTW, a great advertisement for the equipment and its user.

Title: Re: 200-500mm VR (Image added.)
Post by: Thomas Stellwag on July 01, 2018, 16:27:06

lovely picture, David
the colour reminds on film

Title: Re: 200-500mm VR (Image added.)
Post by: David Paterson on July 01, 2018, 18:48:38

Thanks, Hugh and Thomas - nice to hear from you.

Hugh - I think the pretty little doe had a lot to do with the success or otherwise of the shot.  :D

Title: Re: 200-500mm VR (Image added.)
Post by: Jakov Minić on July 01, 2018, 19:00:14

Very cute roe-deer, David. It will certainly make a nice print :)
The background light makes the image so pleasing to the eye.

Title: Re: 200-500mm VR (Image added.)
Post by: armando_m on July 02, 2018, 01:55:35

Well worth the running !

Title: Re: 200-500mm VR (Image added.)
Post by: David Paterson on July 02, 2018, 10:12:02

Thank you, Jakov and Armando.