I went back in search of deer at the weekend, as the light was great.
Managed to track down a large 12 point stag, and followed him for 3 hours. I mainly wanted some backlit shots, and my god they're hard work.. We developed this totally unspoken agreement, where I take 2 steps towards him and he shuffles ever closer out of the shade towards the light, get too close and he takes off and makes for the hills, a lesson I learnt twice
Going after him up a hill with a 600 F4 lens/tripod/backpack is not pleasant.
I got quite a few conventional shots of him in the light which looked nice but most people already have those so I decided to concentrate on shooting directly into the sunlight..
Its also the first proper time out with my 1DS MkIII, the files and detail, especially the colour reproduction are brilliant.. I've taken so many deer shots over the weekend, including some black and white. These are all i've got the energy to process now lol.. I'm totally wiped out..
I also struggled with colour management for some of these shots, I found that in Adobe RGB, the files were exactly as I wanted them, very red and orange with the sort of tone you get in evening light.
However when converted to sRGB, a lot of the subtle tone vanished, even when checking on several different monitors the files looked drained, so i've tried to PP some of the colour back in a little so it shows in sRGB, however i'm thinking the prints will look great.
Getting his attention for a split second.
Having a wash/shake
Smaller roe deer (I think) from a few days ago in the trees.
Lining him up into the sun was a painful experience, also learned a lot about exposure, and how the camera meters shooting into the still intense but fading sunshine..
Last one before sundown
Managed to track down a large 12 point stag, and followed him for 3 hours. I mainly wanted some backlit shots, and my god they're hard work.. We developed this totally unspoken agreement, where I take 2 steps towards him and he shuffles ever closer out of the shade towards the light, get too close and he takes off and makes for the hills, a lesson I learnt twice
Going after him up a hill with a 600 F4 lens/tripod/backpack is not pleasant.I got quite a few conventional shots of him in the light which looked nice but most people already have those so I decided to concentrate on shooting directly into the sunlight..
Its also the first proper time out with my 1DS MkIII, the files and detail, especially the colour reproduction are brilliant.. I've taken so many deer shots over the weekend, including some black and white. These are all i've got the energy to process now lol.. I'm totally wiped out..
I also struggled with colour management for some of these shots, I found that in Adobe RGB, the files were exactly as I wanted them, very red and orange with the sort of tone you get in evening light.
However when converted to sRGB, a lot of the subtle tone vanished, even when checking on several different monitors the files looked drained, so i've tried to PP some of the colour back in a little so it shows in sRGB, however i'm thinking the prints will look great.
Getting his attention for a split second.
Having a wash/shake
Smaller roe deer (I think) from a few days ago in the trees.
Lining him up into the sun was a painful experience, also learned a lot about exposure, and how the camera meters shooting into the still intense but fading sunshine..
Last one before sundown
, he'd probably charge me if he found out 