Roe Deer
by Ron McCombe
I spotted a Roe Deer in a fieled under the shadows of Hume castle in the Scottish Borders. After overnight snow the roe deer must have found it difficult to obtain food, as a result, this roe deer doe was feeding well into the day giving me an opportunity to get some pictures.
Canon 50D, Canon 500mm f4 lens, f5.6, 1/350sec, ISO320
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4 commentsCongrats:István
Hungary,Beled
To me the deer looks very curious yet hungry (despite its curiosity it won't quit pawing at the snow) - so you managed to capture a fair amount of behaviour/conflict in a single frame. When I look at the larger version I see a few soft regions (ears, tail region, etc.), which makes me wish there was a little more depth of field here. The obvious trade-off would be shutter speed, of course, which could have resulted in more of a motion blur in that front leg (which could have been good or bad, I suppose!). There's always trade-offs!
Cheers...thanks for sharing this...
Brad
It isn't unusual to see Roe feeding at any time during the day, they frequently have bouts of feeding and resting and are quite often up and about in daylight hours if the area is undisturbed.