Monday, 1 June 2009

Low light

Last night I was out checking my Badgers den in the beautiful sunny evening. Unfortunately I couldn't find any fresh signes of the Badger. As I slowly walked through the area I was suddenly aware of a pair of Roe Deer under the trees. I crept closer as the sun went further down towards the horizon. The male was constantly looking around, almost nervously, but I believe he was looking for his mate who just left to find her young ones hiding in the tall grass (I found them later in the night). Every now and then his head popped into the sun. I under exposed the picture 3 steps in order to get a dark background and only an outline reflecting the animals presence. After a while it came into the clearing in front of me and I got some nice backlit images, just as I was hoping for. I have been trying to get this kind of images of Roe Deer before, but never succeeded. I was quit happy with these shots. Do you like them?


Nikon D3, 500mm, f/4, 1/5000sek @ f/4, ISO 400

Nikon D3, 500mm, f/4, 1/1600sek @ f/5,6, ISO 400

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

god dag Roy
det nederste bildet ble virkelig flott og stemningsfullt
sjeldent bra motlysbilde av rådyret dette her
mvh anders selland