Red Deer Stag

[Trev B]

Red Deer Stag standing over his two conquest - Hinds,

1106 - Red Deer Stag 1106221020 by Trev Bartlett MBE, on Flickr

[CasaRova]

That is a stunning photo.

[Bill53]

Excellent Trev.

Bill.

[Brian Sugden]

Excellent shot Trev. He's a magnificent beast. Was it taken in Bushy Park?

[Colin W]

Beautiful photo Trev, well captured.

[Trev B]

Thanks everyone for looking and your feedback

Excellent shot Trev. He's a magnificent beast. Was it taken in Bushy Park?

Yes. I had to go to Heathrow so managed to fit an hour in at Bushy. There was not much going on, plus I may be a bit odd but I can't get any real enthusiasm for
photographing deer like this, there's no challenge, not like stalking up to them. There were about a dozen people standing there watching it. I don't call this wildlife photography , very much
like these studio shots you see - mice crawling up flower stems, they never look natural. Nor do this shot to me, there is no way you would get that close in the wild

[Brian Sugden]

Thanks everyone for looking and your feedback



Yes. I had to go to Heathrow so managed to fit an hour in at Bushy. There was not much going on, plus I may be a bit odd but I can't get any real enthusiasm for
photographing deer like this, there's no challenge, not like stalking up to them. There were about a dozen people standing there watching it. I don't call this wildlife photography , very much
like these studio shots you see - mice crawling up flower stems, they never look natural. Nor do this shot to me, there is no way you would get that close in the wild

I know what you mean. I've seen people feeding fallow and red deer in both Bushy and Richmond Park!

[pelliott1954]

I understand what you say about the circumstances of the shot, but you still obtained a nice image

Paul

[AlexR!]

I understand what you are saying, Trevor, as I was also one of those who popped into Bushy Park on Monday just for a couple of hours with the intention of 'grabbing some deer images'. It was rammed full, being half term and people not being able to meet up indoors, but there were still moments when I was just sitting in the grass watching one for a while and could ignore all the people walking past and found myself not even getting the camera out because as you say I wouldn't have been that satisfied with the image.
But you have still created a fine image. Only you know the background to it. Going off topic but I have found myself shouting at the telly lately on 'Master of Photography' when the judges want to see the photographers' souls in their images. Mybe I'm no artist, but it's just a picture. And yours is a good one.

[Trev B]

Thanks Brian, Paul, Alex for your feedback. I won't be going to Bushy again. As mentioned previously this is not 'Wildlife photography' in the context that I look upon wildlife photography.

[tigerburnie]

It's a fine image, ok it's more of a feral deer, but we do take the best of what we have in front of us .A garden Blackbird is a different beast to the ones I see in the forest, town Foxes, all the Pheasants and French Partridges are barely "Wild", the photographers skill is still required to get the best from the shot. Deer parks allow the vast majority of the population to see one of Britains best mammals.

[Brian Sugden]

It's a fine image, ok it's more of a feral deer, but we do take the best of what we have in front of us .A garden Blackbird is a different beast to the ones I see in the forest, town Foxes, all the Pheasants and French Partridges are barely "Wild", the photographers skill is still required to get the best from the shot. Deer parks allow the vast majority of the population to see one of Britain's best mammals.

Good point and in these difficult times it can be the only opportunity for photographers to get out in the fresh air and take some pictures to keep their eye in.

[Trev B]

Do appreciate the points raised - Thanks one and all

[tesarver]

A stunning image Trev.

Tom