Wildlife Photography across the Water: Deer Rut Season Pt 1

Saturday, 22 October 2011

Deer Rut Season Pt 1

The deer rut season is well underway, as viewers of BBC Autumnwatch will have seen last night.. I took a trip up to Bradgate Park this morning at first light, and joined the many photographers. Bradgate has mixed herds of both Fallow and Red Deer. Naturally it was the large Red Stags that most people were trying to capture images of, and I was no different.

The sounds and sights were marvellous, but of course, it wasn't the Highlands of Scotland, but beggars can't always be choosers, as the saying goes. I will blog about that experience in a forthcoming blog.

However, I am now in the rare position, at least recently anyway, of having to catch the blog up with images that I have been taking.

Last Saturday, I went to WWT Slimbridge, and have a number of images to process from there. When you see those, I am sure you will be surprised.

But for today, and with the title of this blog in mind, I have a couple of deer images for you.

Last Sunday evening, I took myself across to the local park which supports a large head of Fallow deer. (I took Dave there a couple of years back) as the sun was going down and grabbed a few images of this lovely buck with his does.

Taken with 7D, + 500f4 IS L (mark1)

Back next time with some birds from Slimbridge

Martin

2 comments:

mark wood22 October 2011 at 21:15
Martin,

The first images is simply stunning and inspiring. I love catching up with your blog and if Im honest this has probably been the longest Ive left it due to me chasing my shots.

Keep it up gents - I always look forward to them, fantastic read - Martin get your holiday dates sorted! I can take you photographing some Eagles of a different kind!
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robbieb22 October 2011 at 23:08
Love the light and pose on the second one Martin.

Robbie
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David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.