Vincent 2016 whenever possible
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A little story. It was 7h25 when I left the holiday home, a bit upset since I was running into the morninglight and wanted to beat it.
I ran into the owner of the house we rented, while I was dressed in full camouflage, he understood what I was doing (we shortly discussed photography before). He asked if I would be successful shooting wildlife, I stated it was unlikely since I was late (actually the spot I saw I only saw deer in the evening dark and the approach is quite exposed).
So he said he would be driving to work in 30 min and that he always say some deer at a certain spot, so I decided to take that as target.
Obviously he was right (the next day the farmer had put his cows out on that field so no deer anymore).
My car driving by did not scare them, so I parked a bit further after a hill.
Took out my A7S (no direct sunlight and still early) with the 600mm f4 + TC2.0 EII (not clear how close I could get) on tripod and gimbal.
The approach was difficult, since there were already a lot of leaves at the side of the road, I moved closer with every car that drove by (not many).
At a certain moment there was the sound of a saw and I decided to use this as cover to approach still a bit. Wrong choice, one deer started running and 3 others followed.
No more deer
The next day I discussed with the owner and he thought I would be very happy with the site (he was one of the cars that I used as cover) and was a bit surprised I stated there was light lacking for good photography.
He suggested to set up in the future a stake out at the domain of the castle in the next village, where the person taking care of the domain knows where the large deer go in the morning. I`ll try to take him up on that next time I go there outside of hunting season. For wildlife shooters, it is good to team up with local hunters, they do love the wildlife as well and know where to find it.
I ran into the owner of the house we rented, while I was dressed in full camouflage, he understood what I was doing (we shortly discussed photography before). He asked if I would be successful shooting wildlife, I stated it was unlikely since I was late (actually the spot I saw I only saw deer in the evening dark and the approach is quite exposed).
So he said he would be driving to work in 30 min and that he always say some deer at a certain spot, so I decided to take that as target.
Obviously he was right (the next day the farmer had put his cows out on that field so no deer anymore).
My car driving by did not scare them, so I parked a bit further after a hill.
Took out my A7S (no direct sunlight and still early) with the 600mm f4 + TC2.0 EII (not clear how close I could get) on tripod and gimbal.
The approach was difficult, since there were already a lot of leaves at the side of the road, I moved closer with every car that drove by (not many).
At a certain moment there was the sound of a saw and I decided to use this as cover to approach still a bit. Wrong choice, one deer started running and 3 others followed.
No more deer
The next day I discussed with the owner and he thought I would be very happy with the site (he was one of the cars that I used as cover) and was a bit surprised I stated there was light lacking for good photography.
He suggested to set up in the future a stake out at the domain of the castle in the next village, where the person taking care of the domain knows where the large deer go in the morning. I`ll try to take him up on that next time I go there outside of hunting season. For wildlife shooters, it is good to team up with local hunters, they do love the wildlife as well and know where to find it.
The other point of this weekend. I have been trying to use my Hexanon AR 85mm f1.8 more, which I have not used a lot since I bought it.
A rewarding subject:
The better focus, but backlit did not work charm on the colours:
I think the focus is too much to the front, but the other angle does give better light:
I wanted a ray of sun to hit the flower, but it does seem covered by trees, so I did not wait. Planning to visit the lilies more often in the next weeks.
A rewarding subject:
The better focus, but backlit did not work charm on the colours:
I think the focus is too much to the front, but the other angle does give better light:
I wanted a ray of sun to hit the flower, but it does seem covered by trees, so I did not wait. Planning to visit the lilies more often in the next weeks.
I have been concentrating on going out and taking pictures, this one is from my trip to the French Vosges.
I actually went out every morning and evening to shoot wildlife and even if I saw it, I did not get pictures, but enjoyed going around and working with the material to get close to a picture.
I actually went out every morning and evening to shoot wildlife and even if I saw it, I did not get pictures, but enjoyed going around and working with the material to get close to a picture.
Somehow I do not get it where I had hoped it would end up.
I was testing the combination of my 85mm f1.8 with the Canon 500D Close up lens. The flower was tiny and the drops lovely.
You can notice the DOF is tiny and the bokeh is way out. What did not work out is the colours for me, there is a missing contrast, might have needed flash on this one.
I was testing the combination of my 85mm f1.8 with the Canon 500D Close up lens. The flower was tiny and the drops lovely.
You can notice the DOF is tiny and the bokeh is way out. What did not work out is the colours for me, there is a missing contrast, might have needed flash on this one.
