Every now & then one of those days comes along that will sit in the memory box for a long time, at my age I cannot say forever because my memories do not seem to stay in my brain to long. But this does not stop me at least enjoying the moment.
As I drew the curtains back yesterday morning half way across the field in front of us stood 3 large Red Deer stags. Of course I grabbed the camera & went to the front door, meanwhile my wife phoned the carer that is working at the bottom of our drive, she comes from New Zealand & had told me she would love to see the deer. I took about a dozen shots before looking at them on the camera screen, only to discover that I had it on the wrong settings and all of them were way to dark ( even to post process). So while I was changing my settings the carer must have come rushing out to take some shots on her phone. This frightened them off & by the time I had lifted my camera up they were gone. Utter disappointment for me.
But, fortune shone down on me because about 3.30 that afternoon, they were back in the same place. Camera settings right this time, I managed to get a few shots off. I guess they must have been fairly mature stags looking at the antlers on them. The two shots I have included are the best of the bunch & the one of the stag jumping the fence is getting some great responses on my Flickr page and the Canon Forum I contribute to.
The first shot is what greeted me this morning when I opened the curtains, though I waited until it stopped snowing & I had a bit more light before taking it. As it was such a dull day I decided to take it in black and white. I quite like the affect of b&w in situations like this because it shows the different shades in such colours. Hope it goes down okay with you to.
